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Sonoma County Real Estate Pricing Trends
Real Estate Pricing Discounts from Original Listing Price By definition, buyers and sellers establish the actual “market price” of any […]
Read MoreHousing: Start Small
First time home buyers face tough times. Prices and interest rates are both high. So are property taxes. When even […]
Read MoreAverage Sonoma Home Prices
Rising home prices are a popular topic for homeowners. Not so much for renters and others trying to buy property […]
Read MoreLuxury Homes in Sonoma County
Sonoma County continues to be a favorite destination of smart buyers willing to pay a premium price for the wine […]
Read MoreCosts of Living with Fire
Water and Power Living in fire prone areas requires planning and adaptation. New houses, in particular, have to meet stricter […]
Read MoreSonoma County 2021 New Year Listings
Last year, 31 people paid less than $300,000 to purchase a single family home in Sonoma County. Almost all were […]
Read More4 Tips For First-Time Homebuyers
How To Prepare Your Finances So You Look Attractive to Lenders: 4 Tips For First-Time Homebuyers Getting ready to buy […]
Read MoreMove out of Santa Rosa, please.
Sonoma County’s generous response to this disaster and support for first responders has been heart warming and life affirming. I […]
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Guest House vs. Granny Unit/Second Dwelling (updated for ADU)
Sonoma County zoning regulations for guest houses and second dwelling units define two distinct dwelling types: A guest house is smaller […]
Read MoreRaw Land Development in Sonoma County
Sonoma County is facing a shortage of readily buildable lots. There’s plenty of raw land, but there is a big […]
Read MoreVanishing REO and Short Sales
If you are looking for an REO or short sale bargain in Sonoma County, you are too late to the […]
Read MoreLos Amigos Ranch
Healdsburg’s Los Amigos Ranch is characterized by beautiful oaks, rolling hills, spectacular vineyard views, and a great location. The property […]
Read MoreSaving for a Down Payment
How to Overcome the Challenges of Saving for a Down Payment for Your Home One of the biggest challenges to […]
Read MorePiranha Buyers Eat Sellers’ Surge
A tight real estate market benefits sellers. Prices rise due to competition from buyers and the limited inventory helps awkward […]
Read MorePrices, bubbles, and timing
My housing trends post from a year ago was so spot-on that I didn’t want to write anything else about […]
Read MoreSonoma Housing Demand Pushes Prices Higher
Full price isn’t high enough. It’s strange to write those words after six months of free-falling home values in 2008 […]
Read MoreBlu Homes Land in Sonoma County
Blu Homes is a pioneer of sustainable, high quality prefab homes. From their manufacturing facility in Vallejo they truck home […]
Read MoreAlexander Valley Real Estate
Alexander Valley runs from the border with Mendocino County in the north to the south east side of Healdsburg. It […]
Read MoreSonoma Real Estate – Inventory Shortage
Buyers and sellers who haven’t been paying attention to Sonoma County real estate are surprised when they are told there’s […]
Read MoreBlu Homes in Healdsburg
Blu Homes in Healdsburg. It’s a match made in heaven. Blu Homes are a great example of smart, green construction […]
Read MoreHot Real Estate in Sonoma County
Nobody wants to buy at the top of the market. On the other hand, trying to practice market timing in […]
Read MoreThe Great Equilibrium
Sonoma County 2011 real estate stats show another boring year of price stability. For anxious buyers and sellers of Sonoma […]
Read MorePerc Explained
Country property has a vocabulary all its own. One often confusing term is “perc” or “perc test”. Perc is real […]
Read MoreMortgage Calculator and Rates
Try both of these handy tools for planning your Sonoma County home purchase. The first is a great tool to […]
Read MoreEmerald Ridge – Healdsburg’s Emerald Ranch Road
Architects and their clients have to be picky about where they choose to build. The right decision will save significant […]
Read MoreHealdsburg Emerald Ridge Estate Lots
Emerald Ridge estate lots outside Healdsburg are all sold. The lot creation process took time, and the creation of these […]
Read MoreHealdsburg Luxury Real Estate
Luxury real estate in Healdsburg got a boost recently with three beautiful newly listed homes ranging from $1.25 million to $3.95 […]
Read MoreInterest Rates Tempt Savvy Sonoma Buyers
Sonoma County home prices are at historically affordable levels. Nearly half of the households in the county can afford the […]
Read MoreAdvice 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 […]
Read More200 Acre Healdsburg Country Property – Views and Vineyard Potential
It’s sometimes easy to forget how beautiful Sonoma County property can be. Our Healdsburg Sotheby’s International Realty office toured a […]
Read MoreCloverdale Fixer
Cloverdale is suffering from the housing bubble collapse, but that doesn’t mean the town is dead. It just means that […]
Read MoreSonoma Country Property Fuels Dreams
Country living has a vivid place in the American imagination. You might be toiling in a cubicle today, but in […]
Read MoreSonoma County Fair – Brilliant!!
