05.08.2013 This is a guest post by by Alan D. Khalfin, an estate planning attorney at Vaksman Law Offices. One of the most common questions that I get from clients is “How should I take title to my new home?” The answer deserves careful consideration, as this is one of the most important decisions that you will need to make whe...
04.30.2013 Camps - Burlingame Burlingame Parks & Recreations offers wonderful year-round programs for children, and the summer Discovery Days program is a great opportunity for your third – fifth grader to spend the day outdoors playing cool new sports and enjoying arts and crafts projects. Campers will swim at the Burlin...
04.30.2013 Homes Selling Quickly, Above Asking Price New listings are being snapped up in the Millbrae real estate market. The average sold home in the first three months of the year was on the market for just 17 days. Many homes sold in less than 10 days after being listed. In prior years, the average sold home was on the market be...
04.29.2013 Hillsborough Catches Rising Prices Bug Although it was a little late to the party compared to neighboring Burlingame and San Mateo, and nearby San Carlos, the data now clearly shows prices are rapidly rising in Hillsborough. The 12 month moving average price per square foot is up nearly 8% year over year with most of the ...
04.29.2013 Imbalance Between Buyers and Sellers Grows Further For the 14th straight month, the average ratio of selling price to list price in the San Mateo real estate market was over 100%, echoing the frenzy of the 2005/2006 timeframe. The ratio was 107.0% in March 2013, the highest since April 2005. A ratio above 100% means tha...
04.29.2013 Newly Listed Homes Selling Quickly A greater percentage of listings are selling in San Mateo County and those that are selling are doing so very quickly. In the first three months of 2013, there were 183 listings that were expired or removed from the market. Not all of these listings represent a failure to find a buyer. Ma...