FEB 2007 VS. FEB 2008

I just looked at some every interesting statistics comparing sale bewteen February 2007 and February 2008. The upshot is homes are staying on the market longer but are still holding their prices fairly well. Take a look for yourself:

MARIN COUNTY SALE COMPARISON

SOLD PROPERTIES - FEB. 2007 VERSUS 2008

FEBURARY 2007

TOTAL PROPERTIES SOLD: 185

AVERAGE: List Price: $1,154,785 SalesPrice: $1,119,652 Days on Market: 84

MEDIAN: List Price: $ 869,000 Sales Price: $ 850,000 Days on Market: 57

HIGH: List Price: $9,980,000 Sales Price: $9,000,000 Days on Market: 471

LOW: List Price: $ 200,000 Sales Price: $ 180,000 Days on Market: 0

ADJ. AVG: List Price: $1,111,777 Sales Price: $1,081,725 Days on Market: 102

FEBRUARY 2008

Total properties sold: 121

AVERAGE: List Price: $1,231,724 Sales Price: $1,169,327 Days on Market: 100

MEDIAN: List Price: $ 810,000 Sales Price: $ 824,000 Days on Market: 91

HIGH: List Price: $10,000,000 Sales Price: $8,500,000 Days on Market: 401

LOW: List Price: $ 175,000 Sales Price: $ 138,000 Days on Market: 0

ADJ. AVG: List Price: $1,166,921 Sales Price: $1,116,391 Days on Market: 102

SEE WHAT I MEAN?!

Off topic...but on point

Today I went to the memorial service of a truly great lady. I say lady and she was, even though that title is usually reserved for much older people, which she wasn't. She was far too young to have left us. Susan was a client, but she was also someone I considered more than that. I came to love her and her family and I am deeply saddened.

Real Estate is ultimately about people's lives and the communities in which they live. Susan enriched her community, and was starting a career that surely would have enriched us all. She was on track at UCSF to become a nurse. In her name there has been a fund established to provide scholarship money to a deserving nursing student at UCSF. It is a highly worthwhile cause, in the name of someone who touched many lives. If you can send a donation to;

The Susan L. Shulman Foundation

c/o The Horton Family
14 Lower Drive
Mill Valley, CA 94941

I wrote something because I kept seeing this vision of Susan, after I heard about her passing. Some people are so vibrant that when they leave they leave traces of color and light in your mind you can't stop seeing. Anyway...

Today I pictured Susan, standing in a field of shimmering sunflowers. The sky was as blue as her eyes. Her cheeks were flushed from having finished a long run. There was a twinkle in her eye and a smile that floated across her face. She spoke softly in a whisper and said not to cry. "The day is long, the sun is warm and there are adventures to be had."

I watched as she twirled in a circle and threw back her head to laugh. She strode away with a flower in her hand, and seemed to disappear in a swirl of blue and gold.