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Bay Area Real Estate Buyers out in force as the sun shines
Published February 16th, 2008 in Country Property, Buyers, Market updates. by Pam Buda, Coldwell Banker Tags: No Tags.Well they have been out in force even in the rain, but it is sure a lot more fun to look at property when the sun is shining. Our local Coldwell Banker Santa Rosa office had 23 open escrows last week which is a noticeable post-Super Bowl bump perhaps. In a “normal” market we average 20-30 escrows a week opened but December and January were down under 20 for the most part.
Marian Bennett in Coastal San Mateo county notes a similar trend in a recent post: ”They came from the Frenchman’s Creek neighborhood, Fremont, San Francisco, Sonoma, even southern California…tired of waiting for the bottom to hit, or starting the spring house-hunting…and many checking out our coastside communities on one of our “10″ days on my subjective weather meter.” Even in the rain two weeks ago, I had buyers come from all over the Bay Area to view a lovely Sebastopol country property I was holding open. Buyers who may feel like Redfin employee Susan Brady–a self-confessed mid-Peninsula resident with Sonoma Country property aspirations, on the outside looking in.
If you want to see that same property in the sunshine so that you can appreciate the fabulous 360 degree views in a typical Sebastopol mini-farm setting on nearly 2 acres at the end of a peaceful country lane, please come see me tomorrow, February 17 at 5611 Hessel Avenue in Sebastopol, Ca 95472 from 1 pm to 4pm. This property is listed by my friend Izetta Feeny, and is extremely well-priced at $725,000. See you there!
5611 Hessel Avenue, Sebastopol Open House this Sunday 2/17 from 1 to 4 pm.
4 Responses to “Bay Area Real Estate Buyers out in force as the sun shines”
- 1 Pingback on Feb 17th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Pam
thanks for the comment and link to the Redfin blog. Glad to find your site. We’ll be grazing for property over the next year, hoping to relocate in early 2009, or maybe even a bit later if the market doesn’t level out. Love Sebastopol. I used to have meetings at O’Reilly & Associates a couple times per year and came to really enjoy the area, hence our retirement home search including Sonoma County. I’ll bookmark you blog and check in now and then.
Hi Pam,
I’ll be back in Frenchman’s Creek, Half Moon Bay today and, again, there are many open homes in our area. If I wasn’t working today, like you, I’d be very tempted to take a drive to your corner of paradise.
Hey Susan good to hear from you. I can relate to your future quest as I spent many years in the Bay Area tech field and developed a hankering to relocate to Sonoma County. There are many great communities from Occidental to Sebastopol to Healdsburg and Santa Rosa and Glen Ellen. It is easy to enjoy them all no matter your home base. So depending on the type of terrain, the type of weather, the schools, the dining, you name it there is a lot of variety in the Sonoma county real estate market. Cheers!