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Home Sales Decline in April During SIP Restrictions

lisasheppard | May 18, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has essentially delayed the start of a bustling spring housing market. Home sellers ready to sell their homes were faced with additional challenges when the Shelter in Place orders took effect. Those restrictions prohi...

Wildfire Rebuilds Allowed During Coronavirus Shutdown

lisasheppard | March 25, 2020

Included in the latest federal guidelines of critical infrastructure sectors were construction of housing, especially affordable housing and housing for the homeless. Also allowed were to continue working were trade professionals, including...

A Growing Trend in California: Fire Resistant Homes

lisasheppard | December 24, 2019

With wildfires becoming an increasingly serious issue in California, more and more homeowners are choosing to rebuild their homes with a fire-resistant design and materials, including metal roofs and pre-fabricated steel framing wrapped in ...

Surge in Sonoma County Home Prices as Wildfire Survivors Buy Existing Homes

lisasheppard | October 23, 2019

Real estate experts indicate that Sonoma County housing market experienced a late summer surge due to a second wave of wildfire survivors opting to buy an existing home rather than rebuilding. This second wave of buyers has driven up pric...

Sonoma, Marin & Napa County Home Prices Decrease in July

lisasheppard | September 14, 2019

While the median price has dropped slightly, home sales increased in the North Bay in July from a year before. Marin County and Napa County sales increased by 15.5% from July of last year, but the median price decreased by 3.6% in Marin ...

Summer Sees Slowdown & Pickier Buyers in the North Bay

lisasheppard | July 17, 2019

An annual Summer slowdown in the North Bay housing market is the norm as buyers focus their attention and energy on summer activities. However, local experts indicate that there might be something more to this slowdown with homes remainin...

Sonoma County Luxury Homes Sales to Get Boost from Tech Money

lisasheppard | June 9, 2019

Luxury homes and estates in Sonoma County are poised for buyers from San Francisco or Silicon Valley...buyers looking for a second home or vacation home who are seeing the perfect Wine Country residence. The latest wave of Bay Area tech ...

Why Developers Are Eyeing Santa Rosa

lisasheppard | April 13, 2019

Santa Rosa is in desperate need of homes and apartments, and city officials are pulling out all the stops to make it happen, including waiving development fees and relaxing rules on a scale not yet seen in the area. In March, the Bay Are...

Is This a Good Time to Buy a Home in Sonoma County?

lisasheppard | March 23, 2019

Sonoma County sales are off to a slow start this year as many sellers sit tight and buyers wait for further price declines. The usual winter dip in sales as well as the record rainfall that led to the worst flooding in decades has contrib...

Merry Edwards Sells Sebastopol Winery to Champagne Maker

lisasheppard | February 23, 2019

Sonoma County's acclaimed winemaker, Merry Edwards, has just sold her Sebastopol winery to Champagne Louis Roederer, the French company famous for producing Cristal Champagne. The deal includes the Merry Edwards brand, winery, inventory a...

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