Oh my, what a week this has been for San Anselmo real estate … one bank-owned property that was mentioned here as a ‘will sell quickly’ has closed escrow … the new owners got 350 Floribel … a three bedroom home listed for $704,900 … for $719,000 … quick decision making pays!

It’s the statistics that amaze me … average of 105 days on the market (that’s a lot of work time, thank you) and an average list price of $1,113,000 …. that’s $300,000 above the average in Fairfax (with 39 homes on the market, 25% in escrow, average time on the market a robust 111 days, price per square foot $409). But well-priced homes, prepped for the market sell, quickly.

Of the 84 San Anselmo homes that are on the market, 21 are in escrow and of those five are awaiting moving vans, i.e., ready to close escrow. Three of the five moving van homes are on Oak Knoll … #84, listed at $399,000 …. Wooops, talk about speed, just now, as I watched, the status changed to SOLD status … sold for $392,500 … listed by Alva Falla, sold by Jeff Sterley, both in my office; #127, was $572,000, now listed at $538,000 by Amy Hyde and Diana Hammer; and 140, listed at $775,000 by Julie Hunter (pending after 411 days on the market … that’s a lot of work, Julie!). And there’s John Ball’s 123 Saunders (listed at $1,559,000 with 371 days on the market … in and out of escrow, release clauses … lots of paperwork as well!).

Another home that I have had my eye on seemingly forever is Sherri Belluomini’s two bedroom, 916 sq ft listing on Grove Lane (cute home on a great little street right near town) that sold in April ’04 for $600,000 and is now offered (again, lots of work) for $680,000. So sweet!

As of this week there are two homes for under $1M in the Barber track … 12 Barber, a spacious, one-level, four bedroom home of over 2300 square feet offered now at $744,700 by James Hastings and 70 Barber, just brought on the market for a slight bit under the $1M mark by Mary Edwards and her sidekick Linda G.

Hey, real estate is alive … and well, I’m ready to be there for you after I chase down a home on Elm Street in Larkspur for Karen & Mike … who would’ve loved the home that just went into escrow (again) on Harvard in Larkspur … dang it, Bob Marks … dang it and congratulations (I ran them by Dartmouth but it isn’t the same). Dang it.

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Posted by:  Tom Verkozen