San Bruno, CA

So far, in 2010, San Bruno real estate inventory is low making it a great new environment for homeowners who have been thinking of selling! Currently there are only 30 homes for sale ranging from $299,000 for a small one bedroom home to $1,000,000 brand spanking new homes in a new developement! Md range is about $550,000-$600,000.

With interest rates still teetering between 5 and 6%, home buyers are out in full force looking for good deals before the rates hike up!

What we are seeing is pretty quick sales of homes in the lower and mid ranges while the high end homes are taking awhile. They are selling though! It took quite a few months but the new homes in the Skycrest Develoment next to Lunardi's have all sold! One most recently at $918,000!

FHA loans are popular with a low amount of 3.5% down but many homebuyers are purchasing with 10-20% down that has been saved or come from equity lines on a home meaning that many of our buyers these days are move up buyers who have managed to build equity in their first homes! That's great news!

The competition in the low and mid ranges are still bank owned homes and short sales but there are some regular sales out there amongst them!

As I walk the neighborhoods placing neighborhood newsletters and notepads on people's doorsteps, I notice that most people are staying put. People who own homes or rent them for that matter like where they live here in San Bruno and don't plan on selling anytime in the near future unless a fantastic job opportunity comes along, a new family grows out of a small home, or an senior downsizes. I don't blame them. I live here, too, and I enjoy my neighborhood in Huntington Park. I like that I am walking distance to everything, even though I choose to drive. I imagine that's how a lot of people feel.

At this point of my life with my kids in elementary school and taking part in all that San Bruno Park and Rec has to offer, I am here as a San Bruno neighborhood resource. If you want to know what's going on in the park, Chamber of Commerce, real estate, or anything else, chances are I can help you. I also help people buy and sell houses in San Bruno and other parts of the peninsula. Please visit my website and check out my videos at: www.KarinCunningham.com

Your friend,

Karin

Oh boy! I am so excited! San Bruno Park puts on concerts every Friday in August starting at 6:00 pm

For the last two summers I made homemade gourmet popcorn and put them in sandwhich bags for my kids to sell for .50 cents each. They were so darn cute! My 4 year old daughter carried her metal pail full of popcorn and my 8 year old son collected the money! I have pictures somewhere that I need to find and post!

Anyways, this year's 2009 schedule looks like this:

Aug 7th- Livewire (Dance Party Band)

Aug 14- Unauthorized Rolling Stones (Tribute Band)

Aug 21- Cocktail Monkeys (Classic Rock, Pop, Variety)

Aug 28 Dave Crimmen (50's Rock n Roll)

Be sure to come and if you see me or my kids selling popcorn, tell us you read our blog! Thanks!

www.KarinCunningham.com

Above photo taken from: http://www.sanbruno.ca.gov/

Karin Cunningham-"Your San Bruno real estate specialist at your service!"

Lee Ginsburg-"San Bruno residential and investment specialist!"

Lee Ginsburg and I worked a booth at the San Bruno Farmer's Market last Sunday and had such a blast! We are always trying to think of ways to promote our buyers and sellers and when we heard that the San Bruno Chamber of Commerce was offering booths to promote businesses, we thought it was a great idea for us! Since our office, Prudential California Realty, is in San Bruno, I live in San Bruno, I do a good portion of my business in San Bruno, not to mention my kids go to school and play sports here, I knew a good amount of people that walked by! It was a really great experience!

San Bruno Farmer's Market

Peach Girls!

It was also great meeting the farmers and workers at the Farmer's Market! I found out how the different farms work and promote themselves. I learned which fruit and vegetables were in season like tomatoes are best in the springtime because in the summer they are quite ripe! Hierloom tomatoes, my favorite, are expensive for the growers therefore they are more expensive for the consumer. They are quite a specialty! Blueberries, peaches and plums are ready to go right NOW!

"Oh my gosh! The BEST blueberries in town!"

The San Bruno Farmer's Market is going on every Sunday 10-2 pm through October! Check it out! I hope to see you there!

www.KarinCunningham.com

If you haven't heard, the San Bruno Farmer's Market started on Sunday, June 21st and is continuing every Sunday through October from 10-2pm! Downtown Sundays will have live music, fresh fruit and vegetables, flowers, specialty breads and international food.

If you haven't checked it out, I highly recommend swinging by! I was there on the first day and enjoyed picking out a variety of strawberries, blackberries and blueberries. I also bought some carrots, all kinds of summer squashes, and peaches! They were all delicious!

There was also a kettle corn booth, a booth for coloring and laminating commemorative pins, and a featured business. This event is put on by the San Bruno Chamber of Commerce so a featured business is an appropriate and great way for a business to promote themselves! (That means you'll see me there one day, for sure!)

If you don't have plans on a Sunday this summer, try to make it to the San Bruno Farmer's Market! It's a great local event you won't want to miss!