Napa County Trends

The inventory of homes and condominiums for sale at the end of January in Napa County (540) was 20% below the inventory (674) at this time last year. It was slightly higher than the inventory in December, 2009 (540) which is a reversal of a downward trend that persisted for over a year. It is reasonable to expect an increase in inventory as the spring market evolves. New sales (121) were 20% ahead of the pace a year ago. The average price per square foot of the homes closed in Napa County has stabilized at about $230/sf over the past several months.. American Canyon has just 1.4 months supply of inventory and the town of Napa has 4.4 months. Up Valley Napa County has a 12.7 month supply.

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St. Helena/
Up Valley Trends

The St. Helena/Up Valley market (Angwin, Calistoga, Deer Park, Rutherford, St. Helena and Yountville), had an inventory of 152 units at the end of January. This compares with 140 at the end of January, 2009. The inventory has declined 28% from the high level of 210 units that occurred in June of last year. Sales for the month (12) were generally consistent with the pace of the past four months and better than that of a year ago, ‘08. The Up Valley market seems to be continuing to improve.

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Sonoma County Trends

The inventory of homes and condominiums for sale (1,126) in Sonoma County at the end of January was 32% lower than a year ago, but it was 3% higher than it was at the end of last month (1,093). We expect inventory to continue to climb as the spring market gets going. New sales (509) in January were 21% ahead of the pace in January, 2009 (421) and they were 24% ahead of the pace of last month (413). The median price of homes closed in December in Sonoma County was $340,000. This is 13% higher than the medium price of closed homes in January, 2009 ($300,000). The average price per square foot of sold homes has stabilized around $235-$240/sq. ft. Based on the current sales pace, there is only a 2.2 month supply of inventory.

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Sonoma Valley Trends

The inventory of homes and condominiums for sale (149) in the Sonoma Valley (Sonoma, Glen Ellen and Kenwood) at the end of January was 10% below that for January, 2009 (166). It was 13% higher than that of last month (132) indicating a rising trend going into the spring. There were 30 new sales for the month which is pretty consistent with the sales pace over the past twelve months.

The median sales price for the 33 homes that closed in December was $428,000 22% higher than the median price of $350,000 a year ago and well ahead of the lowest median price ($313,000) set for the year in April of 2009. There were 24 closings in the Sonoma Valley in January and our Sonoma Valley offices closed 30 units. We obviously handled some outside of the Valley, but it seems we got a good share of the Valley closings for the month.

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Healdsburg Trends

The inventory of homes and condominiums for sale (64) in Healdsburg at the end of January was 16% below that of the available inventory (76) in January, ‘09. The inventory was equal to the 63 units that were available at the end of last month. New sales (9 dropped from the 14 in December and were equal to the pace of a year ago.. We’ll see if the spring market picks up the pace of both listings and sales.

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Cloverdale Trends

The inventory of homes and condominiums for sale in Cloverdale (38) at the end of January, 2010 was 45% lower than a year ago (69) and was equal to that of a month ago. Sales for the month of January shot up to 17 from 8 a year ago and 9 last month. The median price of the homes sold in Cloverdale in the month of January was $270,000, 33% higher than a year ago, but there were only six closings in the month.

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Windsor Trends

The inventory of homes for sale in Windsor (42) at the end of January was 52% lower than the inventory (87) in January, 2009 and was equal to the inventory of last month. There were 40 new sales of homes and condominiums in Windsor in January which is jump up from the 22 new sales last month, but consistent with the 36 sales in January of 2009.. The current market has just 1.1 months of supply based on the current sales pace. Prices have stabilized at slightly over $200 to $210 per square foot.

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