Nobody wants to buy at the top of the market. On the other hand, trying to practice market timing in real estate has proven to be almost impossible. Prices nationally are drifting slightly lower, but some markets have already started to strengthen and prices may be rising. If you aren’t keeping track of what’s going […]
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Sonoma County 2011 real estate stats show another boring year of price stability. For anxious buyers and sellers of Sonoma County real estate, the news of a flat marketplace is probably the most reassuring thing they could hear. They’re not going to get rich on price appreciation like everyone thought they would in the hot
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Country property has a vocabulary all its own. One often confusing term is “perc” or “perc test”. Perc is real estate jargon for “percolation”, a perfectly good word for the ability of soil to absorb moisture. Still, the word percolation manages to baffle people more accustomed to coffee percolation than septic systems. Since percolation is
Try both of these handy tools for planning your Sonoma County home purchase. The first is a great tool to see the progress of your payments and figure your monthly costs. The lower tool provides a real time look at mortgage rates and their trend over time. Powered by Home Mortgage Powered by CA Interest
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Sonoma County home prices are at historically affordable levels. Nearly half of the households in the county can afford the median priced home. That compares to only 9 percent of buyers from just a few years ago in 2006 and 2007. Combining the California Affordability Index with historically low interest rates creates an environment that
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