Coast real estate boom frustrates renters, employers — but few want to leave

FORT BRAGG, 5/3/21 — A pandemic era real estate price boom on the Mendocino Coast has thrilled home sellers, frustrated buyers, employers, and even some agents — and made renting more difficult and expensive for working people. There are also fewer houses being built or becoming vacant on the Coast than inland or most of the rest of the state, which show up in the state and local figures of shrinking number of closed sales, fast rising prices and shrinking inventory.