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The Ultimate Guide for First-Time Home Buyers in Marin County

Thinking about buying your first home in Marin County? This comprehensive guide breaks down everything you need to know—from understanding Marin’s competitive housing market to getting financially prepared, defining your home priorities, and working with a local expert. Learn how to navigate high demand, limited inventory, and fast-moving deals with confidence. At Own Marin, we specialize in helping first-time buyers find the right home while making the process as smooth and informed as possible.

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How to Buy and Sell Homes in the Age of Coronavirus

The Marin market continues to pick up speed with new listings hitting the market and many receiving multiple offers or strong preemptive offers within a week of exposure. We just learned that a hot new listing in Mill Valley listed at $1.7M received 13 offers this week after only 6 days on the market and is selling for more than $250k over asking with 60% of the buyer pool coming from San Francisco. So, what does this mean for home buyers and sellers?

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Renovated Kitchens Equal Healthier Homeowners

If your New Year’s resolution is to live a healthier lifestyle, remodeling your kitchen could be one step toward achieving that goal. That’s one key takeaway from Houzz’s 2017 Kitchen Trends Study, which surveyed homeowners who were in some stage of renovating their kitchens last year or this year. One-third of respondents reported that they were leading healthier lifestyles after remodeling their kitchens, while the other 67 percent said they were equally as healthy as before.

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