Anne Fashauer Anderson Valley Real Estate

Last year at this time, my beau and I took a wonderful road trip to the southwest.  This year we are doing it again, with a couple of twists.  Last year we spent a couple of days at the Grand Canyon, a week in Sedona, AZ, then a few days in Death Valley.  This year we are going to spend just one night in the Grand Canyon; we've ...

We've been home from Cabo for about two and a half weeks now and it seems worlds away.  We came home just before Christmas to a bit of madness - last minute shopping, a few delayed meetings and decorating the Christmas tree.  We did that last on Christmas eve itself!  We had family here for the holiday which was really nice, ...

It seems as though Mother Nature wanted us to make sure we knew that the season was changing as she brought in a slight rain storm just as we passed through the autumnal equinox.  The air and the light have changed; the mornings are cooler, crisper, the afternoons filled with a golden tint and the last warmth of the year as the sun moves away ...

I've been thinking about summer and what that means to me.  For many years summer was a period of time defined not by the equinoxes, those floating dates in the latter half of June and September, but rather by my school year.  Most of my school years that meant early to mid-June until the day after Labor Day.  I think towards ...

According to a recent article in Fortune magazine, the answer is Yes!  Shawn Tully, in an article entitled "The Return of Real Estate" in the April 11, 2011 edition of Fortune, calls real estate "The most attractive asset class in America."  The article focuses on the shortage of new home construction but he also ...

The last question of my survey was What are your favorite things to tell friends and family about Anderson Valley?  The two standout answers were the community and the beauty.  Comments about the community included "people are positive and welcoming," "we have supportive friends and community," "it's a pretty ...

As promised, I have spent a little time looking at the sales figures for the past year in Anderson Valley and have it ready to share with you.  I also have the figures for the previous two years for a little comparison. 2010 saw eleven residential sales, with one currently in escrow, and ten land sales, with three currently in escrow.  ...

It's that time of year when it seems everyone is having a party or there's some kind of gathering to attend.  It's fun to see everyone out and about and often dressed a little differently, perhaps with a little more flair, than the rest of the year.  Two recent events included the Boonville Big Band at Lauren's and the ...

I think it was just about two weeks ago that we were still have 80 degree weather and enjoying the remainder of our Indian Summer and now I sit in my little office with the heater next to me trying to warm up my hands and feet while the rain keeps coming down outside.  Normally I enjoy the change of seasons from the heat and dust of summer to ...

I hope everyone enjoyed the county fair this year as much or more than I did.  I thought the weather was perfect, not too hot nor too cold.  We had but a bit of rain on Saturday night but that was it.  I ended up entering my cookies, my cake and my jelly, but decided against my basil and my grapes.  The basil was too holey from ...