Marketing luxury homes requires attention to detail and unique resources and talents. Frank Howard Allen Realtors? inclusion in the Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection?s stable of extraordinary property purveyors underscores the esteemed regard of Frank Howard Allen Realtors in the real estate community, and more importantly, provides tangible and unique benefits to sellers and buyers [...]

The following is a brief rundown of the absorption rates and trends (based on last month?s numbers) in Marin County:

Current Absorption Rates (single family homes):

City/Town
Month?s Inventory
Up or Down?

Sausalito
4.6
Up 1.9

Mill Valley
1.9
Up .6

Tiburon
2.3
Down .3

Belvedere
4.8
Up 2.5

Corte Madera
1.1
Down 1

Larkspur
1.4
Down .8

Greenbrae
.9
Down .2

Kentfield
2.8
Up .9

Ross
3.3
Up .6

San Anselmo
2.4
Up .4

San Rafael
2.3
Up .3

Novato
3.9
Up .6

As the chart reflects, absorption rates are very low [...]

Warmth radiates from this very private, spacious home in one of Novato’s most desirable neighborhoods. Sweeping views, along with all-afternoon sun, sizable and irrigated raised gardens, make this home a real delight.
Four bedrooms and 2 baths. Large Kitchen with eat-in area and lots of space-saving slide out shelving. Separate Dining Room (currently used as [...]

Mill Valley home sales and real estate values continue their strong run. The ease of the commute to San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge, along with pleasant weather, keeps prices and sales strong. Mill Valley continues to be the place people in San Francisco generally start with when they decide to move to the Marin County.
The bread and butter [...]

Like most of Marin County’s real estate markets, the San Rafael market is performing admirably. The bread and butter homes of San Rafael are priced between $750,000 and $900,000. These homes continue to sell fairly quickly (although the definition of “fairly quickly” has been extended over the past couple of years). In fact, 30 of [...]

This year, Marin County homeowners in unincorporated areas may take advantage of an amnesty program for un-permitted second units (so-called ?Granny Units?). The goal of the program is to increase the number of housing units and ensure that the units are in good order and meet basic living requirements.
The criteria to take [...]