As soon as we were clicked through the entrance and escaped the bombardment of the knives, fudge, and dill pickles in […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MorePrice 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 […]
Read MoreGreat Start to SRT Season
Wow! SRT has stepped up its game! I am so impressed with the cast they have put together this year. […]
Read MoreSonoma Residential Prices
Knowing residential pricing trends makes you a smarter buyer. Period. Whether you’re chasing an REO investment or competing against multiple […]
Read MoreSebastopol Residential Sales
Sebastopol recorded 24 residential sales in June which helped bring the first half of 2011 to a close with 102 […]
Read MoreSanta Rosa Dominates Real Estate Sales
Santa Rosa rules the real estate market in Sonoma County. No city is close in population or number of housing […]
Read MoreSonoma County Real Estate by City
Don’t believe everything you read. Especially from me. I love looking at data to figure out trends, but using a […]
Read MoreSonoma County Real Estate Stats Jan to Jun 2011
Sonoma County residential sales in April and May were down from what we would normally expect in the spring selling […]
Read MoreRussian River Valley’s Westside Road
The Russian River Valley’s Westside Road is home to vineyards, wineries, and some fine estate homes in Sonoma County’s wine […]
Read MoreSenior 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 […]
Read MoreSonoma County Small Acreage Homes
A place in the country. A hobby vineyard outside Healdsburg. A few acres of vines east of Sonoma. A little […]
Read MoreFree REO Daily Hotsheet
We host reo.sonoma.net, a companion site to sonoma.net that specializes in Sonoma County REO property. Making it easy to find […]
Read MoreSonoma Market Report
The S&P /Case-Shiller Home Price Indices for the first quarter of 2011 came out a few days ago and showed […]
Read MoreArt at the Source
One of our favorite Sonoma County drives is the two weekend art tour known as Open Studios from Art at […]
Read MoreHealdsburg Land Sales
Healdsburg lots and land are selling again. Based on sales activity in the last six months, it appears that the […]
Read MorePeace and Quiet
Peace and quiet is a request I often hear from home buyers. They want a property that is far enough […]
Read MoreFixers Seeking Dreamers
Nicely-boned large fixers from the Victorian through Craftsman eras have always attracted me. In the first place, their exterior designs […]
Read MoreSonoma Cohousing Project
Cohousing combines traditional neighborhoods and individually owned property with shared decision making and extensive common facilities including open space, courtyards, […]
Read MoreFelta and Felta Ridge Rd.
