I have reviewed the July MLS statistics for Single Family Homes in San Mateo, California. Please listen to my podcast to learn about the key trends and indicators in this area. If you have any questions about the market, feel free to give me a call at 408-829-4141 or e-mail JohnPinto@jvpinto.com Thank you, John V. Pinto 08/23/2007

I have reviewed the July MLS statistics for Condominiums & Townhomes in San Mateo, California. Please listen to my podcast to learn about the key trends and indicators in this area. If you have any questions about the market, feel free to give me a call at 408-829-4141 or e-mail JohnPinto@jvpinto.com Thank you, John V. Pinto 08/23/2007

Someone asked me recently on Trulia Voices if there are any Old Town areas in San Mateo. Author of the question liked my reply, therefore I decided to share it with you: There are no Old Town area in San Mateo so to speak. However there is nice down town (between 2nd and 4th Ave and B and El Camino Real) and great area to be in the evening is "B Street Theatre District (a part closer to B Street). The place is very vibrant. Plenty of good entertainment, for example a wine festival last weekend. Great restaurants (check Lure!). A simply nice place to hang out. And of course movie theatres. Click on the link below to find out more interesting trivia about San Mateo. The good news is that you can have a great house near buy (either in San Mateo or Hillsborough and walk to the down town ar... 06/28/2007

Today I am continueing my discussion of the real estate market here in San Mateo County with the City of San Mateo.  It is the largest city in our immediate area with about 94,000 people.  San Mateo has four zip codes and I'll break down the information about the city by zip.  As before, all of my data is coming from Altos Research, the company we subscribe to for all of our research data.  Last week the city of San Mateo had 129 homes for sale with an average time on the market of 81 days.  Inventory and days-on-market have been climbing compared to years past, but the Market Action Index is still flat.  The trends point toward a weakening market but Altos tells us it is still a Warm Sellers Market of 38.  Since San Mateo has been pretty much built out, th... 06/24/2007

There are many “nice” things about San Mateo, CA.  It has a mild climate, a lot of beautiful homes (as the one below), interesting (but not necessarily exciting) history, etc. But is there anything special or unusual about San Mateo?   Here are 10 things I came with:  You Tube was a San Mateo startup (http://youtube.com/ ). They are in San Bruno, CA now. Here is their Last Day in San Mateo Movie studio around 1923-5 - I read about in the Daily Journal, but cannot find the link!). San Mateo had a shot at becoming Hollywood, but I guess the weather in the South is better! Can you help to find the link??? Bay Meadows Race Track – it still exist, but it might be its last year. Seabiscuit ran here! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Meadows ) Lure Restaurant – if you look for a special (San F... 06/12/2007