REAL ESTATE • On the Market
The Marin County community of Fairfax is only a few miles from the bustling 101, but its woodsy quietude makes it feel like a separate world — a distance underscored by its reputation as ground zero of the nation’s hot tub scene (remember the casual insult “Marin county hot-tubbers”?). It’s also where Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead used to face each other, and Irving Berlin used to serenade a local restaurant’s diners from a platform built in a tree. So maybe that separate world sensation might be rooted in reality.
Though the area’s 2.2 square miles is home mostly to longtime locals, there’s always moderate market movement, with 60 homes changing hands in 2024 at a median price of $1.22M, per Compass. Here, three listings for those mulling a slide into Fairfax’s bubbling tub:
→ 195 Ridgeway Ave (Fairfax) • 3BR/2BA, 1684 SF duplex • Ask: $1.149M • Two unit 1949-build with hillside views • Days on market: 9 • Agent: Lori Odisio, Compass.
→ 8 June Ct (Fairfax) • 3BR/2.1BA • 1836 SF house • Ask: $1.195M • Tamarancho-adjacent build from 1996 with Loma Alta view • Days on market: 5 • Agent: Blaine Morris, Compass.
→ 101 Ridge Rd (Fairfax, above) • 4BR/3BA, 2775 SF house • Ask: $1.995 (previously listed at $2.495M in 7/24) • 1999 build with waterfall-spanning redwood deck • Days on market: 13 • Agent: Eric Gelman, Coldwell Banker.