The next time you are taking a drive along the winery filled Westside Rd in the Russian River valley, keep […]
Read MoreHealdsburg Machine Shop
It’s not typical to get wine industry history, real estate, and fascinating collectibles in one post. The listing of 452 […]
Read MoreSonoma County Home Sales Report
I plead guilty to liking numbers. I don’t track the Giants batting averages, but I do know how much houses […]
Read MoreSonoma County Weather
I suppose if we weren’t talking about snow while the cherry trees are in bloom it would be some other […]
Read MoreSonoma County Residential Sales
I’ve been diving into 2010 residential sale details trying to understand the Sonoma County real estate market for myself and […]
Read MoreWhole Foods Adventure
It probably wasn’t the best timing on our part to visit the new Santa Rosa Whole Foods Market in Coddingtown… […]
Read MoreDr. Jennifer Williams
The first thing you notice about Dr. Williams is how genuinely pleasant she is. She greets her patients with a […]
Read MoreConservation Opportunity in Healdsburg
Doing good while you’re doing well. Wealth, whether newly achieved or a family legacy, carries opportunities that aren’t available to […]
Read MoreReal Estate Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is the right time for me to acknowledge all the great people that I get to work with. Every […]
Read MoreAttention Garden Lovers
If you know a gardener looking for a modest, low-maintenance home, I’ve got a Santa Rosa listing for you. This […]
Read More6,000 Coho Salmon Find New Home
It was a magical day for me, a dozen high school students, assorted conservation folks and two generous and wise […]
Read MoreShort Sale Players
A reader emailed an interesting question asking about the decision makers are in a short sale. My quick answer is […]
Read MorePrivacy and Open Space in Healdsburg
Healdsburg real estate showcases many million dollar estates on vineyards and abundant acreage outside of town. I’m happy to present […]
Read MoreSonoma County Harvest Fair
It’s time (Sept 30-Oct 2) for the 2011 Sonoma County Harvest Fair. Right on schedule the vineyards around the county […]
Read MorePermaculture Opportunity in Dry Creek
Permaculture can be considered as a systematic way to integrate green and sustainable agriculture ideas. The ideas were fleshed out […]
Read MoreMain Street Station
Main Street Station This is the great place to look for live entertainment any night of the week. The owner, […]
Read MoreDry Creek Real Estate
Dry Creek Valley has always been a favored address for permanent and part time wine country residents alike. These days, […]
Read MoreSonoma County Fair
Home from the fair and everything seems dim by contrast. It was a spectacular day – mid 80’s- sunny and […]
Read MoreSonoma County Wine Tweeters
I set out to create a list of all the Sonoma County wineries that are active in various social media. […]
Read MoreA Tour of the “Island of Sonoma”… West County Day Trip
April is usually the time I like to go to Hawaii, but why bother when we live on the beautiful […]
Read MoreTiny and Small Houses
There’s a small house to be had in Sebastopol. Well, small might be too grand a term for a house […]
Read MoreSRT: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Whew! I’m glad that’s over! Nothing stresses me out like a Spelling Bee, but the show was FUN! The whole […]
Read MoreThai Restaurant – Jhanthong Banbua
A family birthday dinner brought us back to Jhanthong Banbua. The beautifully decorated interior of this Thai restaurant glistens with […]
Read MoreSonoma County Land Sales over $Million
You would expect a county with a strong agricultural base and rapid residential development to have robust land sales. In […]
Read MoreSonoma County Luxury Homes
Just for the sake of argument, let’s call a million bucks a luxury cut-off for Sonoma County homes. Sure there […]
Read MoreWhen Single Story Isn’t Accessible
I met some new clients to look at a home that we thought might offer good access for potential wheel […]
Read MoreSRT: The Full Monty
Yes! Virginia, There is a Santa Claus! And he has brought us Christmas in July with the present of this […]
Read MoreHouses, Slopes, and Water
Today my clients looked at a house sited downslope from the road with clearly insufficient drainage. Clearly because you could […]
