Installment 1: Sausalito, June 9, 2010

Departing home (the temperature in the shire of Ross was a pleasant 68 degrees), the sky was blue with puffy patches of cumulous clouds. Twenty minutes later, high in the hills of Sausalito I was drifting through a bank of weather-moderating fingers of fog and in the distance saw and smiled at the sight of the beautiful skyline of San Francisco. Yummy, I love the Bay Area.

If you want to learn more about Sausalito contact me or go to the Sausaltio website. On second thought, contact me!

Real estate sales 

Nationally and locally, April and May produced a bumper crop of home sales. It is now June and the tax credit is history, the spring frenzy is over and it’s time to go shopping!!!

Note: Brazil and China are the first countries to come out of their recessions (brush up on your Mandarin, Portuguese and German) and I’m betting that the wealthy from these countries are our next wave of Marin County luxury real estate buyers – there’s a link on my website to the Frank Howard Allen Luxury Portfolio – come visit some great homes.

Local real estate sales

In Marin County on this, the second week of June, there were 1549 homes active on the market – 45 of them sold (at an average of $458 per square foot).

In Sausalito there were 93 homes active on the market, of which five sold (at an average of $681 per square foot). Additionally, there were five homes brought onto the market, eleven homes reduced in price and three that are getting ready for moving vans and new owners.

On Sausalito Blvd, in the hills between Richardson Bay and Hwy 101, there are five homes on the market (average price $1.9M, average size, 2600 square feet).

503 Sausalito Blvd, is an awesome, modern, banana belt (sunny area of town, not in hurricane gulch) home, – a three bedroom, four bath marvel nearly touching the clouds with breathtaking views of Alcatraz, SF, Treasure Island and the Bay – offered at $2,750,000 by Cathy Youngling and Myriam McCarthy of Alain Pinel Realtors. Stunning stylish home with magnificent views, day…


and night …..

Slightly higher on the hill (can there be better views? … perhaps) and for slightly less money there’s the romantic view home at 678 Sausalito Blvd … four bedrooms, three baths … watch the lights of SF twinkle at night and be in the City in ten minutes, downtown in twenty …. cathedral ceilings, glass, fireplace, state-of-the-art kitchen … a real knock out of a home with a built-in recycling center, a soaking tub .. and oh, so much more. There are some Great pictures on Sherrie Faber’s site … www.678sausalito.com – but I’d prefer that you check out the rest of the Marin or Sausalito homes via mine...



For about half the price of the two previous magnificent homes there’s a 2096 sq foot, three bedroom, two and one half bath home with more easterly views (Tiburon, Angel Island, Richardson Bay) at 70 Rodeo Avenue, now offered at $1,295,000 (reduced from $1,550,000) and another at 214 Richardson Street … a 1866 sq ft 1907 Victorian with four bedrooms and three baths recently reduced 15% … from $1,799,000 to $1,500,000.

Ah, the pleasure of my job … shopping for Marin County real estate … if the concept of living a stone’s throw from the heart of San Francisco appeals to you, call me – quick – these homes are real bargains and will be snapped up.

To what town will your Bargain Hunting real estate agent next travel? Stay tuned! …. Meanwhile, get ready to have some fun, dine at great restaurants (my Sausalito favorites being Fish and Le Garage) with fine wine and put the real in real estate … together.

Best Buys & Bargains in Marin County Real Estate
Installment 1: Sausalito, June 9, 2010
Installment 2: Aboard the Bus, June 10, 2010
Installment 3: Update on June 10, 2010 posting
Installment 4: San Geronimo & Nicasio Valleys
Installment 5: Condos in Tiburon, CA
Installment 6: Update on Sausalito Blvd
Installment 7: Three Properties … all Potentially Good Buys

Posted by:  Tom Verkozen