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What $1 Million Can Buy You in Sonoma County

16471 Watson Road in Guerneville, listed at $988,000. Back in the day, a million dollars was the ultimate amount of money to many people (even Dr. Evil).  It is still quite a hefty sum, and today we are checking out what a million dollars can buy you in [...]

By | October 6th, 2015|5 Comments

What You Can Rent for $2,500 in Sonoma County

1707 Saint Anthony Way in Santa Rosa for $2,500. According to Zillow, the median rent throughout Sonoma County is $2,250, so today we are looking at our favorite homes in the $2,000 to $2,500 price range. Looking for homes to rent is not an easy task, and many [...]

By | October 2nd, 2015|14 Comments

Full Price Offer? It Might Not Be Enough.

Buyers in Sonoma County are faced with lots of challenges when trying to purchase a home, including the fact that they are often competing against multiple offers that go well above asking.  People are finding that they have to remove contingencies, pay all cash, offer a short close and pay [...]

By | September 29th, 2015|18 Comments

Sonoma County’s most expensive home – $22 million

Today we explore Sonoma County’s most expensive listing, “La Vid” which is actually a cluster of properties on approximately 159 acres at 730-760 Adobe Canyon Road in Kenwood.  Sonoma and Napa share a $22,900,000 listing at 100 Wall Road, the 20,000 square-foot Villa Sorriso, famous for having been owned by the late [...]

By | September 25th, 2015|2 Comments

What can you buy in Sonoma County for $550,000?

When people say that they are moving to Sonoma, they can mean a variety of things…Are they looking to buy a “Wine Country” cottage in the town of Sonoma or are they shopping for an affordable suburban North Bay home? Our criteria was the latter, to find the most appealing [...]

By | September 21st, 2015|11 Comments

Sonoma County again posts highest rent rate increases, up 11.7 percent

Sonoma County still leads the nation’s metropolitan areas for its rate of rental increases, with the average apartment this summer reaching $1,579 a month.

By | October 24th, 2014|1 Comment

New Sonoma County foreclosure filings drop 26 percent

Sonoma County homeowners last summer entered the foreclosure process in the smallest numbers in nearly nine years. Lenders recorded 147 notices of default in the county in the third quarter, according to Irvine-based CoreLogic DataQuick. The notices, the first step in the official foreclosure process, were at their lowest number [...]

By | October 17th, 2014|1 Comment

Stronger Sonoma County home sales for September

After lagging for most of the year, Sonoma County home sales jumped last month to the highest level for September in nine years.

By | October 13th, 2014|0 Comments

Sonoma County foreclosures remain at pre-crash levels

Foreclosure activity in Sonoma County remains at levels last seen in the years before the housing bubble burst. County homeowners lost 71 residential properties in the first quarter of 2014, according to real estate information service DataQuick. That was a decrease of 53.9 percent from a year earlier and represented [...]

By | April 22nd, 2014|0 Comments

Sonoma County home sales value hits highest level since 2006

While sales slowed markedly in December, Sonoma County’s housing market in 2013 still posted its best year since 2006.

By | January 15th, 2014|1 Comment