Sold: $1,075,000 near Sebastopol
The front facade of this two-story country home was built in 1982 with bricks from an old factory in Chicago.
State homes sales, median price will show tiny gain next year, Realtors say
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 rise, but DataQuick analysts taken little comfort.
Bay Area home sales rose in August, but some analysts worried that the region’s housing market was still “plagued by uncertainty.”
Sold: $639,000 in Santa Rosa
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 default notices outpace national wave
Sonoma County reported an 87 percent jump in default notices that were sent in August to homeowners who had fallen behind in their mortgage payments, according to ForeclosureRadar
Sonoma County home sales rise due to jump in “equity” properties
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.
Wine Country Group acquires three Pacific Union Offices in Sonoma County
The fast-growing Wine Country Group by Better Homes and Gardens has become one of Sonoma County’s largest real estate firms with its recent acquisition of three local Pacific Union offices.
The six-month-old Wine Country Group has absorbed the Santa Rosa and Petaluma Pacific Union offices that had been owned since 2006 by Coralee Barkela and Suzanne Drace, shown in this photo. Barkela is on the left.
Sold: $319,950 in Windsor
This ranch-style home was built in 1989 in a neighborhood near Windsor Middle School. Public records show the home was last sold in 2001 for $355,000.
The transaction was a short sale approved by Wachovia Bank and completed in less than 60 days.
Sold: $650,000 in Healdsburg
Sonoma County new home pemits up, but still close to record low
Sonoma County builders pulled 318 permits for new homes in the first half of the year, a 25-percent jump from 2010 but still among the lowest results in decades.
