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Q: I have a question that does not involve a neighbor’s tree, barking dogs or cars parked on yards. My question centers around a title transfer. My brother and I are listed as “tenants in common” on the house we inherited with my mother’s death in 2008. There was no mortgage on the house at the time, there are no liens or back taxes owed. It was paid off in 2006. I would now like to transfer my interest/ownership to my brother. What would be the best way to achieve this, a grant deed or a quitclaim deed? There will be no money involved. I believe this home was “grandfathered” into Propo sition 13 and I would hate to see it lose that classification.
A: Well, neighbors’ trees, barking dogs and cars parked in the yard are always big hits with readers. But sure, let’s tackle these two issues, which come up surprisingly often. Let me start by clarifying the way two or more people can holdYoutitle.and your brother hold title as tenants in common, which is by far the most, uh, common way it’s done. Simply put, by holding title that way you both own an undivided one-half inter est in the property. Each of you can sell your interest to some body, can take a mortgage out on your half-interest and, prob ably most importantly, if you die whoever inherits the rest of your estate will inherit your half-interest.Theother way you could hold title is as joint tenants. The biggest difference is if one of you dies, the other owner would auto matically own your interest, even if you had a will or trust that said otherwise. Generally speaking, joint tenancy is an old-fashioned type of estate planning device. If you are “gifting” your inter est to your brother (which would make you a nicer sibling than TimJones
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THERE’S A WATER CRISIS:
Maybe, in this climate-conscious era, we are thinking outside the strict geometry of the lawn, which Mattei describes as “ecologically dead” – a “monoculture” in a world that needs biodiversity.
Why do we still have lawns?
DAN ZAK THE WASHINGTON POST T he planet has accelerated its revolt against us and still we tend our lawns, one part of Earth we can control. Society falters, resources dwindle and, still, lawns. Lawns: burned out, blond and dead, in the air fryer of August. Lawns: emerald green – no, alien green – and kept that way by maniacal vigilance and an elabo rate system of pipes and potions, organic and otherwise, in defiance of ecology. And for what? To have, in this chaos, dominion over something? (Lawn and order?) To drape a veil of verdancy over a world gone to seed? To feel equal or superior to Ron, across the street, whose lawn always looks like the 18th at PebbleWe’veBeach?been sweeping our anxiet ies under these green comfort blankets for quite some time. A “smooth, closely shaven surface of grass is by far the most essential element of beauty on the grounds of a suburban home,” wrote Frank J. Scott in 1870, around the time of the first lawn mower patent, in a book titled “The Art of Beautifying Subur ban Home Grounds of Small Extent” (Chapter XIII: The Lawn). “For ‘setting off’ both the house and the landscape, planting a good lawn is of vital importance,” declared a caption in the New York Times in 1937. Around that time, during the Great Depression, the Mattei family in Cincinnati did not have a lawn. They had a yard, and the yard was functional. It was for the chickens and tomato plants. It was not for grass. One of the Matteis, Vic, used the GI Bill to get to graduate school and become a research scientist. He made a family of his own in the Philadelphia suburb of Cinnaminson, N.J., in a subdi vision that paved over Quaker farmland to accommodate Americans who were tinkering with the Aegis radar system for the nearby RCA Corp. Everyone in the subdivision had a lawn, of course. What was the American Dream, in the 20th century, if it wasn’t aproned by a quarter acre of Kentucky bluegrass or tall fescue, which is good for recreation and admira tion and not much else? Vic had some token vegetable plants on the property, but the yard was not for survival. The yard was for lawn, and the lawn was for mowing. “He was mowing the lawn every Sat urday,” says Vic’s daughter, Edamarie Mattei. “And that was success: Having the lawn. Mowing the lawn.” That was the 1970s. It is now a half-century later. Specifically Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Mattei, a landscape designer, is standing on a lawn in a leafy crook of Bethesda, Md. She is talking to the owner of the lawn about getting rid of it. “It contributes nothing,” says M.J. Veverka about her lawn, which she’s watered and weeded and mowed for 31 years – and for what? The lawn is static, nonfunctional, tedious. Last year Veverka filled in her backyard pool, removed the surrounding lawn and enlisted Mattei’s company to turn the space into an oasis of native plants, a “homegrown national park,” in the words of a grass-roots movement for regen erating biodiversity. Veverka so loves the backyard – which is now an evolv ing work of horticultural art and a functioning component of the surround ing ecosystem – that she wants to do the same thing with her front yard. Step one: Get thee gone, lawn. Mattei used to spend more time edu cating clients about the benefits of turf removal and native plantings; in the past two years, for whatever reason, new clients have started coming to her with those very ideas. Maybe quaran tine amplified the sameness of lawns.