Read MoreSRT Dangerous Liaisons with Vampires
I knew they wouldn’t let me down! SRT comes through with a topical update of Dangerous Liasons with Vampires (!) […]
Read MoreGreen 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 […]
Read MoreSRT: Peter Pan (Not the Musical)
OMG! What a mess! First of all let me preface all my remarks with, “I love SRT.” The Summer Rep […]
Read MoreChalk Hill Gates
Chalk Hill Road from Healdsburg to Windsor is great to explore when you are looking for a little adventure and […]
Read MoreFelta Area of Healdsburg
The Felta Road area of Healdsburg is right at the border of the Dry Creek Valley Appellation and the Russian […]
Read MoreDowntown Healdsburg Real Estate
Downtown Healdsburg real estate is casually limited by walking distance. You can choose whether to go three or four blocks […]
Read MoreForever Plaid at SRT
The SRT season begins with a dated look at music a la Lawrence Welk rife with all the cutesy bits […]
Read MoreAlexander Valley in Healdsburg
The Alexander Valley runs along the Russian River from Healdsburg in the south to Cloverdale in the north. This is […]
Read MoreDry Creek Valley Land
Dry Creek Valley Land is special. This narrow valley is only a dozen miles long, but is home to some […]
Read MoreWikiup Greens in Santa Rosa
My wife and I moved into Wikiup Greens a little over two years ago. We had never thought about a […]
Read MoreVacation Rentals – New Rules
Sonoma County is filled with over 1,000 vacation rental properties. Guerneville on the Russian River, Healdsburg at the center of […]
Read MoreLuxury Details – A Perfect Corner
I’ve been a builder and know the satisfaction that comes from doing a job as close to perfectly as I […]
Read MoreSearching Sonoma County Real Estate
The internet has changed everything about how buyers find houses. The old MLS guild mentality* still exists in some places, […]
Read MoreImproving Your Credit Rating
How can I improve my credit score? Now that you’ve established some credit (or even have bad or moderate credit), […]
Read MoreHome Buying Milestones
Home buying is almost as much of a “project” activity as home building. Both require tasks performed in sequence to […]
Read MoreSonoma County Buyer's Agent
You have made the choice between buy and rent and are on this site, so you have decided to buy […]
Read MoreHealdsburg Real Estate
Healdsburg real estate surrounds a great town square and includes modest bungalows, grand wine-fueled estates, and some of the most […]
Read MoreSonoma Real Estate
Sonoma is a historical treasure in California. The wonderful town plaza is home to the Bear Flag Revolt and surrounded […]
Read MoreSebastopol Real Estate
The Sebastopol real estate market remains active because Sebastopol homes and land are part of a strong coummunity. Sebastopol is […]
Read MoreSanta Rosa Real Estate
Santa Rosa is the biggest city in Sonoma County and has a correspondingly diverse real estate market. The major arteries […]
Read MoreRussian River Real Estate
The lower Russian River area includes Rio Nido, Guerneville, and Monte Rio as the core cluster of towns, but even […]
Read MoreRohnert Park Real Estate
The Rohnert Park real estate market has been dominated by bank owned properties. In 2008 over 50% of transactions were […]
Read MorePetaluma Real Estate
Petaluma has a fascinating history as a gold rush food production town turned chicken headquarters turned broadband high tech headquarters. […]
Read MoreCotati Real Estate
Cotati real estate demand benefits from the presence of Sonoma State University. Student pressure for housing along with the faculty […]
Read MoreCoastal Sonoma Real Estate
Coastal Sonoma County is a spectacular, rugged, and remote place to live. The main town is Bodega Bay with a […]
Read MoreCloverdale Real Estate
Cloverdale is at the north end of Sonoma County’s 101 corridor. It’s about forty minutes north of Santa Rosa and […]
Read MoreSebastopol
Sebastopol is an agriculturally based town in Sonoma County. The population was 7,774 at the 2000 census, but its businesses […]
Read MoreSanta Rosa
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, USA. As of July 1, 2005, the population of Santa […]
Read MoreGuerneville and the Russian River
The Russian River communites include Forestville, Guerneville, Monte Rio, and Rio Nido. After early development as lumber and farming areas, […]
