Home sales in Sonoma County, Calif. were up 23% year over year in February, besting all other North Bay counties, the North Bay Business Journal reports.
Last month, 452 homes were sold in Sonoma, up from 366 in February 2017. Also, sales in the country were up 14.7% the first two months of 2018 compared to last year.
For the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano and Sonoma) the data firm shows a total of 4,929 new and existing houses and condominiums sold in February, up 9.5% month over month. The median sale price was up close to 13% year over year, for the second consecutive month.
“Bay Area home sales gained momentum in February, rising on a year-over-year basis for the first time in four months,” said Andrew LePage, a CoreLogic analyst. “Although last month’s sales were well below average for a February, they were the second-highest for that month in the last five years.”
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