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Over a century, from around the 1870s to the 1970s, Americans slowly fell in love with lawns. Lawns were a sign of taste, PEXELS
These are the local homes sold recently, provided by California Resource of Lodi. The company can be reached at 209.365.6663 or CalResource@aol.com. THE CALLREPUBLICDAILYDELIVERS.707-427-6989. See Estate, Page 5
RIO VISTA TOTAL SALES: 5 LOWEST AMOUNT: $440,000 HIGHEST AMOUNT: $690,000 MEDIAN AMOUNT: $475,000 AVERAGE AMOUNT: $512,000 13 Amador Circle – $690,000 07-28-22 [4 Bdrms – 1989 SqFt – 1980 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 02-23-06, $388,000 415 Birch Ridge Drive – $475,000 07-29-22 [2 Bdrms – 1597 SqFt – 2013 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 05-12-15, $309,000 184 Pine Hills Drive – $490,000 07-26-22 [2 Bdrms – 1462 SqFt – 2017 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 10-27-17, $367,500 413 Spring Creek Drive – $465,000 07-28-22 [2 Bdrms – 1673 SqFt – 2013 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-25-13, $248,500 770 Turnberry Terrace – $440,000 07-25-22 [2 Bdrms – 1410 SqFt – 2002 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 01-08-21, $365,000
FAIRFIELD TOTAL SALES: 26 LOWEST AMOUNT: $270,000 HIGHEST AMOUNT: $1,150,000 MEDIAN AMOUNT: $580,000 AVERAGE AMOUNT: $619,673 2441 Baltic Drive – $449,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1136 SqFt – 1973 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 01-30-15, $220,000 426 Barnard Court – $650,000 07-27-22 [3 Bdrms – 1651 SqFt – 2016 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 12-23-16, $459,500 2100 Burgundy Court – $600,000 07-25-22 [3 Bdrms – 1540 SqFt – 2007 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-12-12, $175,000 500 Carolina Street – $558,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1297 SqFt – 1958 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 12-21-21, $360,000 2801 Cascade Court – $515,000 07-27-22 [3 Bdrms – 1302 SqFt – 1986 YrBlt] 77 Del Prado Circle – $480,000 07-25-22 [3 Bdrms – 1385 SqFt – 1983 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 07-21-20, $345,000 2343 Digerud Drive – $620,000 07-25-22 [3 Bdrms – 1999 SqFt – 2004 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 07-10-09, $260,000 782 Dynasty Drive – $820,000 07-26-22 [4 Bdrms – 2416 SqFt – 2000 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 10-01-02, $524,000 732 Emerald Bay Drive – $739,000 07-26-22 [4 Bdrms – 1775 SqFt – 1992 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 04-21-20, $560,000 613 Hillsdale Court – $660,000 07-26-22 [4 Bdrms – 1801 SqFt – 1984 YrBlt] 872 Inverness Court – $500,000 07-29-22 [4 Bdrms – 1308 SqFt – 1972 YrBlt] 5290 Klingsell Place – $855,000 07-28-22 [5 Bdrms – 3333 SqFt – 2016 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 01-12-21, $740,000 5139 Leonardo Court – $1,150,000 07-25-22 [4 Bdrms – 3281 SqFt – 1993 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 06-22-00, $385,000 2410 Mankas Boulevard – $560,000 07-27-22 [3 Bdrms – 1484 SqFt – 1988 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 12-18-18, $360,000 845 Missouri Street – $270,000 07-28-22 [2 Bdrms – 640 SqFt – 1900 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 12-07-16, $225,000 5134 Napa Shore Drive – $790,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 2269 SqFt – 2001 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-09-04, $580,000 3804 Poppy Hills Court – $724,500 07-27-22 [4 Bdrms – 2142 SqFt – 2003 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 08-14-15, $445,000 2524 Ramsay Way – $560,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1790 SqFt – 1968 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 06-19-17, $370,000 375 Santa Susana Court – $530,000 07-25-22 [4 Bdrms – 1468 SqFt – 1968 YrBlt] 2780 Shearwater Way – $614,000 07-26-22 [3 Bdrms – 2003 SqFt – 2004 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 06-22-16, $382,100 2426 Sheldon Drive – $500,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1695 SqFt – 2005 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-08-09, $255,000 2840 Shelter Hill Drive – $742,000 07-29-22 [5 Bdrms – 2846 SqFt – 2001 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 07-17-01, $431,000 425 East Tabor Avenue – $455,000 07-26-22 [3 Bdrms – 960 SqFt – 1961 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-21-18, $330,100 2420 Thames Court – $500,000 07-26-22 [3 Bdrms – 1579 SqFt – 1966 YrBlt] 4257 The Masters Drive – $765,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 2449 SqFt – 2005 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 05-26-21, $763,000 1625 Vicksburg Drive – $505,000 07-29-22 [4 Bdrms – 2095 SqFt – 2004 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 04-03-09, $185,000
TOTAL SALES: 4 LOWEST AMOUNT: $435,000 HIGHEST AMOUNT: $555,000 MEDIAN AMOUNT: $500,000 AVERAGE AMOUNT: $497,500 510 Calmace Drive – $555,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1311 SqFt – 1978 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 11-05-01, $208,000 820 Camelia Drive – $520,000 07-26-22 [4 Bdrms – 1264 SqFt – 1978 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 11-09-16, $345,000 540 Cypress Street – $480,000 07-25-22 [3 Bdrms – 1260 SqFt – 1971 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 08-22-01, $200,000 615 Sierra Drive – $435,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1000 SqFt – 1965 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-28-11, $132,000
SUISUN CITY TOTAL SALES: 8
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TOTAL SALES: 35 LOWEST AMOUNT: $200,000 HIGHEST AMOUNT: $900,000 MEDIAN AMOUNT: $537,500 AVERAGE AMOUNT: $537,686 349 Acacia Street – $480,000 07-29-22 [4 Bdrms – 1304 SqFt – 1957 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 08-21-15, $250,000 1648 Amapola Street – $516,000 07-29-22 [4 Bdrms – 1433 SqFt – 1966 YrBlt] 668 Arcadia Drive – $279,000 07-28-22 [1 Bdrms – 687 SqFt – 1989 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 07-18-05, $230,000 172 Bald Eagle Drive – $665,000 07-26-22 [3 Bdrms – 2418 SqFt – 1992 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 05-07-19, $545,000 509 Blarney Circle – $662,000 07-27-22 [4 Bdrms – 1822 SqFt – 1998 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 12-05-02, $335,000 524 Blue Ridge Court – $550,000 07-25-22 [3 Bdrms – 1535 SqFt – 1973 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 03-25-13, $300,000 680 Brazelton Circle – $610,000 07-25-22 [3 Bdrms – 1484 SqFt – 2011 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 02-06-19, $440,000 1348 Callen Street #B – $277,000 07-28-22 [2 Bdrms – 952 SqFt – 1972 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 04-05-16, $125,000 761 Camellia Way – $590,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1286 SqFt – 1961 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 01-05-98, $113,500 179 Carlsbad Circle – $550,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1588 SqFt – 1971 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 08-13-20, $385,000 237 Coronado Court – $530,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1218 SqFt – 1971 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 05-03-16, $315,000 861 Corte Malaga – $675,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1535 SqFt – 1973 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 01-15-20, $450,000 434 Cottonwood Street – $485,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1014 