Read MoreRohnert Park and Cotati
Rohnert Park: In the year 1956, only four adult residents lived within the district boundaries, but in 1957 with the […]
Read MoreBodega Bay and Coastal Sonoma
Coastal Sonoma is spectacular, wind-swept, foggy, and exhilirating. The junction of land, water, and air is almost always energetic, and […]
Read MoreIndian Food
Indian Food I don’t know why Indian food has to be so expensive. I know there are a lot of […]
Read MoreGary Chu's Restaurants
Gary Chu continues to lead the way If you haven’t eaten at Gary Chu’s eponymous (definition: named the same…Gary Chu) […]
Read MoreStella's Cafe
Lots of stars in Sonoma County Whether you judge by the New York Times, Fodors, or the Michelin Guide, Sonoma […]
Read MoreRock and Roll in Sonoma County
Last Day Saloon Bigger & better live music. Blues, jazz, rock concerts, dancing, food… Everything you could want in a […]
Read MorePubs in Sonoma County
Black Rose Irish Pub Pub, darts. Live music. Celtic rock, blue grass, folk, Americana. 2074 Armory Dr Santa Rosa 707-546-7673 […]
Read MoreKaraoke in Sonoma County
First Edition Karaoke – Thursday nights 8-12 1820 E. Washington Ave Petaluma 707-775-3200 Rita’s Restaurant & Lounge Karaoke – Thursday […]
Read MoreEclectic Music
A’Roma Roasters Great coffee! Eclectic Rail Road Square downtown hangout. Good for people watching. Live music. Jazz, folk, blues. 95 […]
Read MoreDance Halls
Ellington Hall Dance parties with lessons 3535 Industrial Dr Santa Rosa 707-545-6150 Finley Center Friday night dance party with lessons […]
Read MoreMystic Theater
Mystic Theater Bigger and better live music. Concerts. Name bands. 2323 Petaluma Blvd N Petaluma 707-765-2121
Read MoreBear Republic
Bear Republic Local brewery, live music, blues, jazz. great burgers, garlic fries, tasty menu, award winning locally brewed beer! 345 […]
Read MoreSRT – Summer Repertory Theater
SRT Summer Repertory Theater…as if the Santa Rosa Junior College’s Theater Arts department wasn’t busy enough, they also offer full […]
Read MoreCinnabar Theater
Cinnabar Theater Cinnabar Theater Opera, Theater, Summer Music Festival, Choral Ensembles, Youth Repertory…. These people are dedicated to providing quality […]
Read MoreSanta Rosa JC Theater Arts
Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa JC Theater Arts is a college department that is truly doing its job! i […]
Read MoreSpreckels Performing Arts Center
Pacific Alliance Stage Company Theater, Music, Dance. Professionals come to mix with experienced volunteers in creating a true entertainment community. […]
Read MoreWells Fargo Center for the Arts
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts used to be a church, used to be Luther Burbank Center for the Arts… […]
Read MoreLive Theater
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Spreckels Performing Arts Center Pacific Alliance Stage Company Santa Rosa Junior College Summer Repertory […]
Read MoreEntertainment
Main Street Station This is the great place to look for live entertainment any night of the week. The owner, […]
Read MoreSonoma Health Clinics
Clinic Locations Chanate Clinic 3420 Chanate Road Santa Rosa, CA 95404 Phone: 707-565-4820 Directions: * From Highway 101, exit Bicentennial […]
Read MoreSonoma Hospitals
Sonoma County hospitals are under the same cost pressures as every other area of the country. There continues to be […]
Read MoreSonoma Pharmacies
Are you looking for a pharmacy? Sonoma County pharmacies include the usual suspects like CVS, Rite Aid, Safeway, Raley’s, and […]
Read MoreSonoma Physician Search
Are you looking for a physician? If you have an existing health plan, your most certain results are going to […]
Read MoreSonoma County Medical Services
We are fortunate to live in a beautiful part of the world. We don’t have any problems attracting medical specialists […]
Read MoreSonoma Wedding Photographers
Yo Bliss Yo Bliss is a fun-loving, artistic, creative photographer. She’s capable of taking all the standard wedding photos you […]
Read MoreSonoma Wedding Wear
Selix We have been very happy with our local Selix. They’re big enough to have everything we needed, but personal […]
Read MoreSonoma $25K Wedding
A $25K Wedding in Sonoma County At our son’s wedding, our daughter announced that she and her then boyfriend were […]
Read MoreBudget Weddings in Sonoma County
