Tag Archive: Sacramento Home Sales

Some Evening Out of Sacramento Real Estate’s Supply and Demand

I pulled some numbers, wanted to see what’s going on in Sacramento, beyond what I experience everyday of using the Metrolist, showing homes, and doing property valuations. Please note I use single family residences-homes, condos and that includes homes on acreage. It doesn’t include mobile homes, empty lots, more than 1 home on a lot,…

Do Discount Realtors Do a Discounted Job?

Here’s a word, or 100, on hiring a Realtor in the Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado Counties Quadplex, that speaks to your pocket book and your bottom line when selling a home in the Sacramento area– If you hire a Realtor who is willing to discount their payday (i.e.–the commission),  how much will you wind…

Security Systems Scare Me!

There aren’t too many things that make me really nervous. Going in the show ring on my horse, that is one. Going to a vacant property alone in the not so good side of town, that is another one. (Scary Alfred Hitchcock type music—-) Showing an empty house with the alarm system turned on!!!!  Arrrrgh!!!…

Sacramento Real Estate Market Stats

The Sacramento Real Estate stats always amaze me, whether slow or busy, the story is in the numbers! I suppose there are various statistics you can look at. Trendgraphix, and the radio news, says average Days on Market of Sacramento homes for sale is “Just under 30 days”, but if you are a selling a…

Busy Busy Sacramento Real Estate Market

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks of running to the north end of the county, shuffling my way thru traffic on 99 South to Elk Grove, and returning back out to Granite Bay….all in search of the elusive “accepted contract” on behalf of Real Estate buyers. My buyers are smart though. They are, as the…

It’s A Bad Call In The Real Estate Endzone!

I had a friend lamenting about a bad call the 49ers got during the Superbowl, that they were “robbed”.  I told him the team wasn’t robbed, considering they did not play well the first half. Had they been in the game the first 30 minutes, with another point or 7 on the board, that bad…

Scammers Trying to Cash In….Renters Beware!

Sacramento Home Sellers, this will effect you more than buyers. And any renters that might be traveling these pages, should really dial in. I have, over the past few months, fielded phone calls from folks wanting to know ‘how much my listing on yadda yadda street is renting for?’ Well, sorry, but that home is…

Five Real Estate Markets Posting Value Recoveries

Here is a quick article from National Association of Realtors, based on a report from Trulia. com With a housing market on the mend in many areas, some cities are experiencing big increases in home prices. “What a difference a year makes,” says Jed Kolko, Trulia’s chief economist. “In 2012, home prices rose in 82…

Short Sales and the New Year!

Happy New Year and welcome back to the same Sacramento real estate market that is beginning to chug along again with buyers moving at break neck speeds to get an advantage on the competition. While some things have changed, many have not–multiple offers on just about every property, especially those that are cosmetic fixers or…

Banks Can Be Wrong With A Low Valuation.

I’ve seen both sides now…those were song lyrics from the 60′s, but can’t think of the artist.  Anyone? In the last 45 days, I’ve had the same buyer in situations where the lien holder was out of their mind on a short sale home value. The first home–a condo–had a poor valuation done by a…