Archive for May 10, 2013

Pacific Union’s April Real Estate Update

SONOMA COUNTY Median sales prices have been climbing steadily in our Sonoma County region, rising in 10 of the last 12 months to $437,500. Sales prices ranged from 92.1 percent t0 96.2 percent of original prices over the past year and avera...

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One-Fifth of New Homes are ‘Green’

“Green” homes are quickly moving into the mainstream of the housing industry as component costs drop and consumer interest continues to grow. Green housing projects accounted for 20 percent of all new-home construction in 2012 and could ...

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Pet-Friendly Rentals: Difficult but Not Impossible

Seventy-five percent of renters own pets, according to a recent survey, and most say they have struggled to find pet-friendly apartments and single-family homes. To read the full report, Click Here.

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Real Estate Roundup: Home Ownership Declines, But Millennials Looking to Buy

Recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious includes a report that homeownership has slipped to its lowest point since 1995. That report was tempered, however, by a survey that showed increasing interest in buyin...

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Bay Area’s Strong Economy, Rising Home Prices Attracting Attention

Both The Wall Street Journal and USA Today have noted recently that rising home prices in the San Francisco metropolitan area are sustainable because of its strong economic base. Click Here to read the full report.  

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Homes for Sale Increasing Across Bay Area

An increasing number of sellers are putting their homes on the market in Napa County this spring, and other regions in the Bay Area and Tahoe/Truckee are also seeing more homes for sale after months of exceptionally tight inventories. To rea...

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