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Our Sales Thorne Home Team 2025 Sales Our busiest year yet: 28 sales and nearly $34 million in volume across Novato, San Rafael, Fairfax, Greenbrae and more of Marin County in 2025.
Market Updates Marin County Market Snapshot: April and May 2025 Spring 2025 in Marin: homes averaging 102.1% of asking in May, rising inventory and prices, and both multiple offers and price reductions.
Market Updates Marin County Market Update: Q1 2025 Marin County Q1 2025: 314 homes sold, up 22% year over year, 50 days on market on average, and big differences from Belvedere to Kentfield.
Selling Which Home Projects Should I Do Before Selling? What the 2025 NAR remodeling report says about cost recovery, what Realtors recommend before listing, and why the house itself should decide.
Market Updates Marin County Market Snapshot: March 1–15, 2025 A snapshot of the Marin County housing market for March 1-15, 2025: inventory up 47% and homes selling slightly above asking as spring approached.
Buying Should You Buy a Fixer? What we learned flipping houses and renovating our own 1955 Marin home: when a fixer makes sense, and how to run the numbers before you buy.
Selling Selling an Inherited Home: Beating Analysis Paralysis Update everything, update a few things or sell as is? How to prepare an inherited home for sale, with a before-and-after from a Novato listing.
Market Updates Marin County Market Snapshot: November 2024 to February 2025 A snapshot of the Marin County housing market from November 2024 through February 2025: new inventory and a 101.4% sale-to-list price ratio.
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Selling What’s Wrong With a Zestimate? Why a Zestimate can be off by hundreds of thousands of dollars in Marin: it can't see condition or updates, and the data behind it often lags.
Selling Proof You Can Buy and Sell a Home at the Same Time A Novato family sold their townhome and bought their forever home in one smooth move. Their story, in their words, from prep and staging to two closings.
Our Sales Thorne Home Team 2022 Sales Our 2022 year in review: a record-high summer, rising rates and 17 sales across Marin, including a San Anselmo win over 11 competing offers.
Our Sales Thorne Home Team 2021 Sales Our 2021 year in review: 17 sales across San Rafael, Novato, Corte Madera, San Anselmo and more of Marin County, with photos of each home.
Buying When Do Homes Come on the Market in Marin? Five years of Marin County listing data show when new homes hit the market: the spring and summer peaks, the December low and what 2020 changed.
Our Sales Thorne Home Team 2020 Sales Our 2020 year in review: 21 sales and nearly $27 million in volume across Novato, San Rafael, Mill Valley, Ross and more of Marin County.
Buying I’m LGBTQ. What’s the Best Way to House Hunt? Advice for LGBTQ homebuyers from a married lesbian real estate team in Marin: our story, and how to build a team of professionals who support you.
Living in Marin Our Top 3 Marin County Burrito Spots Burritoville in Larkspur, Puentez in San Rafael and Grilly's in Mill Valley: the local taquerias we've loved for 20-plus years.
Buying Top 3 Things to Know Before Buying a Home in Marin Affordability, the four regions of Marin County and local culture: what to understand before you buy a home in Marin, from local realtors.
Selling How Do You Know When It’s Time to Move? Still love your house, but not sure you're in love with it? A simple pros-and-cons exercise to decide whether it's time to move on.
Buying House Hunting During the Coronavirus (March 2020) A record of how buying a home in Marin County worked in the first weeks of the pandemic: showings, open houses, video tours and staying safe.
Selling The Best Way to Add Value to Your House: Fix the Worst Flaw Before a big remodel, fix the flaw buyers will notice first. Why addressing a home's worst feature often adds more value than an expensive renovation.