Santa Cruz and the Monterey Bay Area Real Estate

Meet CoastWoods Real Estate

At CoastWoods, we have your best interest at heart. We have no agenda except to help you achieve your desired outcome – the purchase of your dream home or the seamless sale of your home for the highest possible price. We work hard to establish enduring relationships with our clients.

Santa Cruz real estate expert, Gretchen Bach, leads the team at CoastWoods, artfully blending her 20+ years of experience in the real estate industry in Santa Cruz County with her expansive professional and social network, vast knowledge of sustainable design, and innovative home marketing techniques.

At CoastWoods Real Estate, we’re delighted to offer you the highest possible service during life’s most important transitions. Let us guide your next real estate adventure.

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Gretchen "Gia" Bach

License #01888811

Realtor®, Founder

Anna Garaway

License #02065238

Realtor®

Hilary Saunders

License #1834648

Real Estate & Tax Lawyer | Broker-of-Record Side, Inc. License No. 02014153

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Real Estate Predictions and Trends

January 27, 2025

Time to strategize about the year ahead.

Hawaii, Tahoe or Santa Cruz?

November 6, 2024

Introducing Coastwoods Vacation Rentals!

Just Sold- 149 Dufour St

November 4, 2024

Lesson Learned: It's all about the flow.

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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Gretchen is the best person to walk you through purchasing a home. She is an expert! She was available to answer every single question I had and she was so caring and reassuring as she guided me through my first home purchase.

— Dani H.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Gretchen helped us buy a rental property in Santa Cruz a little over a year ago. She guided us expertly through the process, and was a very tough negotiator on our behalf. But it gets better! When the home was ours, and we needed help getting it rented, she connected us with a rental management company and kept an eye on things as we negotiated finding good tenants. When a moratorium on short term rental...

— Silvia G.-K.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Gretchen is a Realtor® with so much experience in Santa Cruz that is seems she literally knows everyone. She has the networks that can help you bring a team together for purchase inspections and setting your remodeling vision. We bought from a seller in foreclosure and at points were getting erratic replies from the seller. Gretchen and her team managed a tough sale to get the job done when 96% of Realt...

— Jeanette H.

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— Silvia G.-K.

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Hilary Saunders

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Hawaii, Tahoe or Santa Cruz?

Just Sold- 149 Dufour St

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