Tomales Real Estate | NewsBreak Tomales, CA (2022)

Petaluma Bungalow Listed for $1.398 Million

There’s lots of “they don’t build ’em the way they used to”-charm in a circa-1944 bungalow on Belle View Avenue in Petaluma. The 4-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom, 2,500-square-foot home is listed for $1.398 million. Architectural details like a covered porch, double hung windows and an arched doorway...

20 HOURS AGO

Pages From The Past: Novato ranch and home for sale for only $7,500 (100 years ago)

– Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Winn are now occupying the Verissimo house in the back of the Community House. – $7,500 buys my beautiful 5-acre ranch and nearly new 6-room cottage, all modern conveniences in house; ranch set out to fruit trees; several are bearing; chicken house; tractor and tools; inexhaustible well, with pump and tank; $3,000 down, balance like rent. Mr. Bowman.

Bolinas Beach House With Ties to Rock 'n' Roll History Seeks $16M

Over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, past the rolling hills of the Marin Headlands, and beyond Stinson Beach lies the town of Bolinas, CA. It's served as a haven for musicians and artists for decades. The private enclave is known for being difficult to find—thanks to locals pulling down the road signs, so the lore goes.

2 DAYS AGO

Boss of mortgage REIT sells Beverly Hills Post Office mansion

The boss of a real estate investment trust focused on residential mortgages won’t likely need one anytime soon. R. Craig Pica, chairman and founder of Santa Rosa-based Provident Mortgage Trust, recently sold his mansion in the Beverly Hills Post Office neighborhood for $26.2 million. The identity of the buyer has not been publicly disclosed.

Properties Online Adds New Real Estate Trends Feature to Its Award-Winning Real Estate Website Builder

Properties Online, Inc. has launched a new module for their website builder, RealEstateSites.com, that will enable agents to build market trend reports for their local area. Santa Rosa, CA, June 07, 2022 -- Knowing what is happening in today's real estate market is critical to both home buyers and sellers. Market trends can let homeowners know if they are headed into a slowdown, and help an agent set reasonable expectations.

5 DAYS AGO

California’s anti-democratic housing regulations

In its rush to solve a so-called housing crisis, actually a housing affordability crisis, California has disenfranchised the power of local government to determine what’s best for the community it serves. New state land-use and housing laws effectively eliminate many of the choices, options, and outcomes available to local governing bodies like the Planning Commission and City Council.

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The SDC is for sale and the state is holding an open house. Some people are PISSED.

The latest move by the State of California towards the inevitable sale of 180 acres of Sonoma Valley Developmental Center land has grassroots opponents PISSED — and calling for a Protest In Support of Stopping Eldridge Disaster on Monday, June 6, at 12:30 p.m. Speaking for the group Alice...

8 DAYS AGO

Petaluma’s MidPen affordable housing move-in expected for fall 2023

Petaluma officials have announced the start of construction for a new affordable rental apartment community, which will prioritize units for families and individuals in marginalized communities. In a May 26 ceremony at the 414 Petaluma Blvd. N. site, local leaders unveiled the new MidPen Housing project deemed 414 Petaluma ,...

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A Place to Call Home

“Everyone deserves to have someone on their side at every price point.”—Kathleen Stafford, Realtor, Stafford Family Team at Vanguard Properties. Home may be more of a feeling than a place, but almost everyone wants a place to call home. For Kathleen Stafford, finding that place of your own is key to putting down roots in a community and one reason that inspired her to make a career change from restaurateur to a real estate agent in the midst of a pandemic. “It became evident that it was time to reinvent myself,” says Stafford, who is now leading the Stafford Family Team at Vanguard Properties in Petaluma.

Sonoma Developmental Center up for sale

The state’s Department of General Services (DGS), current custodian of the Eldridge property where the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) and its antecedents have been located for over 130 years, has issued a “Request for Proposals” (RFP) to the development industry in an unexpected and, to local residents, unwelcome next step in outlining a future for the SDC.

Mediterranean-Style Home in Kenwood Listed for $3.65 Million

Mediterranean style is right at home in a 4-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom Sonoma Valley property for sale on Los Guilicos Avenue, just a short distance from Kenwood. The property, surrounded by rolling hills and vineyards, is listed for $3,650,000. The vineyards are not part of the property but are located just outside,...

13 DAYS AGO