Mill Valley Real Estate
Homes For Sale in Mill Valley
Below are all of our active property listings in Mill Valley. For additional listings of homes for sale in Marin County and San Francisco please visit our Current Listings page.
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Investing in Mill Valley Real Estate, like most Marin towns, has been a rewarding experience-not only did you live in one of the greatest suburbs in the world, but you also made a small fortune doing so. In 1970 the average Mill Valley homes sold for $36,910; by 2006 that number had risen to $1,317,504 for a 36 year compounded rate of return of 10.4%. If you had 50% mortgage on the purchase price of the house the rate of return rises to 12.9% and an 80% mortgage rate of return is 15.4% (not considering mortgage payments, property taxes or anything else). The dollar rate of return interestingly tells more: the total dollar rate of return since 1970 is about $1,280,600 but more than half of has come since 1998. Due to the recent pull back in Mill Valley real Estate in 2008 and 2009, these appreciation numbers have decreased.
Mill Valley property's rate of return (without a mortgage) is about 10.4% and is significantly ahead of the Marin Town Average of 10.0%. The California real estate rate of return for the same period was 9.0% and the national average rate of return, no mortgage, was only 6.5%. Homes in Mill Valley offer both a fantastic lifestyle as well as a decent long term investment.
| Year | Mill Valley | Marin County | California |
USA Average |
| 2008 | 1,399,100 | 1,075,500 | 346,410 | 196,600 |
| 2007 | 1,397,270 | 1,221,529 | 558,100 | 217,900 |
| 2006 | 1,317,504 | 1,090,916 | 556,640 | 221,900 |
| 2005 | 1,245,978 | 1,078,819 | 522,670 | 219,000 |
| 2004 | 1,096,015 | 929,103 | 450,770 | 195,200 |
| 2003 | 992,521 | 817,961 | 371,520 | 180,200 |
| 2002 | 947,856 | 782,829 | 316,130 | 167,600 |
| 2001 | 933,087 | 757,523 | 262,350 | 156,600 |
| 2000 | 918,469 | 722,780 | 241,350 | 147,300 |
| 1999 | 735,875 | 590,821 | 217,510 | 141,200 |
| 1998 | 588,613 | 495,093 | 200,100 | 136,000 |
| 1997 | 524,941 | 443,135 | 186,490 | 129,000 |
| 1996 | 492,113 | 417,324 | 177,270 | 122,600 |
| 1995 | 456,926 | 397,069 | 178,160 | 117,000 |
| 1990 | 444,767 | 379,581 | 197,770 | 97,300 |
| 1985 | 213,344 | 200,557 | 119,860 | 75,500 |
| 1980 | 193,627 | 168,508 | 99,550 | 62,200 |
| 1975 | 65,770 | 64,215 | 41,600 | 35,300 |
| 1970 | 36,910 | 37,845 | 24,640 | 23,000 |
| 36 Year Return | 10.4% | 9.8% | 9.0% | 6.5% |
| 2006 % of | 100% | 121% | 237% | 594% |
| 11 Year Average | 100% | 120% | 278% | 530% |
Mill Valley Real Estate Compounded 36 Year Rate of Return
| Mortgage Type: | No Mortgage | 50% Mortgage | 80% Mortgage | Dollar Return |
| Mill Valley | 9.5% | 11.5% | 13.6% | $1,121,090 |
| Marin County Average | 9.2% | 11.2% | 13.9% | $1,037,655 |
| California | 7.2% | 9.2% | 11.8% | $321,770 |
| USA | 5.8% | 7.8% | 10.4% | $173,600 |
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