Santa Rosa Real Estate Resource

Maintaining or replacing a deck is a big cost concern in Santa Rosa, CA. Inspite of some easing on lumber prices, the cost and availability of labor remains an issue.

Share of New Homes with Decks Drops Below 20 Percent Of the roughly 990,000 single-family homes started in 2020, only 19.3 percent included decks, according to NAHB tabulation of data from the Survey of Construction (SOC, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and partially funded by HUD).

Wow, I really didn't expect that my state's largest export was airplanes or that Montana's largest export was to***co. Also, now I have to find out how a state's largest export could possibly be distillery dregs (South Dakota). I love these infographics!

This Map Shows the Largest Export of Every U.S. State in 2017 Largest state exports range from common goods, like autos, planes, and oil, to far more peculiar goods like distillery dregs, lobsters, and soda ash.

I debated sharing this because housing in Sonoma County has taken a 10% jump since the fire in October.

Tired of Big-City Squeeze? Score a Bargain in America's 10 Cheapest Housing Markets The realtor.com® data team found the U.S. metros with the most affordable home prices—some less than the roughly $79,500 starting price for a Tesla Model X.

I am frequently asked what the local real estate market will be like next year. The problem with answering the question is that even the experts can't agree about whether the Fed will taper it's monthly bond purchases that are keeping interest rates beautifully low. I drew on this snipet from www.HousingWire.com's front page today. On the face of it, it looks like conflicting views about whether the Fed will taper and in so doing, cause interest rates to rise.

So, let me put this in a nutshell: Fed tapering of bond purchases has a 99.99% chance of happening. Get your refinance going, put your home on the market to sell and get pre-approved to buy a home. If you are on the fence in any of these decisions... you have a good chance of not liking where we will be at this time next year. Imagine higher interest rates and lower prices because people can only buy what the can actually afford to these days.