Sonoma County is a beautiful place for a wedding! There are so many top notch places to consider. Whether you […]
Read MoreSonoma Wedding Cakes
Featured Wedding Cake Suppliers Stirling Performance: Cakes, Pastries and Plated desserts for all occasions! Delicious desserts prepared by chef Scott […]
Read MoreSonoma Wedding Florists
Featured Wedding Florist Heather Hendrickson Heather Hendrickson is an experienced wedding floral designer with a passion for beautiful flowers and […]
Read MoreSonoma Wedding Planner
Marisa Manna and her team at So Eventful continue to rack up good press and awards. Even more importantly, they […]
Read MoreSonoma Catering
Chef Adair Catering Chef Adair Catering realizes your event can be one of the most important days in your life, […]
Read MoreSonoma Wedding Venues
Here are a few hand picked sites for your perusal. Most are inexpensive and friendly venues for your most special […]
Read MoreUnderstanding Credit for Home Buyers
Understanding Your Credit (Home Buyer or Not) What is credit? How do I get credit? How can I improve my […]
Read MoreContingent and Contingencies
The term contingent comes up a lot in real estate. Buyers looking at web sites see the term connected with […]
Read MoreGet Pre-Qualified
One of the first questions to answer when you are thinking about buying a house is whether you can afford […]
Read MoreRent or Buy in Sonoma County
Deciding to buy a home can change your life. Home ownership isn’t for everyone, particularly when the real estate bubble […]
Read MoreClosing Costs, Property Taxes and Other Expenses
Lets start with Taxes… Property taxes are due twice a year in December and in April. When you buy a […]
Read MoreSaving for a Down Payment
Saving money for a down payment can feel impossible. Even for an FHA loan, the 3.5% down payment requirement for […]
Read MoreSebastopol Inns
Sebastopol has some classic bed and breakfast inns. Vine Hill Inn Bed & Breakfast is nestled between apple orchards and […]
Read MoreSonoma Inns
The City of Sonoma is where the State of California began. It was here, in the middle of the 1800’s […]
Read MoreSanta Rosa Inns
Santa Rosa is the heart of Sonoma County and makes a great base for exploring the Sonoma coast and Sonoma […]
Read MoreRussian River Inns
Guerneville is the western limit of Sonoma wine country’s Russian River Valley. This resort town is famous for the Russian […]
Read MoreHealdsburg Inns
Healdsburg is the wine country center of northern Sonoma County and makes a great base for exploring Alexander Valley, the […]
Read MoreSonoma County Inn Guide
There’s nothing like the family atmosphere and personal service of a bed and breakfast inn. Your hosts are special people […]
Read MoreWindsor Real Estate
Windsor has been one of the fastest growing communities in Sonoma County. Historically this has been an agricultural center between […]
Read MoreReal Estate Paperwork
Oh, the joys of paperwork. At the dawning of the second decade of the 21st century we use more paper […]
Read MoreSelling your home
The essence of Clint Eastwood’s famous Dirty Harry line, “a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.” is behind […]
Read MoreThe Joy of Dreaming
Your house search has to begin with a dream. Everyone I have ever helped buy a home in Sonoma County […]
Read MoreThree Reasons to use a Buyer's Agent
Buying real estate is like swimming in the ocean. Before you start you aren’t sure how deep the water is, […]
Read MoreDry Creek Valley Land
This is an unusually good time to be shopping for land and ranches in Dry Creek Valley and other areas […]
Read MoreGive Thanks for Wine
We celebrated Thanksgiving with our daughter’s extended family of winemakers. It was as good as we thought it would be […]
Read MoreSonoma Wine Country Dreaming
In Healdsburg, the real estate dreamers have wine on their mind. Folks wander in off the streets after a long […]
Read MoreChanslor Ranch in Bodega Bay
When Will Rogers famously referred to God not making any more new land, he was referring to coastal property. It’s […]
Read MoreSonoma County Campgrounds
Alexander Valley RV Park & Campground 2411 Alexander Valley Road Healdsburg, CA 95448 (707) 431-1453 60 total RV sites (13 […]
Read MoreDry Creek Valley Land and Ranches
This is an unusually good time to be shopping for land and ranches in Dry Creek Valley and other areas […]
