I just ran a report to see how the market has been in San Mateo for single family and condo/townhouses this past year. San Mateo has about 90,000 people living in it making it the second largest city in the county. Prices run from entry level condos and houses into many millions of dollars for a huge house.

One of the first questions we hear when a property has been on the market for 30 days and has seen no offers is why isn’t my house selling. Why? Well, it might be a price issue, but then again, it might not. It might be a marketing issue. The most difficult thing to do when listing a property is to price it right. Especially in this kind of a market,

This Friday evening between 5:30 and 9 PM downtown San Mateo is the place to be for the 14th annual San Mateo Downtown Association’s Wine Walk.  This year the Weatherman is promising WARM weather making this event even better than previous years.  It’s always fun walking around downtown on a warm night and Friday is [...]

In our corner of the world here in central San Mateo County, we are fortunate to have some wonderful Farmer’s Markets. Most of them are seasonal, but two go year-round.  California has a Federation of Certified Farmers’ Markets that provide loads of benefits for small local farmers.  One of the benefits for us, the consumer, [...]

If you have some cash in the bank this is a great time for investors to buy real estate here in our own San Mateo County.  It’s been a long time for anyone to see a positive cash flow from investment real estate around here, but with the large number of short sales and bank [...]