Net Reality

Since none of the real estate professionals actually answered the question, I will. Most schools list their district boundaries on their web sites. It's not always easy to find. Here are a few:

Menlo Park City District
http://www.mpcsd.org/pdf/09KRegisInformation.pdf

Menlo Park Las Lomitas (bad map)
http://www.llesd.k12.ca.us/map_of_district.htm

San Carlos
http://sancarlos.k12.ca.us/all_pdf/Registration/StreetListin…

Belmont
http://www.belmont.k12.ca.us/main/district/att-area.html

Burlingame
http://tinyurl.com/y9glqkn or
http://bsd.k12.ca.us/

Link to all the San Mateo county district home pages:
http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/apps/page.asp?Q=Districts - Tue Nov 10 2009, 14:46

Kindergarden enrollment is actually in the beginning of February for most schools, for which you have to provide proof of residence in the form of a utility bill. Waiting until the spring/summer lessens your chances for a particular school. - Thu Oct 8 2009, 12:57

If you go to Redfin and search on sale records for the past year for 2000 condos/townhouses you'll see 14. Some sold at a loss, and others that avg 4-5% appreciation over the past 5-10 years.... if they bought a long time ago. I tried to run the search in trulia and it didn't work.

But the true test is days on market and sales. If you look at current listings you'll see about 11 available with an time on the MLS of 104 days... and that doesn't include the listings that were taken off and added back to reset the avg days. Now to look at sales you'll see 14 sold in the last year, so you're looking at about 1 buyer per month, who probably takes the best of the available inventory at the best value. The best priced ones sell, and the higher priced ones sit on the market. - Thu Oct 8 2009, 13:49

There are no 3/1's in a good school district for 600k. The entry level point is closer to 900k for something small or a fixer. 600k will get you a 2/2 condo at best. - Thu Oct 8 2009, 13:01