Read MoreHome Depot is not a four letter word
Badly done home remodels aren’t the fault of Home Depot. Too many homeowners watching “Flip this House” or “Trading Places” […]
Read MoreLooking for the wine country life
People chase their dreams to Sonoma County. For some it’s an adventurous leap to a new lifestyle in the wine […]
Read MoreSonoma County REO Map
Maps Rule! My lovely and talented wife hates it when I start raving about maps. “It’s unseemly”, she says, and […]
Read MoreSonoma County Real Estate Search
Searching Sonoma County Real Estate can be easy. I have set up some pre-configured searches for REO property, but the […]
Read MoreSonoma County Real Estate Sales Trends July 2008
REO sales continue to drive the Sonoma County residential housing market. In June 175 REO properties were snapped up by […]
Read MoreSonoma County REO – To Overbid or not to Overbid…2008
REO’s Rule! How does three Sonoma County REO sales per day since January 1 sound? How about five per day […]
Read MoreAlexander Valley Estate Sites
Rolling hills, ancient oaks, and great views define the eastern slopes of the Alexander Valley which runs from Cloverdale in […]
Read MoreCherry blossoms are impossibly intense
This was a stellar day. You know how sometimes the light is just right and the temperature mellow warm, but […]
Read MoreSpring in Luther Burbank Land
It’s easy to forget how blessed we are in Sonoma County. I was previewing a Healdsburg listing for some snow-bound […]
Read MoreA Russian River Flood Primer
Mix heavy rain and narrow river channels and you’re bound to get floods. I’ve had one home and one business […]
Read MoreFaught Road
Not too far from the energy of the Airport Business Park and Shiloh’s Wal Mart and Home Depot is Faught […]
Read MoreGovernator targets Guerneville parks
Arnie, baby, tell me it ain’t true! Newspaper reports indicate the proposed state budget plans to close Austin Creek Reserve […]
Read MoreHas Sonoma County Real Estate Hit Bottom? (from early 2008)
I have worked my fingers to the bone assembling Sonoma County residential sales and activity records for the last four […]
Read MoreHappy New Year
I’ve been blessed with a wife, children, brothers and sisters, parents, coworkers, and a great boss. I have invested a […]
Read MoreSebastopol bargains and Sonoma widgets
The Sebastopol slide show above is a good demonstration of the power of newer web based tools. It’s a simple […]
Read MoreRain's faces
California’s growth rhythm is always a mystery to newcomers from four season climates. In Sonoma County we already see the […]
Read MoreFitch Mountain Fixer (Not Available)
Fitch Mountain dominates Healdsburg’s east side. The mountain fills the skyline and forces the Russian River to make a wide […]
Read MoreDetails, details, details
I had a chance to visit a terrific ten acre property on Eastside Road near Forestville today. You’re never quite […]
Read MoreFoss Creek Villas in Healdsburg
Sometimes good opportunities are right in front of you and you just can’t see them. That’s what I was thinking […]
Read MoreMark West Station
There are a lot of unique neighborhoods in Sonoma County. Tucked in between Santa Rosa and Windsor and bounded by […]
Read MoreHealdsburg's Architectural Eclecticism
Healdsburg has an interesting architectural history with ornate Victorians and classic Craftsman era homes downtown interspersed with more humble bungalows, […]
Read MoreSebastopol Field of Dreams
We all do visual double takes. Is that a Llama or goat or what? For all of us it’s a […]
Read MoreEntropy 101, or why leaks matter
I was creating some graphic headers for this site and realized that I had just made a whole bunch of […]
Read MoreOccidental
I headed up to Occidental where I needed to get pictures of some of the Italian style family restaurants for […]
Read MoreBodega Architecture and Quoins
The Potter Schoolhouse in Bodega is one of the few remaining buildings from Alfred Hitchcock’s filming of “The Birds”. It’s […]
Read MoreStone wall revealed…and some far west grapes
I’ve bemoaned the loss of stone and brick as building materials due to earthquakes. We end up with a lot […]
Read MoreInverted lawnmower in Freestone
Twin Valley, home of the Macmurray Ranch used to have the most wonderful trimmed redwoods. The underside of the trees […]
Read MoreWhy do earthquakes suck?
