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Sacramento Real Estate Market - September 2010 Water Cooler
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Yesterday at 12:30 pm  |  Sacramento Land(ing)

This weekend Gold Rush Days & Chalk it Up
This Labor Day weekend Sacramentans have lots of activities to choose from. In Old Sacramento more than 200 tons of dirt will be dumped on the streets of Old Sacramento as the annual festival "turns back the clock," Gold Rush Days, transforming...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

Mortgage Delinquencies Continue
The Associated Press recently reported that one out of every ten mortgages had at least one delinquent payment this summer. The Associated Press quoted a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association which stated that 9.9% of borrowers fell into...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

New SAR Fund Helps Energy Efficient Upgrades
With this year’s summer being so much cooler than the previous Sacramento summers, you might not notice that you need more energy efficient appliances and windows but homebuyers of older Sacramento homes just might. Luckily for them (and...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

10 years of unemployment rates in Arden-Arcade
I wrote about Arden-Arcade’s quest for cityhood last week and it was great to hear from residents on both sides of the argument. Thank you for your contribution. For the sake of information and further discussion, I wanted to follow-up with...
Monday, August 30, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Greenhaven Real Estate Market Update: July 2010
24 homes sold in the Greenhaven area in the last month of July. This is an overall unit volume drop of 20% year over year, consistent with the volume drop the last time we checked in November of 2009. Of the 24 homes sold, the majority (but just...
Monday, August 30, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

Trivia Time: chipping paint, FHA, and properties built before and after 1978
If you’re a buyer, real estate agent or loan officer, you’re probably deeply aware that if a property built before 1978 has chipping paint, that’s a situation that needs to be cured if you are doing an FHA loan.   Why is that?...
Monday, August 30, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Images of Sacramento
Tower Theater - 2508 Land Park Drive- Built in 1938 1615 Capitol Ave. Department of Public Health 300 Capitol Mall - Built in 1983
Saturday, August 28, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

East Sacramento Real Estate Market Update: July 2010
More price stability but lesser people shopping for a home. As elsewhere in Sacramento county, the same mantra is true for East Sacramento as well. Just 30 homes sold in the East Sac area, an overall unit volume decrease of 34.8% year over year....
Friday, August 27, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

Sales in the Pocket-Greenhaven Area of Sacramento
Here’s a quick trend graph for you of all sales in the Pocket-Greenhaven area of Sacramento over the past three years. What stands out to you? What do you see?
Friday, August 27, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

What is goodneighborTV?
I wanted to share a website I launched today called www.goodneighborTV.com. It’s really for anyone – not just locals in my neck of the woods. It’s about community, conversation and improving neighborhoods. These are some of my...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Carmichael Real Estate Market Update: July 2010
As Sacramento home owners wait for a recovery, even a leveling off seems like good news lately. And if you own a home in Carmichael, you should be breathing a sigh of relief. We’re of course not over the real estate slump yet, but there...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

A water tower behind a house in the Pocket area of Sacramento
I swear I don’t have some sort of water tower fetish. I posted a photo of a tower in Galt last week and now this week I’m sharing another image from the field today. While taking comp photos in the Pocket/Greenhaven area of...
Monday, August 23, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Deadline for Railyard Developer Today
Today Thomas Enterprises could lose funding for the Railyards project if the developer can’t prove it has the money to continue the job. The state of California has said it will pull $30 million in grant funding if developer Thomas Enterprises...
Monday, August 23, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

Land Park Real Estate Market Update: July 2010
Most homebuyers will agree that Land Park is a real estate market all unto its own. It does follow the general trend of Sacramento county but it is unique in its reluctance to absorb short sales month after month, year after year. This July, the...
Monday, August 23, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

The ground has broken in White Rock Park in Rancho Cordova!!!
I attended and said a few words at the groundbreaking of White Rock Park in Rancho Cordova today. This is a major win for the neighborhood, the City of Rancho Cordova and the Cordova Recreation and Park District. I am so proud of this project...
Friday, August 20, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Federal Reserve Announces Final Rules for Mortgage Borrowers’ Protection
The Federal Reserve Board announced final rules to protect homebuyers needing mortgages to be able to purchase a house from unfair, abusive, or deceptive lending practices that can arise from loan originator compensation practices. These newly...
Thursday, August 19, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

The Next American Dream
The Next American Dream Is Sacramento Ready? We used to get dressed up to go “downtown.” It was an occasion. It was the place to be. It was the energy of every growing city. But times changed. Suburbia was born. And we deserted downtown....
Thursday, August 19, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

Should the Arden-Arcade area of Sacramento become a city?
Will the Arden-Arcade area of Sacramento become a city? We shall see. There is a measure on the ballot for November 2010 that puts this important decision in the hands of residents (Measure D).  If you live in the Arden-Arcade community or have...
Thursday, August 19, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Antelope Real Estate Market Update: July 2010
The last time we looked at the real estate market in Antelope in April of this year, the market didn’t look much different from this month. 59 homes have sold in the month of July, an overall unit volume decline of 21.3% year over year....
Wednesday, August 18, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog
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