What Your Bay Area Home Equity Actually Buys in Sonoma County Right Now

RealWise Sonoma County: a Real Estate Podcast with Stephanie Johnson · Jul 1, 2026 · 9m

The Bay Area real estate market in 2026 is producing numbers that would have seemed impossible a few years ago. A San Francisco fixer closing at $3.5 million. A Berkeley home going $1.3 million over asking. If you own a Bay Area home right now, you are sitting on serious equity. The question is what to do with it.In this episode, Sonoma County real estate agent Stephanie Johnson runs two real scenarios to show exactly what Bay Area home equity buys in wine country right now. She walks through the math on selling a Bay Area condo for $1.8 million, the math on selling a San Francisco single…