Sacramento, CA     Yes, communication is the key not only to successfully closing on your new house while keeping in touch with your Realtor and communicating with your Lender but it’s true in LIFE.    Businesses fail and the primary reason usually breaks down to lack of communication. Marriages end in divorce and the primary reason is lack of communication. Wars are fought and you know the rest… In this age of email and smart phones communication has become easier and yet, there ... Read Full Story

Sacramento, CA Until the President signed the bill to extend the Home Buyer tax credit, it was merely speculation and wishful thinking on our part. Friday, November 6th, President Obama signed the bill extending the current $8,000 home buyer tax credit until April 30, 2010. The caveat to this date is that if you have a ratified contract in place on April 30, 2010, then you will have until July 1, 2010 to actually close and be eligible for the tax credit.  Also, if you file your income tax sep... Read Full Story

Sacramento, CA October 2009  brought 5, 223 single family homes for sale in the MLS. There were 2, 466 offers accepted by home sellers and only 1,663 homes actually sold in Sacramento County which is down slightly from last month’s single family home sales .  The average sold price of a home in Sacramento County for the month of October was $208,775 having 1,693 square feet up from last month. As always each month you can view the homes actively for sale, homes that received offers and ... Read Full Story

Sacramento,CA As a Sacramento homeowner it is vital that you check your Property Tax bill. Mistakes are made and believe it or not, if you overpay your taxes for years you may not get reimbursed for what the County feels is your responsibility.  I have seen it happen and it’s not a pretty sight! Don’t assume your property tax bill is correct…you know what they say about that word, ASSume. So, all of you new home buyers be sure to double check each year, the statement that y... Read Full Story

Did you happen to watch Channel 10 Monday night when they aired a fishy story about a home that sold in Rancho Murieta? Was this an inside job? Does this happen in other areas? Is there a cover up? Well, for those who didn’t happen to see the news, it seems that a 3,803 square foot under priced luxury home sold in a mere 13 minutes from being entered into the MLS.  You ask yourself why is that so unusual?  It IS… and in this case it seems that this house was a bank owned home for ... Read Full Story

There are changes being made to protect the consumer with good mortgage loans and appraisals with laws and bills being written for home buyer protection. Seems like there is an elephant in the room that has been and continues to be overlooked. A licensed real estate agent must work under a Broker.  That means the Real Estate Broker is to oversee the agent’s work by offering assistance and training.  This is a step to help safe guard the consumer. In the State of California, there are “name on... Read Full Story

Sacramento, CA    Sacramento Homebuyers are having one heck of time getting their offers accepted unless they are paying cash or getting a conventional loan with more then 20% down.  Eventually, the FHA and VA home buyers will get accepted so keep up a good fight and keep submitting those offers.  I know it’s defeating but your time will come so continue to make those offers and at some point yours will stick. Be sure to have a fun and safe Halloween and please watch out for all those l... Read Full Story

To the right is a chart showing the homes sold in Yolo County each month from January through September 2009. Each month you can view the real estate stats for homes for sale, homes in pending sale and homes sold by simply clicking on Neighborhood/County Market Statistics. This chart includes all of the cities and neighborhood in Yolo County, they are as follows: Capay Valley, Clarksburg, Davis, Dunnigan, Knights Landing/Robbins, Madison/Esparto, Springlake, West Sacramento, Wild Wings,  Wint... Read Full Story

El Dorado County single family homes sold year to date appear in the chart to the right. For a breakdown by city you can always see each month’s report by city just by clicking on Neighborhood/County Market Statistics. The cities and neighborhoods included in El Dorado County are as follows: Al Tahoe/Bjou, American River Canyon, Cameron Park, Camino/Cedar Grove, Christmas Valley, Coloma/Lotus, Cool/Pilot Hill, Diamond Springs, El Dorado, El Dorado Hills, Gardner Mountain, Georgetown/Garden Va... Read Full Story

The chart to the left shows single family homes sold in Placer County from January through September 2009. The neighborhoods included in this chart are: Agate Bay homes, Alpine Meadows homes,  Alpine Peaks homes, Applegate/Meadow Vista/Christian Valley homes, Auburn homes, Blue Canyon/Norden homes, Brockway homes, Cedar Flat homes, Colfax/Weimar homes, Dollar homes, Forest Hill homes, Granite Bay homes, Homewood homes, Kingswood homes, Lincoln homes, Newcastle homes, Northstar homes, Rocklin ... Read Full Story