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Sonoma County Home Affordability Index

Advice for Fence-Sitting Buyers in Sonoma County

If your cousin, brother,  or best friend’s dog was warning about the housing bubble in 2006, I would pay a lot of attention to them today. Unfortunately, almost everyone else missed the bubble  in spite of all sorts of warning signs that we were in an unsustainable market. It’s human nature to go with the [...]

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Two Rock

The Two Rocks of Two Rock

We often speak place names without thinking about what they mean. For instance, there are four Grand Views in Sonoma County, one each in Sebastopol, Healdsburg, Petaluma, and Camp Meeker. Some of these live up to their name with truly grand views. Others, not so much.  There are oak place names all over  Sonoma County. [...]

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Sonoma County Home for Sale

Price per Square Foot in Sonoma County

Price per square foot is a useful tool for the real estate industry. Real estate agents use it for  informal appraisals and professional appraisers make use of it for formal valuations. For home buyers it’s one way to compare homes of different sizes but similar construction quality. Contractors and architects use it as a shorthand [...]

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sunset at Wikiup Greens

Senior Communities in Sonoma County

Many people haven’t taken the time to investigate the 55+ age communities in Sonoma County. Singles and couples moving into their empty nest phase or early retirement might want to consider the opportunities that can be found in the varied senior communities in Santa Rosa, Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Sonoma, and especially Oakmont. Limiting market participants to [...]

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Healdsburg Machine Shop

Healdsburg Machine Shop

It’s not typical to get wine industry history, real estate, and fascinating collectibles in one post. The listing of 452 Healdsburg Avenue in Healdsburg as a commercial real estate investment precedes a mid March auction of the contents of the building, a hub of inventiveness in the wine industry after prohibition ended. Healdsburg Machine Shop [...]

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Sonoma County Real Estate Trends

Sonoma County Residential Sales

I’ve been diving into 2010 residential sale details trying to understand the Sonoma County real estate market for myself and my clients. The result that is clearest and a surprise to me was adding 2010 results to the chart of sales for the past four years. This chart shows clearly that we seem to be [...]

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Dry Creek Valley

Dry Creek Real Estate

Dry Creek Valley has always been a favored address for permanent and part time wine country residents alike. These days, in addition to the famed Dry Creek zinfandel carpeting the valley floor and hillside vineyards, the valley is home to the dark blue of Healdsburg Sotheby’s International Realty signs (and others) marking some beautiful properties. [...]

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Tumblewed Tiny House

Tiny and Small Houses

There’s a small house to be had in Sebastopol. Well, small might be too grand a term for a house less than 200 square feet, but the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company is drawing national attention for their tiny houses and house plans ranging from 65 to an expansive 837 square feet. Jay Shafer, the driving [...]

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Dangerous Liaisons with Vampires

SRT Dangerous Liaisons with Vampires

I knew they wouldn’t let me down!  SRT comes through with a topical update of Dangerous Liasons with Vampires (!)  and I did rather enjoy it.  The cast was on their toes; adept at dialogue and characterization.  Outstanding were Vanessa Gibens  as The Marquise and Ricco Fajardo  as Valmont paired as the two infamous lovers [...]

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h2hotel corten balcony

Green Luxury at the h2hotel in Healdsburg

The h2hotel in Healdsburg has to rank among the greenest and most upbeat hotels in the world. I toured the hotel today in advance of their fully b0oked July 4 weekend and was impressed with the deep attention to detail and brilliant design that squeezed this spacious feeling hotel into an underutilized downtown space.  The [...]

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