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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...

Sonoma County’s Sluggish Housing Market…Will It Continue?

lisasheppard | February 2, 2019

With homes staying on the market longer and buyers rejecting over-priced homes, many Sonoma County home sellers are wondering when and if the sluggish housing market will bounce back. The slowdown started last summer when buyers started ...

November Saw a Continued Slowdown in Sonoma County Housing

lisasheppard | December 24, 2018

November saw a steep decline in home sales and a dramatic jump in available homes...all good news for buyers. The median home price fell to $615,000 from its $700,000 peak in August of this year, representing a 9% decline. Home sales fe...

Sonoma County Cancels Real Estate Deal to Build More Housing

lisasheppard | November 17, 2018

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors unanimously decided to scrap a plan to sell the former Sutter Hospital Campus in Santa Rosa to a developer that was planning to build 867 housing units on the site. The vote last month puts ...

How will the Sonoma County Fires Affect the Housing Market?

lisasheppard | November 2, 2017

October's wildfires left behind much destruction, with many victims now faced with the process of rebuilding. Prior to the wildfires, home prices were already steadily increasing and inventory shortages had been the norm for quite some ti...

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