When Colette Barss sold her Seaside home this spring, her new east Garrison-area home had been sitting on the market for about 190 days. She ended up buying it for about $60,000 under asking price.

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The price of real estate has soared across the country since the pandemic, and California isn’t immune. Across the state, home prices are up by almost 20% and the Central Coast, a tight housing market to begin with, has been squeezed even tighter with prices up an average of 25%.

Wealthier residents of San Francisco, San Jose and even Los Angeles are flooding markets from Redding to the Central Valley, hitting each suburb in between.

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Fleeing the stifling shelter-in-place brought on by the pandemic and newly endowed with the ability to work from home, Realtors say their clients are searching for bigger floor plans, lots and access to the outdoors. A larger percentage than normal are buying investment properties that can serve as a vacation home, or even a primary residence, should they decide to make the move.

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Realtors say their clients are prepared to bargain fiercely for a home, even coming in above asking price with an all-cash offer — which is often made possible by selling homes in pricey regions on their way out.

While that’s leading to an influx of wealthier landowners, it is pricing local renters — potential homebuyers — out of the market, experts say.

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Barss sold her home in “deep quarantine.” They put the house on the market shortly before the shelter-in-place orders and then it “sat untouched” for 30 days as real estate agents were prevented from holding open houses. Once the orders lifted, though, Barss said it sold within two months.

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Now the value of handcrafted products is in high demand. In fact, it is an ever trending business because people know crafting is a soul putting job. And, let’s be real…if you have the opportunity to make money from home by doing something you love, would you be able to stop yourself jumping on the couch?

Being creative is great for the soul, it brings peace. But before taking a leap, start searching what others are selling successfully. Maybe you get a unique idea. Visit craft shows, local retailers that sell crafts, and websites that are good at selling handmade items.

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A release by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development showed the number of newly-constructed homes sold nationally was 41.5% higher in October than last year, though dropped slightly from September.

Current sales and price statistics compiled by the California Association of Realtors (CAR) shows that home prices across the state in October were up by more than 17% from the same time one year ago, and the average sales price is more than $700,000.

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Supply is the lowest it has been in years, CAR’s report said. California homes spend a median of just ten days on the market. CAR data shows that the Central Coast has experienced the greatest price increase in California, with prices up an average of 25% year-to-year.