Sonoma, CA

As of February 8, 2012 43% of available listings in the beautiful wine country town of Sonoma are in escrow.

For the month of January 2012 28 homes (16 of which were distress sales) sold in Sonoma for an average final selling price of $652,193.

The average original asking price of these homes was $926,789.

The range of final selling prices was from a low of $149,000 to a high of $6,315,000.

Of the 28 homes that sold 4 sold at their original asking prices and 1 sold over its original asking price.

It took these homes an average of 139 days to sell.

To see everything that is currently available for sale through our MLS click here.

To learn more about this area in general search more around this blog, visit my website or contact me directly.

- Sonoma Homes for Sale - February 7, 2012 -

2012 is off to a busy start in Sonoma Valley real estate sales with 92 listings under contract for purchase. Our inventory of available properties remains scant with only 150 active listings up for grabs. Inventory is typically light this time of year but this February we are at a six year low. So what's on the market in Sonoma? According to the Bay Area Real Estate Information Service (BAREIS) the breakdown of 150 listings looks like this:

BAREIS data provides greater detail on our inventory including the averages and median statistics for available listings:

I'm often asked to explain "DOM" and "CDOM." So here's the deal. The first is Days on Market with the current listing broker. CDOM means Cumulative Days on Market---the amount of time that the property has been on sale---including all listings with other brokers. Clearly, the highest priced properties take a long time to sell.

Most folks want to know what's happening with single family homes so I've provided a simple bar graph showing short sales, bank-owned, and non-distressed listings. We continue to see about 25% of our total inventory in the distressed property categories.

Our inventory changes from day to day. If you want the very latest information---contact me and you'll know what you need to know---right away.

Am I Lucky or What!?!

I am absolutely terrible when it comes to taking pictures when I'm on a job... I walk in the door and am so focused on getting the job at hand done, I completely forget to get good before and after pictures...

Today was moving day... a couple in the midst of a divorce had sold their $3+million dollar home in San Francisco's tony Pacific Heights neighborhood and so most items (carefully packed by PHA and color-coded between his, hers, and community property) were going into storage. Still other items were tagged for donations and those to be sold by an antique dealer.

However, there were 22 boxes of her personal items to be moved to their Sonoma County residence (that is also a multi-million dollar property currently on market) for her to use and enjoy until that property is sold.

During the course of the move, located within a winding stairwell, was a very large, very heavy, steel French-style, clock face that needed to be removed and delivered to a third party.... and, I was only informed of this task at 10am this morning!! (I'll be doing a separate post on the movers....they deserve all the kudos they get!).

Do I take pictures of this challenging task? No.

But, I get up to Sonoma with my crew member Suzanne, walk out onto the back deck and just could'nt resist... the home and grounds are beautiful... these pictures don't even come close to doing the property justice.

While the interior is not huge, it is so well appointed that it is more than quite comfortable.

Am I luck or what ???? Yes, I am. I get to work in beautiful properties both in the City of San Francisco and in Wine Country!!

Organizing moves and helping people through the moving process is what I do... and, more importantly what I love to do!

Here's two more pictures of the Sonoma residence...on the left is the Dining Room and on the right is the Family Room which is right off the kitchen... all have doors leading onto the deck and beautiful lap pool. I missed a shot of the lake which is below the pool...

Living in Sonoma with the Chinese "Sacred Lily"

The graceful beauty of this early blooming Narcissus has been a joyful sight every Winter that I've lived in Sonoma Valley. I remember as a child seeing bunches of them in the hands of visitors stopping by to deliver Christmas cheer. This year they are arriving in January, delayed---I'm guessing---by a lack of seasonal rain. But here they are, anyway, in their dependable and determined way. Living in Sonoma with Nature's bounty is such a privilege---every day!

As of January 9, 2012 41% of available listings in the beautiful wine country town of Sonoma are in escrow.

For the month of December 2011 31 homes sold in Sonoma (15 of which were distress sales) for an average final selling price of $503,125.

The average original asking price of these homes was $542,581.

The range of final selling prices was from a low of $165,000 to a high of $3,100,000.

Of the 31 homes that sold 3 sold at their original asking prices and 7 sold over their original asking prices.

It took these homes an average of 117 days to sell.

To see everything that is currently available for sale through our MLS click here.

To learn more about this area feel free to contact me directly.