SqFt – 1956 YrBlt] 315 Creekview Court – $425,000 07-28-22 [2 Bdrms – 1011 SqFt – 1974 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 05-15-98, $108,000 540 Edenderry Drive – $650,000 07-26-22 [4 Bdrms – 1822 SqFt – 1999 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 08-22-05, $570,000 642 Fox Pointe Road – $600,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1320 SqFt – 1989 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 00/1992, $150,000 175 Glacier Circle – $475,000 07-25-22 [2 Bdrms – 1614 SqFt – 1966 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 07-13-15, $275,000 121 Heritage Lane – $537,500 07-26-22 [3 Bdrms – 1445 SqFt – 1987 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-07-18, $399,000 154 Isle Royale Circle – $200,000 07-29-22 [2 Bdrms – 918 SqFt – 1965 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-02-11, $124,000 674 Kingman Court – $385,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1289 SqFt – 1978 YrBlt] 136 Lakehurst Drive #1 – $575,000 07-28-22 [4 Bdrms – 1905 SqFt – 1974 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 12-22-98, $147,500 125 Maple Street – $350,000 07-25-22 [3 Bdrms – 1040 SqFt – 1948 YrBlt] 443 Melissa Court – $745,000 07-28-22 [4 Bdrms – 2369 SqFt – 1994 YrBlt] 148 Oak Creek Court – $832,000 07-29-22 [4 Bdrms – 2193 SqFt – 1989 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 03-24-15, $460,000 666 Poppy Circle – $393,500 07-26-22 [3 Bdrms – 1192 SqFt – 1989 YrBlt] 151 Quincy Court – $615,000 07-29-22 [4 Bdrms – 1257 SqFt – 1976 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 10-16-17, $376,000 129 Rainier Circle – $490,000 07-25-22 [2 Bdrms – 1043 SqFt – 1964 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 05-04-16, $258,000 368 Regency Circle – $465,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1900 SqFt – 1990 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 00/1991, $169,500 903 Rio Grande Drive – $900,000 07-26-22 [4 Bdrms – 3233 SqFt – 2002 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 11-22-02, $439,165 1860 Southwood Drive – $520,000 07-29-22 [4 Bdrms – 1304 SqFt – 1978 YrBlt] 343 Springvalley Drive – $525,000 07-26-22 [3 Bdrms – 1247 SqFt – 1971 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-04-15, $305,000 212 Vineyard Valley Way – $615,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1591 SqFt – 2004 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 07-09-15, $375,000 748 Wesley Avenue – $598,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 2149 SqFt – 1973 YrBlt] 400 Yarrow Drive – $654,000 07-25-22 [3 Bdrms – 1639 SqFt – 2020 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 07-08-20, $478,000 742 Youngsdale Drive – $400,000 07-27-22 [3 Bdrms – 1382 SqFt – 1987 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 07-06-99, $167,000
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TOTAL SALES: 23 LOWEST AMOUNT: $380,000 HIGHEST AMOUNT: $715,000 MEDIAN AMOUNT: $540,000 AVERAGE AMOUNT: $542,283 103 Arguello Avenue – $455,000 07-25-22 [3 Bdrms – 1149 SqFt – 1955 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-10-09, $68,000 14 Benicia Road – $520,000 07-25-22 [2 Bdrms – 1130 SqFt – 1910 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 03-10-20, $380,000 102 Carousel Drive – $600,000 07-25-22 [4 Bdrms – 1774 SqFt – 1990 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 06-08-00, $280,000 260 Clydesdale Drive – $620,000 07-27-22 [3 Bdrms – 1474 SqFt – 1986 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 06-19-17, $450,000 1627 Dewey Street – $610,000 07-27-22 [3 Bdrms – 1664 SqFt – 2004 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 11-18-10, $220,000 144 George Circle – $540,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1348 SqFt – 1964 YrBlt] 3727 Georgia Street – $500,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1100 SqFt – 1955 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 03-29-10, $130,000 1006 Hargus Avenue – $550,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1056 SqFt – 1957 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 03-24-17, $155,000 3204 Hazelwood Street – $470,000 07-26-22 [3 Bdrms – 1020 SqFt – 1951 YrBlt] 1147 Kentucky Street – $525,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1170 SqFt – 1918 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 05-26-16, $310,000 1333 Louisiana Street – $670,000 07-29-22 [2 Bdrms – 1708 SqFt – 1937 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-19-17, $442,000 1514 Magazine Street – $449,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 966 SqFt – 1953 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 11-07-08, $70,000 479 Mcgrue Circle – $614,000 07-28-22 [4 Bdrms – 1703 SqFt – 1986 YrBlt] 523 Phillip Street – $484,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1106 SqFt – 1941 YrBlt],
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TOTAL SALES: 7 LOWEST AMOUNT: $500,000 HIGHEST AMOUNT: $1,650,000 MEDIAN AMOUNT: $779,000 AVERAGE AMOUNT: $837,000 566 Anderson Lane – $1,650,000 07-29-22 [4 Bdrms – 2149 SqFt – 2005 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 10-10-05, $1,100,000 546 Laurel Court – $690,000 07-29-22 [2 Bdrms – 1461 SqFt – 1985 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 06-01-16, $515,000 213 Panorama Drive – $779,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1365 SqFt – 1975 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 12-23-03, $425,000 4 Ridge Circle – $535,000 07-25-22 [2 Bdrms – 936 SqFt – 1946 YrBlt] 431 Solano Drive – $885,000 07-25-22 [4 Bdrms – 2164 SqFt – 1980 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 05-19-04, $500,000 1755 Stuart Court – $500,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1601 SqFt – 1984 YrBlt] 1757 Valerie Court – $820,000 07-27-22 [3 Bdrms – 1467 SqFt – 1978 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 10-20-11, $392,000
LOWEST AMOUNT: $405,000 HIGHEST AMOUNT: $650,000 MEDIAN AMOUNT: $574,000 AVERAGE AMOUNT: $552,375 331 Engell Court – $650,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 2206 SqFt – 1990 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 11-23-16, $435,000 205 Leafwood Court – $580,000 07-27-22 [4 Bdrms – 1763 SqFt – 1990 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-28-11, $190,000 1001 Pintail Drive – $545,000 07-28-22 [4 Bdrms – 1308 SqFt – 1982 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 09-08-14, $252,000 1314 Rebecca Drive – $600,000 07-29-22 [4 Bdrms – 1934 SqFt – 1988 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 05-31-18, $418,000 405 Sarah Way – $491,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1314 SqFt – 1979 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 05-08-19, $400,000 612 Tule Goose Drive – $570,000 07-26-22 [4 Bdrms – 1890 SqFt – 1978 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 04-29-20, $395,000 1001 Westwind Way – $405,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1220 SqFt – 1987 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 12-23-11, $160,000 506 Yuba Court – $578,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1760 SqFt – 1978 YrBlt] VACAVILLE
Jim Porter, NMLS No. 276412, is the branch manager of Solano Mortgage, NMLS No. 1515497, a division of American Pacific Mortgage Corporation, NMLS No. 1850, licensed in California by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation under the CRMLA / Equal Housing Opportunity. Jim can be reached at 707-449-4777.
