If there is one place foreclosures have forgotten it’s downtown Sacramento and while the area is not completely immune to the real estate downturn, home buyers are swooping down on foreclosures here as soon as they hit the market. The...
Sunday, November 30, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Blog
In a recent market update for real estate sales in Natomas, we had mentioned that sales were up 130% with heavy competition. Well, here we are - 4 months after that post and the headline could still read that. Sales are 127% higher than they were...
Saturday, November 29, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Blog
Homeowners in the Pocket area of Sacramento should be pretty thrilled. They have a lot to celebrate. The average sales price in the 95831 zip code has actually gone up from September’s $298,663 to $339,079 - that’s an increase of 13.5%...
Friday, November 28, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Blog
It’s not just turkey day, folks! And I thought I would come up with a few things that home buyers, home sellers and homeowners could do this Thanksgiving to brighten up the holiday spirit and also achieve their goals regarding their houses....
Thursday, November 27, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Blog
A notice of preparation for an EIR has been filed for the McKinley Village Project in east Sacramento. The proposed project includes the development of up to 405 residential units with an intimate urban parks and common greens; a village green...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | LivingInUrbanSac
From the Sacramento Bee: Sacramento-area home prices declined at nearly triple the national average during the past year, according to a new Loan Performance Home Price Index from First American CoreLogic. The property research firm said September...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | Sacramento Land(ing)
Rosemont has entered some stability between last month’s and this month’s numbers for real estate sales and prices, but with 46 bank-owned homes still on the market (that’s only a one-month inventory, by the way) and 112 active...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Blog
Sometimes, Realtors® seem to speak a language all their own. I still remember being a new Realtor® and being completely confused during an office meeting with the acronyms: RPA-CA, CMA, WPA and so on. What in the world did it all mean? And now,...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Blog
Since I’ve met quite a few home buyers from Sacramento interested in buying a vacation home in the Pollock Pines area, I feel the need to include a market update on the real estate goings-on uphill. So here it is!
You probably know this...
Monday, November 24, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Blog
Bargains abound in Arden-Arcade and real estate buyers are lapping them up! To give you an idea of the home sales market consider this fact: there are currently 101 foreclosures in the zip codes of 95821, 95825, 95864 but they only make up only 3...
Sunday, November 23, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Blog
The Orangevale real estate market is having trouble finding a bottom. Homes in this nice little community nestled close to the Sunrise Mall, Fair Oaks and Citrus Heights are still declining in price. The reason, of course, is the number of...
Saturday, November 22, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Blog
From the Sacramento Business Journal: California and the Sacramento region’s jobless rates both increased a half-percentage point, reaching the highest levels since 1994....The Sacramento area’s jobless rate increased to 7.9 percent, from 7.4...
Friday, November 21, 2008 | Sacramento Land(ing)
Sacramento Business Journal
November 19, 2008
The California Pollution Control Financing Authority approved $53.8 million in grants and loans to clean up polluted sites in 11 counties, including a $9.8 million in grants for redevelopment projects...
Friday, November 21, 2008 | LivingInUrbanSac
With the holidays fast approaching, not too many minds are occupied by real estate. Sure, there are a few home buyers there thinking about buying a property because this is typically the time no one is interested in looking and it creates an...
Friday, November 21, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Gal
I’ve been hearing lately that home buyers are skimping on the right home inspections because they are financially stretched thin. And I want to take the time today to talk about what inspections you should get before you buy a home and how...
Friday, November 21, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Blog
From the Sacramento Bee: October brought another dubious honor to the Sacramento County real estate market, as median home prices for new and existing homes combined dipped below $200,000 for the first time since April 2002. The symbolic drop --...
Thursday, November 20, 2008 | Sacramento Land(ing)
October has been a better month for real estate in Carmichael overall. Consider the fact that prices have RISEN (Yes, you read that right!) since September. The increase, albeit a small one - from $175.55 a square foot to $179.19 and an increase...
Thursday, November 20, 2008 | Sacramento Real Estate Blog
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