When San Mateo County property tax installments are due, when penalties start, how the postmark rule works, and the homeowners’ exemption deadline.
What happens after you sign a listing agreement: the file, disclosures, title and HOA documents come first. The vendors come after, and here is why.
What sellers look for in an offer besides price starts before the offer arrives. Why I have recommended the lower one, and what buyers can do about it.
Buying a condo in San Mateo County now means underwriting the building. What reserves, special assessments and the SB 326 balcony inspection tell you, in order.
What a San Mateo County seller actually nets: county and city transfer tax, commission, escrow and title fees, and the buyer credits that move the number most.
Sell first or buy first on the SF Peninsula? What a rent back, a bridge loan and a contingent offer each cost, and the four questions that decide which path is yours.
How to analyze a Peninsula neighborhood before you buy: price bands, inventory velocity, commute, fog line and schools, plus five San Mateo County city guides.
The multiple offer strategy I actually run on a Peninsula listing: the disclosure package finished before Showtime, released only to agents whose buyers toured, and why I won’t set the offer date on the calendar.
What to fix before selling a house in the Bay Area: the Peninsula prep that returns $95K on $18K — and the remodels that never pay back in 2026.
A first-time home buyer Burlingame & San Carlos roadmap from a 24-year Peninsula broker — pre-approval, jumbo financing, offers, and the real timeline to keys.
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