Previous Sale: 12-09-13, $191,000 411 Rickover Street – $715,000 07-26-22 [3 Bdrms – 2203 SqFt – 2005 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 04-18-12, $260,000 433 Rollingwood Drive – $545,000 07-25-22 [3 Bdrms – 1241 SqFt – 1962 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 02-08-16, $328,000 133 San Gorgonio Avenue – $380,000 07-26-22 [3 Bdrms – 900 SqFt – 1954 YrBlt] 550 Steffan Street – $425,500 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1965 SqFt – 1940 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 01-03-01, $240,000 306 Swan Way – $465,000 07-28-22 [3 Bdrms – 1104 SqFt – 1962 YrBlt] 2540 Tennessee Street – $595,000 07-29-22 [3 Bdrms – 1349 SqFt – 1942 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 02-24-11, $160,000 307 Valle Vista Avenue – $500,000 07-26-22 [4 Bdrms – 1558 SqFt – 1942 YrBlt] 1142 Waltz Court – $560,000 07-29-22 [2 Bdrms – 1586 SqFt – 2007 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 10-16-17, $442,000 165 Woodvale Court – $680,000 07-26-22 [4 Bdrms – 2300 SqFt – 1985 YrBlt], Previous Sale: 10-21-19, $570,000
(707) 344-13002280 ROCKVILLE ROAD GREEN VALLEY-FAIRFIELD, CA 94534 LIC#01035560 LONEY & WORLEY TEAM “Your Real Estate Team committed to getting you e Highest return on your investment.” As Your Listing Agents: • We pay for professional photography, video productions including drone photography. • We pay for all marketing and advertising for the entire duration of the listing until the property is sold. • We will full y host and advertise a “Grand Opening -Open House Event” Scott C. L oney BROKER ASSOCIATE BRE# 01146887 (707) 290-0556 TOP PRODUCERS WITH OVER 30 YEARS EACH IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRYLUXURY ESTATES, WINE RIES, VINEYARDS, COMMERCIAL, DEVELOPMENTS AND RESIDENTIAL SALES. OUR FAMILY ESTABLISHED COUNTRY ESTATES, INC IN 1982Jim Porter Branch Manager NMLS 276412 Now Offering Land, Construction & Bridge Loans Call or Inquire www.SolanoMortgage.comat707-449-4777 A Division of American Pacific Mortgage Corporation NMLS#1850 Solano Mortgage NMLS #1515497 & #1514658 is a division of American Pacific Mortgage Corporation NMLS #1850 is licensed in California by the Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation under the CRMLA / Equal Housing Opportunity SOLANO REAL ESTATE SCENE
Mortgage market offers mixed bag for buyers M ortgage demand was down 1.2% recently to a 22-year low. Inter est rates creeped back up to a national average of 5.73%. Refinance volume is down 83% from this time last year and new home sales are the lowest we have seen in five years. The supply of mortgage funds and loan officers available to deliver these funds to consumers is 10 times the amount needed for the current amount of demand. More than 10,000 unique licensed loan officers funded at least one loan in Solano County in 2021, and there are only 500 home sales per month. Other than this data, every thing is just great. I am kidding, of course. Since January 2022, I would estimate that more than 200,000 mortgage people have been laid off across the country. CNBC real estate correspondent Diana Olick reported recently something positive about the real estate market that sup ports what I have been saying for more than a year when I am asked about a bubble.
Olick says this is not a real estate recession, it is just a correction and nothing like 2008 because that crisis was caused by all the stated income and crazy ARM loans funded from 2003 to 2007. She also said there is a glimmer of hope because first-time homebuy ers are starting to come back out and take advantage of this buyer’s market and the slight drop in prices. In addition to the healthy existing homeowners who have low fixed-rate mortgages and equity in their homes, there is still a significant shortage of homes to meet the demand. If you need to buy your first home or move up to your forever home, now is not a bad time to start looking or at least look at what the numbers today might look like for your purchase. Local lenders now have plenty of time to show you what all your options are today and there is no cost to find out.
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• Watch out for fungi Although tree fungi aren’t as conspicuous as Mario Bros. mushrooms, Meyer says, there are some outward signs that can help you find weak spots inside trees. Conks, which feed on dead matter, are round, flat-top shelf mushrooms that come in various colors and can be seen growing on the trunks and sides of trees.
Trees give much-needed shade during the summer, which is particularly welcome in times of record-high heat. But mature trees also can harbor dead branches, faulty roots and rotting bark, creating a perfect recipe for dangerous and costly prop ertyTreesdamage.that have been upended, whether because of severe weather or disease, have crushed homes and caused inju ries or even death. But living trees are an important part of the communities that surround them. Researchers have found that trees bring various benefits: In addition to providing shade, they also shelter wildlife and help combat climate change by expelling oxygen and taking in carbon“Thedioxide.besttime to plant a tree is 50 years ago, and the next best time is last week,” said Cindy Musick, a certified arborist in Northern Virginia who owns the arboriculture and forestry con sulting business EcoAcumen. When trees are regularly monitored and maintained by professionals, they are less likely to pose a threat. Certified arborists, including Musick, Myra Brosius, and Lou Meyer of the Davey Tree Expert Company, stress the importance of having the right tree in the right place, and of knowing when something might be amiss. Here are some simple signs of tree damage to help you deter mine whether you need to enlist a professional.• Inspect your trees’ can opies. It’s good practice to regularly prune trees and remove dead wood that could be dangerous in the future, says Meyer. One of the best ways to examine a tree for dying twigs is by getting up close to its leaves and branches. It’s much easier to spot dead, leafless limbs that need to be removed in summer time, when the greens are lush. In winter, you can distinguish dead material in trees by the lack of bud growth.
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• Be cautious of leaning trees A more obvious cause for sus picion is if a tree is leaning or lopsided, which could be a sign of root damage. But don’t be too quick to declare an unbal anced tree doomed, because not all crooked trees are dying. The leaning effect could be a result of phototropism, where plants natu rally position themselves toward sunlight. If the tree has grown at a slant all its life, it’s probably because of phototropism, Brosius says. But if the trunk is straight and the tree only recently began to curve, it might be cause for concern. If you can’t tell the dif ference, call a professional.
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Cracked tree bark, hollow places in the trunk and broken branches are other clues to dead or dying tree matter as a result of fungal growth.
• Ask for an arborist’s assessment. If you’re not sure about your trees’ health, get a second look from a certified arbor ist. These people take a holistic approach when inspecting a property’s greenery, ensuring that trees are in the right soil, water and environment to thrive.
