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FHA Loans Jump in Popularity in Sonoma County

lisasheppard | January 14, 2016

As rent prices continue to increase in Sonoma County, potential home buyers are finding that it's much cheaper to purchase a home than to rent and are once again turning to FHA loans to purchase homes. To read more, Click Here.

Cash Deals More Prevalent at Top End of Sonoma County Housing Market

lisasheppard | January 11, 2016

There's a new trend among all cash buyers in Sonoma County. When the housing market bottomed out several years back, investors were using cash to buy rental properties for the best return on their investment. These days, with the median...

Sonoma County Home Sales Increase in October

lisasheppard | November 19, 2015

Sonoma County home sales picked up in October after an end-of-summer lull. Sales increased 6.5% from September and 6.8% from October 2014. In addition, sellers placed 489 new listings on the market, the most for October i...

Sonoma County Home Prices Jump in August

lisasheppard | October 12, 2015

Sonoma County home prices climbed 10.2 percent in August from a year earlier, far outstripping the rise in home prices statewide, property data service CoreLogic reported Tuesday. To read more, Click Here.

California Homeowners Hesitant to Sell Due to Affordability, Inventory Concerns

lisasheppard | September 16, 2015

Rising prices have tempted some Golden State property owners to consider putting their homes on the market in the past year. But the majority are wary of actually pulling the trigger, as they are not sure where they will find their next hom...

Real Estate Roundup: Will Job Growth Spur Interest-Rate Hikes?

lisasheppard | September 14, 2015

Recent news of interest to home buyers, home sellers, and the home-curious includes predictions of looming interest-rate increases due to the latest U.S. jobs report. September is a great month for home buyers. Also, the San Francisco B...

Pacific Union’s August 2015 Real Estate Update

lisasheppard | September 10, 2015

SONOMA COUNTY Sonoma County is showing stabilizing prices: the median hasn’t varied month to month by more than $4,000 since May and closed August at $549,000. The MSI increased from June and July to 2.0, though there are still fewer a...

New Report Further Examines California, Bay Area Housing-Affordability Gap

lisasheppard | September 1, 2015

Less than one-third of California's housing stock is affordable for a median-income household, and in certain Bay Area counties the amount of affordable properties on the market is practically nonexistent. To read more, Click Here.

Real Estate Roundup: Bay Area Median Home Price Just Shy of Record High

lisasheppard | August 28, 2015

Recent news of interest to home buyers, home sellers, and the home-curious includes a report that the median sales price for a Bay Area home is just a few thousand dollars short of its all-time high. Also, more Golden State homeowners are t...

Bay Area Employment 10 Percent Higher Than Prerecession Levels

lisasheppard | August 27, 2015

California continues to outpace the U.S. for job growth, with the Bay Area's thriving economy at the forefront of the state's recovery. The state added 80,600 nonfarm positions in July while the unemployment rate fell to 6.2% on a season...

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