Bodega Bay, CA

Interested in current market statistics for the Bodega Bay area of Northern California Real Estate? Following are the April 2009 Bodega Bay Market Stats as well as what is currently available in the residential real estate market. Residential meaning, Single Family Homes as well as Farms/Ranches.

As of Today May 23, 2009 Bodega Bay currently has:

51 Listings:

List Price Range $200,000 - $4,975,000

Average List Price $978,164

Median List Price $795,000

Of these listings, 4 are Bank Owned aka REO/Foreclosed properties & 5 are Short Sales

4 Listings In Escrow are in "Contingent" status:

List Price Range $200,000 - $799,000

Average List Price $493,250

Median List Price $487,000

Of these 4, 1 are Bank Owned & 1 is a Short Sale

0 Listings Are In Escrow are in the "Pending" status i.e. All Contingencies have been removed:

3 Listings Sold i.e. Closed Escrow During the month of April 2009:

List Price Range $374,900 - $1,099,000 * Selling Price Range $360,000 - $965,000

Average List Price $757,633 * Average Selling Price $700,717

Median List Price $799,000 * Median Selling price $777,150

Of these 3 listings, 1 was Bank Owned & 0 were Short Sales

We are seeing a few more bank owned and short sales on the market but as a whole this market is certainly not saturated with distressed property listings that we see in some other communities within Sonoma County. Sebastopol, Penngrove & Healdsburg are three other locations that follow a similar scenario.

A majority of the Bodega Bay market are second homes and often times sellers may want to sell but do not have the same sense of urgency and can wait the market out and will do just that. Many of these homes are in the Vacation Rental Market and are bringing their sellers an income while they are being marketed to sell.

I am happy to further drill down these stats to more specific neighborhoods within Bodega Bay, such as The Bodega Bay Harbour Development, or for other areas of Sonoma County upon request.

Interested in current market statistics for the Bodega Bay area of Northern California Real Estate? Following are Bodega Bay stats for the March 2009 market as well as what is currently available in the residential real estate market. Residential meaning, Single Family Homes as well as Farms/Ranches.

As of Today April 17, 2009 Bodega Bay currently has:

44 Active & Available Listings:

List Price Range $294,405 - $4,975,000

Average List Price $945,721

Median List Price $797,000

Of these listings, 4 are Bank Owned aka REO/Foreclosed properties & 5 are Short Sales

2 Listings In Escrow are in "Contingent" status:

List Price Range $899,000 - $985,000

Average List Price $942,000

Median List Price $942,000

Of these 2, 0 are Bank Owned & 1 is a Short Sale

2 Listings In Escrow are in the "Pending" status i.e. All Contingencies have been removed:

List Price Range $374,900 - $1,099,000

Average List Price $736,950

Median List Price $736,950

Of these 2, 1 is Bank Owned & 0 are Short Sales

5 Listings Sold i.e. Closed Escrow During the month of March 2009:

List Price Range $795,000 - $1,250,000 * Selling Price Range $735,000 - $1,125,000

Average List Price $974,980 * Average Selling Price $916,000

Median List Price $950,000 * Median Selling price $920,000

Of these 5 listings, 1 was Bank Owned & 0 were Short Sales

The sales picked up a bit in Bodega Bay over the past couple of months. A couple new Short Sale and Bank Owned listings have come on the market, but as a whole this market is certainly not saturated with distressed property listings that we see in some other communities within Sonoma County. Sebastopol, Penngrove & Healdsburg are three other locations that follow a similar scenario.

I am happy to further drill down these stats to more specific neighborhoods within Bodega Bay, such as The Bodega Bay Harbour Development, or for other areas of Sonoma County upon request.

Interested in current market statistics for the Bodega Bay area of California Real Estate? Following are the stats for the January 2009 market as well as what is currently available in the residential real estate market. Residential meaning, Single Family Homes as well as Farms/Ranches.

As of Today February 27, 2009 Bodega Bay currently has:

37 Active & Available Listings:

List Price Range $375,000 - $4,975,000

Average List Price $1,066,565

Median List Price $899,000

Of these listings, 1 is Bank Owned aka REO or Foreclosure properties & 5 are Short Sales

6 Listings In Escrow in "Contingent" status:

List Price Range $699,000 - $995,000

Average List Price $902,150

Median List Price $924,500

Of these 6, 1 is Bank Owned & 2 are Short Sales

1 Listings In Escrow in the "Pending" status i.e. All Contingencies have been removed:

List Price Range $795,000 - $795,000

Average List Price $795,000

Median List Price $795,000

Of this 1, 0 are Bank Owned & 0 are Short Sales

3 Listings Sold i.e. Closed Escrow During the month of January 2009:

List Price Range $699,000 - $950,000 * Selling Price Range $680,000 - $900,000

Average List Price $802,667 * Average Selling Price $776,333

Median List Price $759,000 * Median Selling price $749,000

Of these 3listings, 0 were Bank Owned & 0 were Short Sales

Bodega Bay does not have the high numbers of bank owned or short sale listings that we see in some other communities within Sonoma County. Sebastopol, Penngrove & & Healdsburg are three other locations that follow suit.

I am happy to further drill down these stats to more specific neighborhoods with Bodega Bay, such as The Bodega Bay Harbour Developement, or for other areas of Sonoma County upon request.

Bodega Bay is a short trip away from Marin County. Only about an hour’s drive, you feel like you are in a different world. To get to Bodega Bay, you head north on Highway 1 and cut over through Petaluma. Within a short time, you are surrounded by rolling hills, farms and cows. Soon, we intersect the California Coast Highway 1 and are at Bodega Bay.

Bodega Bay is a tiny town, much smaller than I realized. It has 950 people. We stayed at Inn at the Tides, a fairly large hotel complex made up if 86 rooms, four rooms per “lodge”. Each lodge is a brown shingled building. The rooms are average, nothing to write home about. I was surprised that the hotel was across the highway from the water. Most of the rooms do have harbor views, but due to the large plantings, it was not as big of a view as I expected. Despite the limited views, I was still able to capture this spectacular sunset overlooking the Bodega Bay Harbor.

Our room was directly across from the pool, which was perfect for us with two kids. The pool is heated. Part of it is outdoors, the other is inside. Even better is the large hot tub. Nothing like a nice cocktail in the hot tub with rain drops falling on your head.

Inn at the Tides has two restaurants. The most famous is the Tides Wharf restaurant, across Highway 1 from the hotel and directly on the Harbor. The Tides Wharf was made famous in the 60s when Alfred Hitchcock’s movie- The Birds was filmed there.

There is some excellent seafood in Bodega Bay, although the restaurant menus seemed to be almost identical. If you don't like seafood, you may find the food pretty boring.

Related Posts: Bodega Bay Part Deux – including some great pics and fun things to do.

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