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• Make note of pests. Healthy trees have their own version of a natural immune system to repel harmful bugs, says Brosius. But when sap oozes out of the side, or when there are distinct holes indicating that pests have bored into the tree, Meyer says, it could be a sign that the tree is succumbing to insects. For example, the invasive emerald ash borer has killed millions of ash trees across the country, because the trees don’t have the systems to defend themselves against the nonnative beetles.
Over the past 50 years, we’ve slowly fallen out of love with lawns. They began to signal waste, disregard, disharmony, homogeneity, gentrification, zombie Boomerism.
Tim Jones is a real estate attorney in Fairfield. If you have any real estate questions you would like to have answered in this column, you can send an email to TJones-Law.com.AllThingsRealEstate@ Jones
Turf serves a purpose, he wrote. It’s soft and durable for recreation. It provides visual relief for the eye, and contrast forMarciniaklandscaping. welcomes changing landscaping tastes, but notes that they are changing slowly.
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To be clear, your brother’s existing half of the property will not be reap praised, only the portion you transfer.
8 Friday, September 2, 2022 — DAILY REPUBLIC my brother), it really doesn’t matter whether you use a grant or quitclaim deed. Both will do the job.
“There’s flowers, color, butterflies, hummingbirds,” Fossan says of lawnless living. “Different parts of the day you see different things. We have boulders so people can sit and be part of the landscape. When we had grass, people just walked into the building, but now they’ll stop and ‘ooh’ and ‘ah.’ Landscaping is meant to be interactive. It’s meant to be part of your life.” Lawns, of course, are part of your life. You throw a football on them, you picnic on them, you lean and loaf on them. Some years ago Dave Marcin iak penned a polite defense of lawns on his landscape compa ny’s blog: “Why the anti-lawn movement bugs me a little.”
From Page 2 calm, power, privilege, order, discipline, especially in the aftermath of World War II. “On the American front lawn men use power machin ery and chemicals, the tools of war, to engage in a battle for supremacy with Mother Nature,” writes Virginia Scott Jenkins in her book “The Lawn: A History of an AmericanOverObsession.”thepast 50 years, we’ve slowly fallen out of love with lawns. They began to signal waste, disregard, disharmony, homogeneity, gen trification, zombie Boomerism. “Wasn’t there something a bit decadent about millions of Americans applying mil lions of pounds of fertilizer and pouring millions of gallons of water on the ground to grow something you couldn’t eat unless you were a Jersey cow?” columnist Ellen Goodman wrote in the Boston Globe all the way back in 1977. “Wasn’t there something bizarre about their spending millions of gallons to cut it off?” “I think we’re growing up as a country,” Mattei says. “For a lot of American history, it seemed like we had bound less access to land, and we kept extracting from it and build ing on it. I see a real change from looking at land as a dem onstration of power or success to looking at land as a pre ciousSheresource.”adds:“When we are lawn people, we are one thing. When we are not lawn people, we are another thing.” We are still, largely, lawn people. The biggest irrigated crop, by area, in the United States? Not corn, or soybean, but lawn. Unproductive, orna mental lawn: around 40 million acres of it, or 2 percent of the land area of the Lower 48, according to multiple estimates cited by Garik Gutman, program manager for NASA’s Land-Cover/Land-Use ChangeFortyProgram.million acres: The entire state of Georgia couldn’t contain America’s total lawnage. And we pour 9 billion gallons of water on land scaping every day, according to the Envi ronmental Protection Agency. Meanwhile the Southwest United States is enduring a megadrought; the past two decades consti tute its driest period since the year 800. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought state of emer gency in October. In a world thirsty for water, lawns are a sneakyThesesiphon.days we have “No Mow May,” where neighbors test each other’s tolerance for nonconformity. We have Twitter users sharing beforeand-after photos of their “war on lawns,” which turn flat slabs of sickly green into colorful kingdoms of billowing flora. We have a channel on Reddit called NoLawns and TikTok hashtags such as #antilawn, which might direct you to a performance of a profane anti-lawn song by a 27-yearold Nashville musician named Mel“AtBryant.the time, all of my neighbors were obsessed with their lawns,” says Bryant, who wrote the song on Earth Day 2020. “Everyone was mowing constantly, every day. At any point in time you’d hear lawn mowers going. And it drove me fricking insane. I still have this one neighbor who, I swear, on the Fourth of July he was mowing at 7:30 p.m. What are you doing, dude? This can Bryant’swait.”song racked up tens of thousands of views, spreading through TikTok’s #cottagecore hashtag, where younger people advertise their cozy, quaint, sustainable, backto-nature“Everyone’sethos. got the perfect lawn,” Bryant says of her street, in the Rosebank area of Nashville. “They seed their lawns. They have sprinklers and s---. I think it’s attached to a more old-school, boomer generation of the idea of what an American life is. And our lawn . . .” Well, Bryant has let it grow wild. “I do think it’s pretty generational. I’ve defi nitely noticed in the past few years that so many people around my age are getting into gardening, and taking their lawns and turning them intoWaltgardens.”Whitman wrote of grass in 1855: “I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful greenstuff woven.” Said Hank Hill, fictional Texas propane salesman, in 1997: “Look, some people hoist a flag to show they love our country. Well, my lawn is myButflag.”lawn has become a lia bility – or in some cases an asset, on the condition of its removal. California’s main water utility is paying cus tomers between $2 and $5 for each square foot of living turf that they remove. Last year Nevada outlawed certain types of lawn; rather, the state leg islature prohibited the use of water from the dribbling Col orado River to feed certain types of “nonfunctional turf,” which in southern Nevada slurps up to 12 billion gallons of water every year (more than 10% of the state’s usage of the river). The law created a com mittee to sort “functional” turf from “nonfunctional”; discussions were had about how to categorize “pet relief” areas and “wedding lawns at golfBeforecourses.”the law passed, Sun City Anthem, an active-adult community in Henderson, Nev., had already removed almost 40,000 square feet of grass, which nearly halved its water bill. Larry Fossan, facil ity manager and landscape supervisor, replaced the lawn with xeriscaping: native plants like lantana, cactuses, Mexican feathergrass. Last year on the property Fossan saw something he’d never seen before in Nevada: monarch butterflies, about 25 of them, migrating through.
