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While I can assist you with your home purchase, lease, or listing; you'll need a lender to guide you to the best mortgage to fit your needs (unless, of course, you are buying for all cash). Julie Schumer-McMahon of Guaranteed Rate is a wonderful resource for those of you who speak Spanish (she also speaks English). Stefani Hartsell of Golden1 Credit Union and I have collaborated for years with buyers and she is amazing. She works hard to get her clients their best loan and is efficient, communicative and thorough. Enough about loans and lenders. What about homes for sale?

Today, there are 569 homes (including townhomes and condos) in San Mateo County for sale. Foster City has seven single-family homes out of the 23 abodes available. What about other cities?

Belmont has 20 homes for sale. Thirteen single-family homes, 4 townhomes and the rest are condos. The least expensive home is asking $575,000 for a recently remodeled 1 bedroom, 1 bath, 700+ square condo built in 1965 at the Belmont (HOA $478). The highest priced home is asking $2,898,000 for 4 bedroom, 4 bath, 2,400+ square foot home built in 1951 on a 6,000+ square foot lot. 

San Mateo has 94 homes for sale. Twenty-seven are single-family homes, 11 townhomes, and the rest are condos. The lowest asking price is $179,000 for a 900+ square foot 1 bedroom, 1 bath condo built in 1988 at The Peninsula Regent. This is available only to qualifying 60+ aged seniors able to pass a medical exam and financial analysis. It has many amenities as is reflected in the extremely high HOA (HOA $4,870). Buyers aged 55+ can obtain a studio condo for $378,000 at the heart of downtown for a much lower monthly outlay (HOA $390). This secured complex has an elevator, community rooms and parking. The lowest price for younger buyers is offered at $495,000 for a 1 bedroom, 700+ square foot condo built in 1949 at El Cerrito (HOA $750). The highest priced home is asking $4,988,888 for 3,700 square foot, 5 bedroom, 4 bath home built in 1931 on a 9,000+ square foot lot. 

San Bruno has 21 homes for sale. Seven are single-family homes, the rest are condos. The lowest asking price is $389,000 for a studio, 1 bath, 490 square foot unit at Shelter Creek built in 1972 (HOA $502). Shelter Creek has one indoor and two outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, a large clubhouse (with table tennis, WIFI and bar available for special events), fitness center, solar panels, EV charging stations, lovely walking paths, etc. and is conveniently located near Highways I-280, I-380, and 101.  The highest price is asking $1,799,000 for a 7 bedroom, 4 bath, 2,900+ square foot home built in 1944 on a 5,000 square foot lot. This home has a strange floorplan, numerous chandeliers and what looks like two kitchens. 

Redwood City has 61 homes for sale. Forty-four are single family homes, seven are town homes and the rest are condos. The lowest asking price is $448,000 for a studio, 470 square foot condo built in 1970 at Palm Gardens (HOA $517). The complex has coin-op laundry and in-ground pool. The highest asking price is $29,000,000 for a 4,000 square foot acre and 800 square foot ADU on 163 acres. This amazing piece of land boasts its own pond, views of the ocean and its own private airstrip. The pictures look amazing!

There are 569 homes available for sale in San Mateo County. Last week, we had 159 homes come on the market, 25 price changes, 4 listings expire, 9 listings cancel, 4 fall through, 2 come back on the market, 14 offers accepted with contingencies, 105 become pending sales, and 89 close escrow. (Santa Clara County has 1199 places for sale, of which 778 are single family homes.) 

Locally, there are 39 homes available for under $500,000, and 82 homes asking $5,000,000 or more. Of the homes that closed escrow, average days on the market (DOM) were 22, 29 and 7 for single family residences, condos and townhomes, respectively. The median DOM was 9, 14 and 5. 

Median Prices were $2,250,000 for SFRs, $907,000 for condos and $1,795,000 for townhomes. To give you an idea of the market: The lowest priced SFR home sold for $815,000 in Pacifica. The highest price was $6,250,000 in Portola Valley. (Santa Clara's County's median home sales price = $1,850,000.)

Buying or selling a home can be an emotional roller coaster ride. But it doesn't have to be a 'nail-biting' one. I look forward to listening to your needs, supporting you, and using my real estate know-how to help make those ups and downs a little easier to handle. I look forward to talking with you soon.

I GET IT DONE AND MAKE IT FUN!

Jeannine Gerkman

Author, Poet, REALTOR® 

CalRE# 00980740

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Updated as of 3/15/2024.

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I read this book to little ones at the Book Bubble in the Children's section of the San Mateo Public Library 5/13/2022 at 10:30 a.m. My authorpoetrealtor.blog has past poetry readings, book reviews and original poems. Enjoy. 

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