Napa County real estate market accelerates

Napa County’s real estate market is off to a heated start in 2021 February 2021 Report Our January report focused mostly on 2020’s annual statistics. This report will put most of its attention on quarterly and monthly indicators, which better illustrate changes occurring as 2020 progressed: pre-pandemic to initial pandemic crash through the subsequent market recovery. Napa County, of course, was also impacted by the...

What's Happening This Week: March 9, 2021

Los Angeles Greater Area Local women-owned businesses to support You’re gonna buy stuff. Why not give your bucks to LA women who are putting their hearts, souls and skills into their companies? Wine and flowers, beauty and fashion, artisan bread and breakfast tacos: here are some female-run places to discover. Courtesy Vinovore The early flower fields are ba-a-ack COVID closed the Carlsbad Flower Fields just...

What is a TIC and is Owning One Risky?

Everything you need to know about TIC ownership Tenancies-in-common, also called tenants-in-common or TICs, have been a popular housing option in San Francisco and are recently on the rise in Los Angeles – but they can prove befuddling to the uninitiated. In simplest terms, it’s a group of people pooling their resources to buy a multiple-unit building. “The number one reason to buy a TIC...

Where We Are Now: March 4, 2021

Our Journey | Our Team | Never Bet Against America 5:50AM PST Team –  Our journey together continues – new chapters, amazing markets – but nonetheless a journey. We have climbed from the depths of 2009 returning PUI to a nimble SF Bay Area Company. We extended our reach to Southern California from 2015 to 2018, and in Fall 2018, we joined the Compass family....

Iconic Napa Valley “Ink House”

Renovated in 2017 by luxury architect Howard Backen, this iconic St. Helena property evokes an unmistakable Wine Country style with elevated farmhouse-inspired interiors. The former home of early Napa Valley settler and agriculturist, Theron Ink, Ink House has in recent years become known as one of Napa’s most luxurious boutique inns. The inn was also home for Elvis Presley during the filming of “Wild in the...

What's Happening This Week: March 1, 2021

Los Angeles Greater Area Pick your own produce Fat red beets. Impossibly fresh broccoli. Cabbage and carrots. Ruby grapefruit. Gleaming spinach and sugar snap peas. Just some of what’s ready for you to pull from the soil in March at this Moorpark family farm. It doesn’t get any fresher — or more fun. Courtesy of Underwood Family Farms Griffith Park, set to its own changing...

Compass agents named to Variety Showbiz Real Estate Elite 2021

Compass congratulates our agents featured in this year’s Variety Showbiz Real Estate Elite. The industry honor recognizes agents who work with the most exclusive properties in “showbiz” markets, including Los Angeles, New York and Miami. Congrats to Cindy Ambuehl, Chris Cortazzo, Aaron Kirman, Sally Forster Jones, Carl Gambino, Ginger Glass, Clayton Orrigo & Stephen Ferrara, and Liz Hogan on their accomplishment.

Modern architectural in Atherton

Perched on a picturesque Atherton hill, the new custom home at 385 Fletcher Drive exudes refined elegance—from its expansive yards to its bright living spaces. Photographed by Blu Skye Media Architectural details lend equal parts style and livability, including a luminous three-story staircase and Austrian gray kitchen cabinetry with laser-cut edges. Photographed by Blu Skye Media With two Miele dishwashers, 48” Wolf range and a...

Historic SF treasure with visionary interior, views for miles

Just as renowned architect Casper Mork-Ulnes began landing major awards for his work, he undertook a “to-the-studs” remodel of 2 Hill Point Avenue. Set at the midpoint of a cul-de-sac atop Parnassus Heights, the stately 1918 Edwardian, one of San Francisco’s oldest homes, is surrounded by panoramic views of Golden Gate Park, the Golden Gate Bridge and the city skyline on all three levels. Thanks...