We Buy Houses in Sonoma County

Sonoma is its own market, distinct from the South Bay or East Bay in a few important ways.

The housing stock is highly varied. Santa Rosa has whole districts of mid-century tract homes alongside historic Victorians, while Sonoma proper and the surrounding small towns lean older and more architecturally significant. Petaluma has its own dense historic downtown surrounded by 1950s-and-newer suburbs. Healdsburg and Sebastopol are smaller and more boutique.

The wildfire history matters here more than anywhere else in our service area. The 2017 Tubbs Fire and 2019 Kincade Fire reshaped large parts of the county. Some neighborhoods have been completely rebuilt with newer construction. Others still have lots that haven't been rebuilt at all. Insurance costs are among the highest in California, and several carriers have stopped writing new policies in the county.

The seller mix here is interesting. We get calls from longtime owners ready to retire and downsize, from families dealing with estates, and from owners of fire-rebuild properties who decided not to rebuild. The third category is unique to Sonoma. Sellers with insurance proceeds, a vacant lot or partially-rebuilt structure, and a decision to move on.

We buy in all of these situations. For fire-rebuild properties, we'll talk through how the insurance proceeds and the sale interact (you usually keep the insurance, we buy the property). For estates, we work remotely with heirs scattered out of state. For older homes with serious deferred maintenance, the price reflects the work we'll do but the deal still goes through.

Sonoma is also where we expect to grow most over the next year. If you're in Cloverdale, Cotati, Rohnert Park, Healdsburg, or one of the smaller towns we don't have a dedicated city page for yet, we still buy there. Just call.

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