The Market
Marin County Real Estate & the Coronavirus April 2020 Report
The first thing to remember is that there is a time lag – usually 3 to 6+ weeks – between a new listing coming on market, an offer being negotiated and accepted, and when the transaction actually closes sale. This means that almost all of the sales price data we have, as of the first …
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Sonoma County Real Estate March 2020 Report
There is a lot going on in the world right now and we won’t pretend to know how things will turn out or affect the local real estate market over the next few months. In the meantime, this report will look at the most recent data available, though the impact of the wild volatility in [ More ]
Marin County Real Estate March 2020 Report
There is a lot going on in the world right now and we won’t pretend to know how things will turn out or affect the local real estate market over the next few months. In the meantime, this report will look at the most recent data available, though the impact of the wild volatility in …
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Sonoma County Real Estate January 2020 Report
Generally speaking, after years of solid appreciation rates, annual 2019 Bay Area median home prices went down a little bit, went up a little bit or basically remained unchanged as compared to 2018. Sonoma County was one of the markets that ticked down a little – but made a significant recovery from the slowdown that [ More ]
Marin County Real Estate January 2020 Report
Generally speaking, after years of high appreciation rates, annual 2019 Bay Area median home prices went down a little bit, went up a little bit or basically remained unchanged as compared to 2018. Marin is one of the markets that ticked down, though the message is more mixed when looking at individual city price trends. …
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Sonoma County Real Estate December 2019 Report
Bay Area Median Home Prices & Market Sizes by County. Median House Price Trends since 1996 – Selected Communities. These 2 charts are estimated calculations of median home value trends by an algorithm created for that purpose. As always, these numbers should be considered very general approximations of prices in complex markets containing homes of [ More ]
Marin County Real Estate December 2019 Report
Bay Area Markets for Homes of $5 Million+. Marin is one of the smallest county markets in the Bay Area by total number of sales (pie chart above), but ranks 4th in the number of $5,000,000+ homes sold (blue columns). Estimated Median Home Value Trends since 1996 According to the calculations of an algorithm created …
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Sonoma County Real Estate November 2019 Report
We will limit our comments regarding the fire to 2 thoughts: It is impossible to express sufficient gratitude to those who have worked on the fire line and those who have stepped forward to help those affected. Secondly, Sonoma has been through natural disasters in the past – floods, fires, droughts and earthquakes – and [ More ]
Marin County Real Estate November 2019 Report
Using a six-month-rolling average of monthly median sales prices smooths out the mostly meaningless monthly fluctuations to illustrate broad, long-term appreciation trends with more clarity. Sales Volume by Month A clear illustration of the role of seasonality in the real estate market. Starting in November activity begins to plunge towards the mid-winter nadir. Remember that …
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Sonoma County Real Estate October 2019 Report
Updated Market & Census Statistics, Home Prices & Appreciation Rates, Luxury Home Sales, Price Reductions, Employment, & Interest Rates. Year-over-Year Q3 Comparisons – Q3 2016 – Q3 2019 Median House Sales Prices by Quarter After significant drops in median sales prices beginning in summer 2018 (following a very strong spring 2018 selling season), prices bounced [ More ]