My first significant earthquake came while I was sitting on an under-construction deck in Berkeley. The deck, still unbraced, stood […]
Read MoreInviting Entrances II
I posted recently about two lovely entrances in the Russian River town of Guerneville. I wanted to broaden my rustic […]
Read MoreInviting Entrances
Every property has an entrance. They aren’t always distinctive or even structural, but houses have a transition between public space […]
Read MorePine Flat Road in Healdsburg
Congratulations to Levi Leipheimer for his third place finish in this year’s Tour de France. Levi’s a home town guy […]
Read MoreHealdsburg Victorian with five units in back
Healdsburg has a great collection of Victorians downtown. Matheson St, a main artery to the Healdsburg plaza, has both modest […]
Read MoreRussian River Frontage
Real estate along the Russian River ranges from classic vacation getaways to long stretches of riparian vegetation that borders the […]
Read MoreRound Porch Classic in Santa Rosa
I was looking for a multi-unit building for sale on Morgan Street in Santa Rosa last week when I came […]
Read MoreAlexander Valley vineyard with Russian River frontage
One of my favorite pastimes is planning dream homes on the great Sonoma County properties I get to look at. […]
Read MoreFlorence Street in Sebastopol
Sebastopol real estate is not noted for whimsy. There are classic farm houses, beautiful bungalows, and plenty of contemporary country […]
Read MoreNorth Street Fixer in Healdsburg
Some see ruin, failing brick foundation, peeling paint, sagging floors, and throw up their hands in despair. I see classic […]
Read MoreEast Street Fixer in Healdsburg
The grande dame around the corner on North St is my favorite Healdsburg fixer, but this “white elephant in the […]
Read MoreArrigoni's Cafe
My brother Ned builds guitars and was in the area for the Healdsburg guitar show yesterday. I was going to […]
Read MoreCherry Street Historical District
(Updated: Sold) I was meeting my brother for breakfast at Arrigonis yesterday and thought I’d look at a few properties […]
Read MoreWohler Bridge
We don’t have a lot of old bridges left, at least steel truss bridges that remind me of the Erector […]
Read MoreRound Porches
I can’t help it. I’ve always found round porches to be enticing features for a home. Maybe it was growing […]
Read MoreWindsor's urbanism
Many long time Sonoma County residents have been a little skeptical of Windsor. In the immortal words of Gertrude Stein […]
Read MoreLusciousness
Driving down the road yesterday I just had to stop and grab this picture of Sonoma County’s most prideful crop; […]
Read MoreReal Estate 101…Highway 101
I got inspired to write today by a question from a Silicon Valley dweller. He asked about getaway properties, distances […]
Read MoreA little "Ken Burns" for you
One of the programs I learned about at the Inman conference was RealEstateShows.com, a service that lets you build presentations. […]
Read MoreThe "Next Big Thing" in real esate
I spent two days this week at the Inman real estate technology conference in San Francisco. The biggest buzz was […]
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Welcome to the Sonoma County Blog. We hope to build a community here, where everyone is free to share their […]
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