Your next home search might be online. Here’s what you need to know. DANIEL BORTZ writes,”When you buy a house, you need to tour it. So that’s what Cat and Bobby Boucher did before making an offer on a three-bedroom townhome in Alexandria, Va., earlier this month. The only difference: The Bouchers never set a

Santa Rosa Water recently issued an update to their November 10, 2017, drinking water advisory for an isolated area of 13 homes in the Fountaingrove area that was devastated by the Oct. 8 fire. This advisory went into effect after elevated levels of benzene were detected in the drinking water system. Residents were advised: Do

According to Coldwell Banker’s Reality Check January 2016: Overall, the Northern California’s housing market enjoyed a good year in 2015, although a shortage of homes on the market posed a challenge for many homebuyers. Double-digit price increases from a year ago were common in many communities, along with multiple offers on some homes, while the

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (August 24, 2015) – Sonoma County’s winegrape growers have voluntarily committed to conserve water by 25% from 2013 levels consistent with the required reductions associated with rural residential water use in the four key water sheds – Mark West Creek, Green Valley Creek, Dutch Bill Creek and Mill Creek. In these four

September 9, 2014 – Santa Rosa, CA – Sonoma County’s 2014 harvest season started earlier than normal with the first grapes being picked on July 29 for sparkling wines.  Since then, winegrowers and winemakers throughout Sonoma County have been holding a steady pace on grape picking for still wine varieties, such as Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc,

Author/ Editor David Eddy, of American/Western Fruit Grower wrote on the recent seminar seminar on the UC-Davis campus titled: “An In-Depth Look At Red Leaf Viruses” on GrowingProduce.com. Winegrape growers in California, as well as other scattered locations across the country, are seeing red in their normally green foliage, and they want to know why.

Low inventory could slow sales long term We continue to struggle with far too little inventory to meet the strong buyer demand, which in the long run will slow sales gains. A variety of factors are at play here. New home construction has been hampered over the past several due to tight credit, land and

Wine Growers & Wineries Partner To Benefit Environment and Local Economy According to a press release from Sonoma County Winegrowers and Sonoma County Vintners, consumers will be able to purchase any Sonoma County wine with confidence knowing that all of the region’s wines are grown and made in the nation’s first 100% sustainable county. The

2013 Statistics Show Significant Increases We are off to a busy start in the new year. The statistics just came out for 2013. The housing market is up about 22%.  The median sales price in Sonoma County for 2013 was $415,000 compared to $341,500 in 2012. The average days on market was also less in