Grant deeds are also known as warranty deeds in other parts of the country. They carry a guarantee to the buyer that you own the property and that you are transferring that owner ship. If it turned out you didn’t own the property, or had a significant undis closed lien, you’d undoubtedly get sued. A quitclaim deed carries no Iwarranty.couldsell you a quitclaim deed to the Golden Gate Bridge and it would be perfectly valid and enforceable. If I owned it, then you now own it. But I don’t so you would then be known in legalese as a “sucker.” So go ahead and use either type of deed. Just make sure you get it notarized so it can be recorded. With regard to Proposition 13, I’m afraid there’s not much you can do. Proposition 13 provided, among other things, that a property trans ferred from a parent to a child was protected from reappraisal for prop erty tax purposes. So, the low taxes a parent paid for the past 30 years gets transferred to the child. The goal was to prevent a property that had been in the family from being lost because the child couldn’t afford to pay the taxes at today’s home prices. However, there is no such protection when a property is transferred between siblings, such as you and your brother. So right now, you’re enjoying the same property tax base your parents paid. Once you transfer your one-half interest to your brother, your half of the property will be reappraised by the tax assessor and taxes will go up . . . a lot. There’s no realistic way to get around this.
“As much as Americans like to call themselves rugged indi viduals, there’s a lot of looking around to see what other people are doing,” says Mar ciniak, who lives in Culpeper, Va. “I explain to people advocating anti-lawn: Look, it’s not going to happen overnight. If you want to get people away from lawns, we have to show them it can be beautiful, it can be desirable.” And perhaps, most importantly: “It can make the neighbors jealous.”
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“But what is more frightening is both at the same time, which could catastrophically depress the market causing mortgage rates to rise, buying demand to drop as buyers get further squeezed out of the market, inventory to rise, and prices to stabilize from all-time highs,” he wrote. “Due to overarch ing market uncertainty, I expect rates to peak around 6 to 7% over the next 12 to 24 months but to mainly stay in a 4 to 6% range.” Bankrate.com, which puts out a weekly mortgage rate trend index, found the experts mixed on where rates are headed in the coming week. Forty-five percent say they will go down, 36% say they will go up and 18% say they will remain about the same.
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The dramatic fluctuations in mortgage rates arise when investors are waffling between concerns about inflation and worries about a recession. When inflation is top of mind, mort gage rates tend to rise because inflation erodes the value of long-term bonds. Because rates usually follow the same path as the 10-year Treasury yield, they move higher when inves tors are selling off bonds and demanding more return on their investments.Butwhen investors are anxious about a recession, they hold onto bonds. More demand for bonds causes prices to rise and yields to fall, often lowering home loan rates. Wood said inflation and a recession are equally troubling.
Freddie Mac, the federally chartered mortgage investor, aggregates rates from around 80 lenders across the country to come up with weekly national averages. The survey is based on home purchase mortgages. Rates for refinances may be different. It uses rates for highquality borrowers with strong credit scores and large down payments. Because of the crite ria, these rates are not available to every borrower. The 15-year fixed-rate average jumped to 4.98% with an average 0.8 points. It was 4.85% a week ago and 2.18% a year ago. The five-year adjustable rate average surged to 4.51% with an average 0.4 points. It was 4.36% a week ago and 2.43% a year ago. “After a big jump the previous week, mortgage rates got a further upward push in response to a speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell,” Holden Lewis, home and mortgage expert at NerdWallet, said via email. “He said the central bank is likely to deal another ‘unusually large’ rate increase at its September meeting. Mortgage rates had fallen in July and early August when investors got distracted over talk of a recession, Powell refocused their attention back onto inflation. Interest rates went up as a Mortgageresult.”rates have expe rienced wild swings for more than a month. The 30-year fixed average sank to 4.99% on Aug. 4, jumped 23 basis points the following week, fell nine basis points a week later and soared 42 basis points higher last week. It has risen or fallen by 20 basis points or more in a week four of the past six weeks. (A basis point is 0.01 percentage“Untilpoints.)the market and the Fed get on the same page and inflation is back under 5%, I do expect the volatility to continue,” Curtis Wood, founder and chief executive of Bee, a mobile mort gage app, said via email. “The market was troubled by infla tion rising 8.5% in March but is now cheering that same increase thinking the worst is behind us. We haven’t begun to expe rience the aftershock to the economy of all these rate hikes. That’ll happen over the next 12 to 24 months. The storm has not passed; this is the end of the beginning of it.”
Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com, expects rates to “[Because]rise. the Fed is fight ing to regain credibility . . . they’ll raise rates as much as needed to tame inflation, and the pace they allow government and mortgagebacked bonds to roll off their balance sheet is doubling in Sep tember,” McBride said.
DAILY REPUBLIC — Friday, September 2, 2022 9 THE WASHINGTON POST T he 10-minute speech given by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell last week continues to impact mortgageAccordingrates.to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average climbed to 5.66% with an average 0.8 points. (A point is a fee paid to a lender equal to 1% of the loan amount. It is in addition to the interest rate.) It was 5.55% a week ago and 2.87% a year ago. The 30-year fixed average hasn’t been this high since late June.
