Single-family home construction is expected to reach a new low for the U.S. this year, the National Association of Home Builders said Wednesday. The Press Democrat is preparing a story for this Sunday on the local home building industry.
This 56-acre resort was built in 1975 and formerly run as a bed and breakfast inn. It includes a home, conference center, 4 cabins, pool and massage house.
Bay Area home sales increased in September from a year earlier, but the results remained significantly below historic levels. The nine-county region reported the sale of 6,749 homes and condominiums last month, according to San Diego-based DataQuick.
Sonoma County home sales slowed in September in keeping with the traditional close of the summer buying season. Buyers purchased 380 single-family homes last month, down 19 percent from August, according to The Press Democrat monthly housing report compiled by Coldwell Banker manager Rick Laws. September sales were down only 2 percent from a year earlier.
This tri-level was built in 1977 in northwest Santa Rosa and had remained home to its original owners. The property features extensive stonework on the front facade, a large game room and an in-ground swimming pool on a parcel of nearly a quarter acre.
The front facade of this two-story country home was built in 1982 with bricks from an old factory in Chicago.
California home sales next year will rise just 1 percent and median prices will climb less than 2 percent, the state’s Association of Realtors predicted Tuesday.
Bay Area home sales rose in August, but some analysts worried that the region’s housing market was still “plagued by uncertainty.”
This Bennett Valley ranch-style home on 2.5 acres was built in 1974. Its deck off the kitchen and dining area features views of the surrounding hills and vineyards.
Sonoma County home sales rose last month to their highest level in nearly three years, as more owners who still had equity in their houses agreed to sell. In the last three years, these so-called “equity” sales have become a larger part of the county housing market, even as the number of foreclosures has significantly declined, according to The Press Democrat monthly housing report compiled by Coldwell Banker manager Rick Laws.
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