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August 13, 2008
Sacramento Realtor Julie Jalone, with MagnumOne Realty in Roseville, explains the first time home buyer´s tax credit contained in the new Housing Recovery Act.
June 18, 2008
Sacramento Realtor, Julie Jalone, answers a clients question on what are the advantages of using a short sale strategy to avoid foreclosure.
June 05, 2008
Short sales are a strategy for some homeowners to avoid a foreclosure and can represent a good deal for buyers if they are patient. If you or someone you know is having difficulty making their monthly mortgage payment read my latest article, "Short Sale Success" find out more about short sales and how our process and experience has made them work for our clients.
March 28, 2008
Sacramento real estate agent and short sale expert talks about her latest article on short sales including how properties qualify, who can be considered and what it takes to have a successful short sale.
March 03, 2008
The question, "If they think my home is overpriced, why don´t they offer me something lower?" may be one of the most common heard by real estate agents around the Sacramento area. This seems like a logical seller response to learning that the potential buyer who looked at their home yesterday said, "We liked the house but it was overpriced."
December 17, 2007
Prestige is defined as honor, awe, or high opinion inspired by or derived from a high-ranking, influential, or successful person or product. Unfortunately, real estate brokers apparently have very little prestige according to a recent Harris Poll completed in August. According to the poll firefigh...
October 23, 2007
Another month of real estate sales in the Sacramento area and another month where the media is reporting, “lowest since…” Yes, September sales in the greater Sacramento area were the lowest yet in for the eight county region of Amador, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba du...
September 13, 2007
My husband and I are customers and big fans of USAA the member owned financial services company that serves military personnel and their families. Occasionally they post some very good articles on their website. Today I read, “The Housing Bust: Is the Worst Over?” which is an interview with Joe Ka...
September 13, 2007
Back in August I pointed to a report issued by HousingTracker and indicated it was the start of the seasonal decline in the number of homes available for sale. The very next week the numbers started to climb again and have until this week. As of September 10 the number of homes on the market was d...
May 01, 2007
There is nothing positive to report about the Sacramento real estate market in March. Sales volumes are down, prices are not showing any strength, and inventory of available homes continues to grow. Slice it and dice it anyway you want and I’m not sure who you are to find anything to feel good ab...
April 22, 2007
According to a story from DataQuick, the number of default notices sent to California homeowners in the first quarter increased to the highest level in almost ten years. They attribute this to flat appreciation, slow sales and post teaser-rate mortgage resets.
Mortgage lenders filed 46,760 Notice...
April 22, 2007
Sacramento Real Estate - February 2007
February results for the Sacramento real estate market was better than January but prices continue to slide. Looking at the four counties that make up our local Sacramento market, Placer, Sacramento, El Dorado and Yolo, we see price declines in each compared...
April 22, 2007
Last week I wrote, As well as can be expected, about the Sacramento real estate market and how it performed in January. One of the larger communities in the Sacramento area is Roseville in Placer County.
According to the Sac Bee real estate charts there were 101 homes sold in Roseville during...
April 22, 2007
If you have been following our young Yuba City couple in their quest to sell their townhouse and find a large home you know we listed the property over a week ago. The listing appears in both the Sacramento and Sutter-Yuba versions of MLS. In addition we developed a flyer for the property, created...
February 19, 2007
Coming off of the year we went from a super heated market to stone cold the big question in real estate circles is how the Sacramento market will perform in 2007. The Sacramento Bee’s story this morning by Jim Wasserman, “Hope seen on home front,” details the slowing of price declines in January. ...
February 13, 2007
You drive by one day and there it is, a for sale sign, planted in the neighbors yard or, in this case, posted on their carport wall. You think this is sudden, you didn’t even know they were considering moving. It really didn’t just happen overnight. Successful home marketing starts months before y...
February 13, 2007
The past year, 2006, marked the lowest volume of annual sales since 1999 with less than 47,000 new and existing houses and condominiums sold in the four county Sacramento area according to DataQuick. As reported in a Sacramento Bee story, “'06 housing stats tell a scary tale,” the inventory of avai...
January 16, 2007
As a Realtor you never stop being surprised. Earlier this week, for one of my clients, I made an offer on a wonderful Sacramento area home. We have been looking for the perfect home during past several months. We finally found a house in their price range and met all of their needs. In today’s ma...
January 16, 2007
If you have been reading my blog at ”Keep it Real in Sacramento.” you know there are lots of emotional highs and lows that go with the territory of being a Realtor, especially when you care about your clients. At the top of my list for disappointments is when you discover a friend, you have regular...
March 28, 2006
Can anyone remember when open houses were not used to help sell a home? Help is the operative word, as holding an open house is not a primary marketing tool to sell a home. More and more agents are saying they are a waste of time, especially successful agents who feel like holding an open house is...
March 25, 2006
Buying a home is a major decision. For most of us it is the largest financial transaction we have in our lifetime. Based on those comments it is easy to see why some potential buyers have a hard time pulling the trigger. Some questions they may be asking themselves include, can I afford this, wha...
March 25, 2006
A look at the February numbers for the four county Sacramento area real estate market is encouraging but I have reservations about being overly optimistic. The Sacramento Bee article, “Home Prices Rise in County”, points out, “After five straight months of falling sales prices for Sacramento County...