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A Story of Property Value from the Sales History in Tax Records: El Dorado Hills, CA
The real estate market has been an interesting ride over the past years in the Greater Sacramento Area, and the ups and downs of the market tend to show up when viewing a property’s sales history in Tax Records. I’m always curious...
Monday, August 2, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Rosemont Real Estate Market Update: June 2010
62 homes sold in the area of Rosemont this past month, an overall unit volume increase of 19.2% year over year. Unlike elsewhere in Sacramento county where foreclosure sales have been falling, Rosemont shows an increase in foreclosure sales year...
Thursday, July 29, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

Are Neighborhoods Movie Theatres?
I wanted to share some thoughts about neighborhoods and isolation – tied together in the analogy of a movie theatre. I thought this up tonight after a bike ride and the video was shot off the cuff. View it here or below. And yes, I did...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Farmers’ Market on the Capitol Mall "Greens"
Starting Thursday, July 29, the first Capitol Mall Farmer’s Market will kick-off the “farm-to-table” movement and the popularity of Sacramento’s Certified Farmers’ Markets. The Capitol Mall Farmers’ Market will be open every...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

Greenhaven Real Estate Market Update: June 2010
Well, well, well… it’s been a while since we looked at the real estate market in the Greenhaven or Pocket Area as it is sometimes referred to around here. This is the 95831 area code and during the happy real estate times, it was hard...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

Appraiser Shop Talk: Upcoming Changes from Fannie Mae
Here’s some shop talk for my fellow appraisers for some upcoming changes to appraisal standards for Fannie Mae. This is good stuff to keep in mind (even for others in the real estate industry). I’m grateful for appraisers like Bill &...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Streetcar Planning Study
As part of the 2010 federal and state programming, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) awarded a grant in the amount of $310,000 in federal funds to the City of Sacramento for a Streetcar Planning Study. The City of Sacramento...
Monday, July 26, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

Dorothea Puente’s duplex is still on the market. Any takers?
Almost five months ago I wrote about Dorothea Puente’s duplex coming on the market. If you don’t know Puente’s history, she ran a “boarding house” in the 1980s out of her Sacramento Victorian duplex at 1426 F Street. She...
Monday, July 26, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Elk Grove home owner gets a $2,000 refund check after I helped him appeal his property taxes!!!
I’m a fan of good news, so I wanted to share something with you. A property owner I helped last December just got word that the Sacramento County Assessor has agreed with my opinion of value for his property. They had previously assessed...
Saturday, July 24, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

New Guidelines for Home Appraisals
Having just met a friend who went through the maddening scenario of an appraisal coming in too low, the feeling is still fresh in my mind. But on the heels of consumers complaining of artificially increased appraisals of homes now comes the...
Friday, July 23, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

Sacramento Urban Pleasures
Leland Stanford Mansion - 800 N Street, built between 1856 and 1872, Lightrail stop at 8th & Capitol Mall I got inspired in early spring and went out and got some new city shots. Please see more by clicking the link below. Sacramento Urban...
Thursday, July 22, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

Beepers, Outdated Technology & Marketing Slogans
The world has changed tremendously over the past decade in terms of technology and how we communicate. I was remembering yesterday for some reason how I used to have a pager in the mid-1990s and how obsolete this device would be for me today. As a...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

East Sacramento Real Estate Market Update: June 2010
Homebuyers didn’t seem as interested in buying houses in East Sacramento this month as they usually are. Just 28 homes sold in the entire month of June in the area as compared with 41 a year ago. That’s a unit volume decrease of 31.7%...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

Are we out of the foreclosure woods yet in CA?
Do you watch Foreclosure Radar’s videos? I like to check them out because it’s interesting to see some of their points in action in the local market trenches I work in each day. Based on the data, it seems like bad news on some...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Fair Oaks Real Estate Market Update: June 2010
39 homes sold in all in the city of Fair Oaks in June 2010. That number was an overall unit volume increase of 18.2% year over year. Of the 39 homes, 11 were foreclosure sales, 9 were short sales and 19 were non-distressed homes. Overall, it seems...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog

Update: “Crush It” Book Club will meet on Tuesdays in August in Rancho Cordova
I mentioned previously that I was planning to get together a group of local business-minded people to read through the book “Crush It” by Gary Vaynerchuk, so I wanted to update you on the details. Right now there are 4 members in...
Monday, July 19, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Tower Cranes for Sutter Expansion
It's quite a site to see a couple of tower cranes rise in Sacramento these days, but it's even more impressive is to see them at the east end of midtown. With the four story Sutter Capitol Pavilion medical offices almost finished up, the nine...
Monday, July 19, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

Transformation from an ugly cinder block house to a remodeled Sacramento beauty
I made this one-minute “before & after” video for a client (Housing Group Fund) to help show one of their recent first-time home buyer projects in Sacramento. I appraised this property and I have permission to post the information...
Sunday, July 18, 2010  |  Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Sacramento Zoo Feasibility Study
This Tuesday the City Council will look over a two year study by the Community Development Department Zoo feasibility study. The Sacramento Zoological Society Long Range Planning Committee had identified Sutter's Landing Regional Park as their...
Friday, July 16, 2010  |  LivingInUrbanSac

Home Buying Applications Lowest in 13 Years
Homebuyers seem to be uninterested in buying homes lately or so says the Mortgage Bankers Association. Of course, we all know people personally buying or looking for a house to buy but mortgage applications have fallen to a thirteen year low. The...
Friday, July 16, 2010  |  Sacramento Real Estate Blog
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