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Buyers & Sellers
REALTOR® members and organizations like SAMCAR work hard to help home buyers and sellers, and protect property owners by providing valuable resources, legislative advocacy, giving back to our communities and holding our members to the highest ethical standards. The Buyers & Sellers page on our website provides information about local market conditions, resources for first time buyers, and information about the advantages of working with a REALTOR®.
REALTORS® are mostly small business owners who ensure buyers and sellers experience the greatest transparency, choice and efficiency through independent, local broker marketplaces that level the playing field for all types and sizes of residential real estate brokerages.
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Buying A Home Is Easy!* If You Work with a Real Estate Agent Who is a REALTOR® 
Selling A Home Is Easy!* If You Work with a Real Estate Agent Who is a REALTOR®
Published: March 09, 2026
San Mateo County Home Sales (February 2026)
The monthly San Mateo County home sales reports and infographic for FEBRUARY 2026, with data from MLSListings, Inc., are now available for you to share on your social media, e-mail and other marketing.
Published: February 09, 2026
San Mateo County Home Sales (January 2026)
The monthly San Mateo County home sales reports and infographic for JANUARY 2026, with data from MLSListings, Inc., are now available for you to share on your social media, e-mail and other marketing.
Published: January 09, 2026
2025 San Mateo County Home Sales
San Mateo County home sales reports and infographics (with data from MLSListings, Inc.) for all of 2025 are available for you to share on your social media, e-mail and other marketing (remember to use the hashtag #SAMCARStats when sharing on social media).
Published: January 08, 2026
NAR Statement on Institutional Buyers
On Wednesday, January 7, 2026, President Trump shared via a Truth Social post that his administration is "taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes" and "will be calling on Congress to codify it". The National Association of REALTORS (NAR) to issued a statement from Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy Officer Shannon McGahn, sharing that NAR "is encouraged that the administration and members of Congress are focused on addressing the nation's housing affordability and supply crises. We share the goal of ensuring there are enough places for people to live and of expanding access to homeownership—especially for first-time buyers—and ensuring that housing policy strengthens communities rather than limiting opportunity." Read more for additional data and reporting on the impact of institutional buyers on the housing market.
Published: January 08, 2026
San Mateo County Home Sales (Q4 2025)
The quarterly San Mateo County home sales reports and infographic for FOURTH QUARTER (Q4) 2025, with data from MLSListings, Inc., are now available for you to share on your social media, e-mail and other marketing.
Published: January 06, 2026
C.A.R. Chief Economist Jordan Levine California Housing Update
On Tuesday, January 6, 2026, C.A.R. Chief Economist Jordan Levine shared a California Housing Market Update presentation at the SAMCAR Marketing Meeting on Zoom. Read more to download the slide presentation.