An average price of a San Marino CA home for 2007 is $1,750,000.  With San Marino Real Estate prices being so high, are all homes in San Marino considered luxury homes.

It's hard to come up with a definition of a luxury home.  What's luxurious to some is just average to others.

Real Estate Agents in San Marino California and the rest of the country usually agree that a luxury home is usually at the top 10% of the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) prices for a particular area.

Looking at the last 136 home sales in San Marino, it's clear that if we apply the definition above, the luxury price point in San Marino starts at $3,000,000.

Currently, there are three luxury homes in San Marino California that fall into this category:

1390 Oxford Road, San Marino

Offered at $2,980,000 (a little below the $3 million point, but by just a touch.

2065 Courtland Avenue, San Marino

Offered at $4,530,000

1385 Old Mill Road, San Marino

Offered at $9,300,000 

READ MORE:  What can you buy for $9.3 million in San Marino

 

 

For a list of luxury homes or estates in San Marino California available for sale today, please click the link below:

SEARCH SAN MARINO LUXURY HOMES AND ESTATES HERE

To start your dream home search in San Marino, California, please call Irina at  626-627-7107  or email me at Irina@Irina4RealEstate.com.

 

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This week in San Marino, Altos Research reports that there are 37 homes offered for sale.  These San Marino homes have been on the market for an average of 87 days.

Average List Price is $1,766,090

Least Expensive San Marino home on the market is $888,000

Most Expensive San Marino home on the market is $,9,300,000.

Read More:  What can you get for $9.3 Million in San Marino.

Most homes are 4 bedrooms and 2.4 bathrooms with an average age of 70 years.

I thought the charts below are quite telling:

 

 

The number of homes on the market in San Marino are still pretty stable.  There's still quite a bit of buyer demand.

  

 

Price per square foot has moved down a bit to $593.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Marino homes for sale have stayed on the market for an average of 87 days. Half of the listings have come newly on the market in the past 63 or so days.

 

Overall, San Marino's real estate market is doing pretty well.  Homes that are priced well and show well are selling fairly quickly.  San Marino schools are the driving factor in the health of the real estate market of this beautiful community.

If you are interested in getting more information about San Marino, please do not hesitate to call me at  626-627-7107  or email me at Irina@Irina4RealEstate.com

 

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Come on out and support our San Marino Firefighters this Saturday at Lacy Park in San Marino. 

This annual breakfast has become one of my familys favorite traditions.  

Herere some reasons to be there:

1. The San Marino firemen are majorly cute!
2. Its for a good cause.
3. Its only $5 for a great breakfast made by the cutest firefighters in San Marino.  Oops, did I say they were cute again?  :-)
4. There are activities for the kids.  In the previous years, we had hot air balloon rides, firetruck rides, raffles, etc.
5. Pancakes are always yummy and somehow they taste so much better at Lacy Park.  All that fresh air!
6. You have a chance to see and encourage (words of wisdom are always welcome at that age!)cub and boy scouts who usually camp at the park the night before. 
7. Proceeds benefit Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation, Quest Burn Foundation and varous other charities.

Breakfast will be served beginning 7 am.  Tickets can be bought at Lacy Park.

Read More:  Lacy Park - a hidden treasure!

Please call 626-300-0735 with additional questions or click here for the official flyer.

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Every morning, for the last 2 weeks, I get up at 5:25 am to take my daughter for her cross country practice at Lacy Park.   I am not much of a morning person, but I am beginning to look forward to greeting the day in the beauty of this hidden park.

I say hidden because even though Lacy Park is located in San Marino, California, for the most part, only the residents of San Marino truly know about it.  Even the residents of Lacy Parks next door neighbors - Pasadena, San Gabriel and Alhambra are sometimes not aware of its existence.

Its located between Virginia and St. Albans, just North is located h of Monterey Road.  It occupies 30 acres - thats 30 acres of open green areas with many varieties of trees and shrubs. 

Fewer people still know that the open center area of the park used to be a lake - Wilson Lake in 1875.  City of San Marino purchased the lake and the land in 1925 and dedicated it as a park.

If you enter from the back entrance, off of St. Albans, you will see the Boy Scout huts and the most amazing Rose Abor.  Theres also access to the San Marino Tennis Club which in itself has an interesting history.  It was started by 3 local Huntington Middle School moms to encourage kids to love the game of tennis.

The main entrance of the park is off of Virginia.  It will take you to the two loops that circle the park.  The outer loop is about 1 mile in length and the inner loop is about 3/4 of a mile.  As my daughter runs her five miles, I get to walk around the outer loop at least 3 to 4 times - not too bad, given I need my exercise.  :-)

Theres a really nice playground for kids and picnic tables.  During the summer, YMCA and City of San Marino have their youth summer programs which are absolutely fantastic.

The park is open 7 days a week - free Monday through Friday.  On weekends, there is a nominal charge for non-residents.

The park is surrounded by stately San Marino homes.  The home prices in the area around Lacy Park is considered San Marino hills and has beautiful estates starting at $1.8 million and up.

READ ALSO:  What can you buy for $9.3 million in San Marino

If youre ever in the area, please stop on by and visit.

 

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Hot off the presses from Dr. Gary Woods, San Marino Unified School Districts Superintendent.

We are preparing for a $1.3 million shortfall as a result of the Governors Proposed Budget for 2008-2009. SMUSD is a world-class educational program because our community has invested in programs and people that set us apart from average school districts. There is not a single program that we offer that should not exist. We must balance our budget by June 30. Below is a list of program changes (presented below by school site/level) which will be seen throughout the District if we are short the necessary funds to preserve what we have today.

SAN MARINO HIGH SCHOOL
	Increase class-sizes by 35%. Consequences: · Classes of 20 become classes of 28 · Classes of 28 become classes of 35-38 Subjects impacted: · Spanish and French · Math (Honors and Advanced Placement) · English Reduce course offerings or instructional support in: Music (choral and instrumental) Visual Arts Performing Arts (drama and dance) Technology Library Services Eliminate assistant athletic coaches Reduction of counseling services Less time preparing/altering student schedules for their course progression at SMHS Less time preparing college recommendation letters and advising students on application progress and process Less time for additional student counseling services

HUNTINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
	Increase class-sizes by 35% Consequences: · Classes of 20 become classes of 28 · Classes of 28 become classes of 35 Subjects impacted: · History · Music · English Eliminate course offerings: Zero Period Offerings: advance orchestra, wind ensemble, choir 6th Grade Choir Annual Musical Advanced Technology for 8th Grade After school sports (intramural/traveling team) Limited library access

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
	Increase class sizes by 35% Classes of 20 will become classes of 28 Classes of 28 will become classes of 35 Need to create multi-grade combination classes (i.e., a combined 1st and 2nd grade classroom) Impact to student programs Reduce enrichment opportunities (library, music, art) Reduce science lab opportunities Physical education classes (fewer days, larger classes) Reduce technology instruction District contribution to field trips (fully funded by parents) Reduce student supervision for: Before and after school Lunch time Physical education classes

DISTRICT-WIDE IMPACT

Jeopardize our standing as a top-ranked academic public school district Technology Broken computers or connections would not be fixed or replaced Halt Model Classroom program Compromise collaborative and instructional use of advanced technology in the classroom Reduction of facility maintenance Classrooms and facilities cleaned less often Facility set up for events minimized Elimination of preventative maintenance for facilities Reduce administrative/clerical support

YOU CAN HELP!
	Please visit the San Marino Schools Foundation site and learn how you can help us protect and preserve our world-class programs.

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