San Mateo County’s median home price jumped 10.6% year over year in July—but larger homes also sold, inventory fell nearly 26%, and buyers paid an average of 106% of asking. We take a closer look at what the numbers really mean.
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Belmont real estate has a surprisingly predictable seasonal rhythm. We looked back through years of local sales data to see when buyer competition typically peaks, when the market cools, and what that means for buyers and sellers.
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Putting more money down isn’t always the best financial decision—but it can make your offer more attractive to a seller. Here’s how sophisticated buyers balance down payment, leverage, appraisal risk and liquidity.
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When several buyers compete for the same home, the bidding structure itself can affect the final sales price. Here’s how blind “highest and best” offers compare with escalation clauses—and why one approach may favor the seller while the other can protect the buyer.
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Before the trains came to Belmont, there was the stagecoach.
Long before commuters waited for trains, Belmont residents and travelers relied on horse-drawn coaches to carry passengers and even the U.S. Mail. Take a trip back to the early 1850s and the days when the Emmett-O’Neill Store at Ralston Avenue and Old County Road was a regular stagecoach stop.
Belmont’s first students attended class in a local resident’s home. From a one-room schoolhouse and $50-a-month teacher to dead frogs in the well, discover what going to school was like in early Belmont.
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