$850,000 116 Mountview Ter Benicia 4 3/0 2,288 0.11 322031987 $479,900 1340 Blackberry Ct Dixon 4 2 /0 1969 0.07 322073001 $488,888 1019 Parkgreen Dr Dixon 2 2 /0 1257 0.130 322063429 $495,900 1320 Blackberry Ct Dixon 3 2 /0 1487 0.073 322062507 $519,700 710 Priddy Dr Dixon 3 1/1 1036 6969sf 322080176 $530,000 1000 West F Street Dixon 4 2 /0 1771 0.15 322071225 $615,000 1235 Baylor Wy Dixon 4 3/0 2169 0.075 322074809 $675,000 1940 Rehrmann Dr Dixon 4 2 /1 2220 0.161 322058829 $749,000 705 Wiegand Way Dixon 4 2 /0 1850 0.23 322055685 $770,000 500 Kings Ct Dixon 5 3/1 3200 0.195 322070538 $4,500,000 6156 Clark Rd Dixon 4 4 /0 5906 78.98 322047718 $410,000 1015 Scott St Fairfield 3 2 /0 1196 0.125 322070868 $469,287 3031 Roadrunner Dr Fairfield 3 2 /1 1717 0.058 322073804 $527,000 305 Gardenia Cir Fairfield 4 2 /0 1440 0.15 322077544 $534,800 175 Santa Barbara Way Fairfield 3 2 /0 1,213 0.14 322079516 $539,900 178 Santa Barbara Way Fairfield 3 2 /0 1,335 0.14 322079600 $545,000 8 49 Finch Wy Fairfield 3 2 /0 1300 0.13 322053377 $549,000 1180 Dana Dr Fairfield 0 0 1,650 0.16 322070975 $589,200 2438 Sheldon Dr Fairfield 3 2 /1 1695 0.073 322063007 $590,000 2863 Woods Ct Fairfield 3 2 /0 1638 0.16 322042686 $599,000 2375 Digerud Dr Fairfield 4 3/0 2,289 0.07 322078462 $599,000 2759 Parkview Terrace Fairfiled 3 2 /0 1,332 0.16 322072682 $650,000 2018 Windsor Pl Fairfield 3 2 /1 1862 0.26 322078194 $674,000 2970 Rustle Ct Fairfield 3 2 /0 2,125 0.24 322073891 $674,900 4756 Canyon Hills Dr Fairfield 4 3/0 1,816 0.12 322076136 $675,000 3116 Clydesdale W Fairfield 4 2 /1 2253 8 302 322044501 $725,000 783 Glacier Wy Fairfield 4 2 /1 1775 0.166 322059293 $750,000 3422 Glen Ellen Dr Fairfield 4 3/0 3287 0.229 322029030 $850,000 5224 Tuscany Drive Fairfield 3 3/0 2,308 0.12 322067123 $899,900 4579 Avondale Cir Fairfield 5 3/0 3611 0.187 322060341 $999,000 417 Knoll Dr Fairfield 4 2 /1 2803 0.257 322070191 $1,290,000 63 Willotta Dr Fairfield 4 2 /2 3845 0.37 322074591 $1,525,000 1106 Skywest Ct Fairfield 5 3/0 3414 0.804 322068078 $1,687,000 5270 Oakridge Drive Fairfield 4 3/0 4,034 0.3 332069250 $1,795,000 1745 Durbin Ln Fairfield 4 3/0 3,251 2.5 322076695 $2,300,000 853 Bridle Ridge Dr Fairfield 4 6/0 3,937 0.97 322075479 $2,350,000 1604 Amaral Ct Fairfield 3 2 /0 2,319 2.5 322074329 $465,000 101 Cedar Ridge Dr Rio Vista 2 2 /0 1671 0.129 322064595 $497,500 601 Whipporwill Way Suisun City 3 2 /0 1,480 0.18 322072584 $515,000 51 Montego Ct Suisun City 3 2 /0 1342 0.14 322047267 $529,000 706 Chula Vista Wy Suisun City 3 2 /0 1424 0.174 322074705 $549,000 1035 Greylag Dr Suisun City 3 2 /0 1,320 0.13 322078212 $550,000 635 Klamath Wy Suisun City 3 2 /0 1492 0.14 322079444 $555,000 411 Avalon Wy Suisun City 3 2 /0 2152 0.23 322067943 $580,000 502 Floyd Ct Suisun City 3 2 /1 1492 0.092 322071753 $670,000 330 Engell St Suisun City 3 2 /1 2206 0.160 322070250 $249,999 1801 Marshall Rd #903 Vacaville 1 1/0 714 0.017 322068424 $475,000 207 Citrus Avenue Vacaville 3 2 /0 1160 0.12 322078904 $495,000 112 Manzanita Dr Vacaville 3 2 /0 1472 0.12 322075477 $499,500 207 Madrone St Vacaville 3 2 /0 1286 0.11 322040262 $510,000 1116 Cloverbrook Cir Vacaville 3 2 /0 1328 0.128 322075674 $515,000 3006 Wallick Court Vacaville 2 2 /0 1130 0.08 322079843 $529,000 424 Mandarin Cir Vacaville 2 2 /0 1323 1163 322066345 $544,000 240 Grape St Vacaville 3 2 /0 1672 0.12 322058654 $549,000 349 Elder St Vacaville 3 2 /0 1202 0.11 322074864 $549,000 686 Mashall Rd Vacaville 3 2 /0 1402 0.18 322059279 $549,900 407 Deodara St Vacaville 3 2 /0 1168 0.13 322059937 $552,500 1869 Brookwood Dr. Vacaville 3 2 /0 1274 6534 322076555 $569,000 943 Bluewater Dr Vacaville 3 2 /0 1,312 0.11 322073233 $569,900 801 S Orchard Ave Vacaville 3 2 /0 1230 0.12 322073187 $585,000 8 39 Morissette Way Vacaville 3 2 /0 1,249 0.14 322070474 $589,900 309 Saybrook Ave Vacaville 4 2 /0 1767 0.134 322065601 $590,000 107 Colony Way Vacaville 4 3/0 1,887 0.07 322068608 $600,000 462 Danbury Cir Vacaville 4 2 /0 1767 0.134 322074441 $605,000 250 Harvest Dr Vacaville 3 2 /0 1614 0.138 322066995
$615,000 751 Embassy Circle Vacaville 3 2 /1 1669 0.08 322050795
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$625,000 718 Scottsdale Dr Vacaville 4 2 /0 1489 9147sf 322078575 $629,900 773 Calico Trl Vacaville 3 2 /0 1633 0.152 322078867 $629,999 296 Plantation Way Vacaville 4 2 /1 1840 0.13 322062209 $649,000 637 Dahlia Dr. Vacaville 3 2 /1 1639 3598 322073117 $650,000 451 Marbella Ln Vacaville 3 2 /0 1760 0.18 322078897
$650,000 8 32 Derry Cir Vacaville 3 2 /0 1708 0.142 322066283 $659,900 219 Larkspur Dr Vacaville 3 2 /1 2040 0.138 322073197 $659,900 784 Calico Trl Vacaville 3 3/0 1,951 0.15 322072800 $675,000 408 Evergreen Dr Vacaville 4 3/0 2,048 0.18 322060889 $699,755 660 Dahlia Dr Vacaville 4 3/0 2014 0.083 322071973 $699,950 112 Salinas Dr Vacaville 3 2 /0 1567 0.19 322075118 $700,000 225 Boulderidge Ct Vacaville 5 3/0 2225 0.175 322047795 $719,000 882 Ruby Drive Vacaville 4 3/0 2,653 0.2 322062225 $749,000 130 Deerglen Cir Vacaville 3 4 /0 2,906 0.19 322063138 $769,999 8 48 Daffodil Dr Vacaville 3 3/0 2,429 0.13 322061022 $790,000 8024 Claret Court Vacaville 4 3/1 2941 0.16 322074811 $795,000 901 Cedarcrest Dr Vacaville 5 3/0 3014 0.207 322061115 $810,000 754 Arabian Cir Vacaville 3 2 /0 2,066 0.26 322067856 $839,000 606 Hillcrest Cir Vacaville 4 2 /0 2202 0.233 322054244 $840,000 467 Royal Tern Dr Vacaville 5 5/0 4,082 0.14 322027703 $855,000 9024 Indigo Ct Vacaville 5 4 /0 2,841 0.14 322058608 $895,000 4 30 Longwood Pl Vacaville 4 2 /1 2188 0.239 322077183 $950,000 155 Foothill Dr Vacaville 3 3/0 1,919 0.60 322068886 $995,000 7396 Paddon Rd Vacaville 3 2 /0 1500 2.43 322071057 $1,275,000 8 42 Elderberry Loop Vacaville 5 4 /1 4058 0.295 322043728 $2,300,000 5663 Dally Rd Vacaville 2 1/0 1024 76.09 322072721 $300,000 150 Calhoun St Vallejo 3 1/0 988 0.010 322079969 $519,000 1728 Napa St Vallejo 3 2 /0 1530 0.106 322037217 $595,000 745 Rollingwood Dr Vallejo 3 2 /0 1,100 0.13 322074991 $615,000 118 Fairmont Ave Vallejo 4 3/0 2,107 0.16 322069781 $615,000 1543 Granada Street Vallejo 3 2 /0 1350 6534 322072731 $625,000 815 Valle Vista Ave Vallejo 3 2 /0 1,829 0.13 322068195 $1,180,000 3024 Overlook Dr Vallejo 4 3/0 3,368 0.25 322071681 $625,000 708 W Main Street Winters 4 2 /1 1920 0.09 222097150 $679,500 3931 Central Ln Winters 3 2 /0 1782 5.52 322032322 $875,000 8 457 Plesants Valley Rd Winters 2 1/0 22.16 321006700 LOTS & LAND PRICE A DDRESS CITY LOT/AC SUB TYPE MLS# $699,000 Liberty Ln Vacaville 25.01 AGRI 322061524 $950,000 Liberty Ln Vacaville 29.9 AGRI 322061700 $2,300,000 5663 Dally Rd Vacaville 76.09 AGRI 322070665 $4,500,000 6156 Clark Rd Dixon 78.98 AGRI 322049465 $500,000 360 Butcher Rd Vacaville 1.10 COMM 321098151 $1,870,000 2300-11 E Monte Vista Ave Vacaville 3.66 COMM 321102156 $265,000 2060 Pinecrest Ct Vacaville 1.15 RESA 322048328 $359,950 Gibson Canyon Vacaville 1.55 RESA 22029146 $424,900 3757 Wild Oak Trl Vacaville 4.96 RESA 322061715 $549,000 3745 Wild Oak Trl Vacaville 5 RESA 322061705 $875,000 8 457 Plesants Valley Rd Winters 22.16 RESA 321000406 $15,000,000 Mankas Fairfield RESA 21825708 $498,000 English Hills Rd Vacaville 2.5 RESL 322065164 MOBILE/FLOATING
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The togoodBeretandButternamesPecanRaspberrysoundenougheat,butit is as though these new cone flowers were on the dessert menu for the landscape. As you might be guess ing, Double Coded is the name for two new hybrid echinacea making their debut as part of the Color Coded series, one of the hottest groups of coneflowers being introduced by Proven Winners. “Double Coded” tells you they are double flowered varieties, and I promise, you will not be disappointed. That is, unless you let your neighbors beat you to the checkout line. The Double Coded Butter Pecan is called melon in its color description. It shows off different shades of yellow as it goes through the aging process, leaning toward a rich pastel. The Double Coded Raspberry Beret yields various shades of pink, finishing with a rich vibrant raspberry color. They both are obviously chock full of native DNA and reach about 20 inches in height. Double Coded Butter Pecan spreads 16 to 18 inches, while Double Coded Raspberry Beret is slightly larger, spreading up to 24 inches. To be honest, I gawk at them every time I walk by. I am just amazed at their beauty and feel I have only just begun to tap into the garden combination possibilities.Ihadmore Double Coded Butter Pecan plants to try. My first pairing was with this year’s hot new Augusta Lavender helio trope. This is a match made in heaven. The color contrast is perfect for those that have a slight leaning toward pastels. The yellow orange centers of August Lavender echo the Butter Pecan to perfection.
Morning sunrise and the Double Coded Butter Pecan and Double Coded Raspberry Beret coneflowers look magical together, like a dessert for the garden. When you’re ready to plant, choose a site in full sun for best flower performance.
I am always watching to see if pollinators go to certain blooms and especially tight double-flow ered selections like the Double Coded coneflowers. I am happy to report that even though it might appear to be more work on the pollinators, bees and butterflies like eastern tiger swallowtails know how to get the job done. To me, the echinacea, our humble purple coneflower, has been transformed into the ulti mate collector plant. I wish I could grow them all. Of course, it would take a spread as big as South Fork to accommo date them. So for now I would suggest putting the Color Coded and Double Coded varieties on your Wheneverlist. you decide to plant, choose a site in full sun for best flower performance. The soil need not be luxuriantly fertile. Space your Color Coded and Double Coded echinacea plants 16 to 20 inches apart in an infor mal drift or sweep. Partnership opportunities with the new cone flowers is unlimited. They will rock the cottage garden, pollinator garden and today’s modern perennial garden. They are rec ommended for zones 4-8. Based on how coneflowers did for me in Savannah, Georgia, I feel sure they can stretch to zone 9a. There has never been a time so exciting to be a gardener, and next year’s new introduc tions will keep us all enthralled with both our landscape and containers.
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Norman Winter is a horticultur ist, garden speaker and author of “Tough-as-Nails Flowers for the South” and “Captivating Com binations: Color and Style in the Garden.” He receives compli mentary plants to review from the companies he covers.
In another area of the land scape, I paired Butter Pecan and Raspberry Beret together in an informal drift and in front of Rockin Playin the Blues salvia. Pugster Amethyst buddleia is to the side and also in close proximity. The Butter Pecan and Raspberry Beret have a natural attraction for each other and create an automatic mar riage design.
G ardeners, I am here to tell you that you must get Double Coded. You’re prob ably thinking that there must be a security breach affecting the landscape. I assure you: It is a cupcake. At least it looks like a cupcake, and there are two colors.
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