What is actually happening in Petaluma
Local coverage of what is actually moving the Petaluma market: recorded sales, policy, and the numbers behind the headlines, written by the agent who works here.
416 Park Place asks $60,000 below what similar Petaluma condos have been selling for
Among the three similar condos and townhomes currently listed in Petaluma, 416 Park Place ranks second-cheapest by price and comes in at $458 per square foot against a peer median ask of $454. The gap to the peer median sold price over the last 12 months is $60,000.
Emma Way paid $51,000 over ask — yet it wasn't September 29's biggest premium
The day's clearest signal came from the recorded closings: two of three single-family homes sold above their list prices, while the third closed $20,000 short. Three more went pending and two new listings hit the MLS.
What Your Petaluma Home Is Missing Depends on When It Was Built
More than half of Petaluma's parcels were built before 1980, when insulation requirements were thin and single-pane glass was standard. Knowing your era tells you where to start.
Clean Your Gutters Before Petaluma's First Rain Does the Job for You
More than half of Petaluma's housing stock was built before 1980. That means a lot of gutters that have been bending, settling, and collecting debris for decades. September is the window to sort them out.
Two homes hit the Petaluma MLS on September 25 — and that was the day
A single-family home on Burlington Drive and a townhouse on Drake Court appeared on the MLS feed on September 25. No sales recorded, no contracts signed.
Three Petaluma single-family homes recorded on September 28 — one penny over asking, one $150,000 under
No new listings hit the Petaluma MLS on September 28. The action was in the closings: three single-family homes recorded, with sale prices that landed at one dollar over asking, $14,000 under and $150,000 under.
One Petaluma home came on, one closed — and the closing went for $353,000 over asking
Thursday brought one new single-family listing and one recorded closing to Petaluma. The closing is the day's story: 614 Deer Valley Court sold for $1,703,405 against a list price of $1,350,000.
Petaluma in 2026 so far: fewer sales, a steady median, and bigger houses doing the lifting
282 single-family sales between January 1 and September 23 — 14% fewer than the same stretch of 2025. The median held at $981,000, but only because the typical home sold was larger; per square foot, prices eased for a second year.
