Friday, the Marin IJ featured a really nice piece on how Marin home sales are up but still lower than 2 years ago. So good news, bad news depending on your outlook. If you are a first time home buyer it is good news as long as you act quickly, because as the article points out home sale prices are slowly increasing. Bad news is the average home sale price in Marin is $821,000 compared to the 2007 sale price of over $1 million. But wait even that is good news right? Let's think about this for a second. The low prices we saw last year coupled with the slow sales cycle is really turning now, and for this year's outlook Marin realtors are optimistic on increasing home values. But just not as optimistic that we will get to where we were 3 years ago. Take a look at the full article for details and as always if you want to know how your home stacks up against the competition and are considering getting it on the market give me a call at 415-246-0991, or check out http://www.valuemymarinhome.com/