fair oaks: Buying or selling a home in Northridge, Fair Oaks, CA - 07/29/09 10:45 PM
Drive down the streets of the Northridge area in Fair Oaks and you better be careful. Be on the lookout for golfers in their carts... or turkeys. You are just as likely to see one as the other. Both the turkeys and the golfers love the proximity to Northridge Country Club, … (6 comments)
fair oaks: Take a trip down memory lane at Oaks Hardware, in old Fair Oaks Village - 07/29/09 02:26 PM
Some towns have their Cheers Bar where everyone knows their name, but in Fair Oaks, we have our own old fashioned hardware store - Oaks Hardware. It's definately the local hangout, and the only place to go to find that hard-to-find tool or screw-ball sized screw.
Owner Dave Hill took over … (9 comments)
fair oaks: Buying or Selling a home in Rollingwood, Fair Oaks, CA - 07/28/09 03:58 PM
Rollingwood, in Fair Oaks, CA, is a beautiful neighborhood known for it's massive oaks tree and picturesque natural settings. At the edge of the American River, ridges of gorgeous homes jut out into the ravines that make their way down to the river. Natural beauty abounds, as deer, wild turkeys, squirrels, … (4 comments)
fair oaks: Buying or Selling a home in Phoenix Field, Fair Oaks, CA. - 07/27/09 10:50 PM
The Phoenix Field neighborhood of Fair Oaks is one of Fair Oak's finest. With nearly 500 homes, it's big enough to have it's own distinct personality, but small enough for neighbors to know each other. It's old enough to have mature landscaping, yet knew enough to have homes with contemporary design … (7 comments)
fair oaks: Fair Oaks, California, Home Prices and Sales Activity (5/09) - 05/22/09 04:49 PM
It's been a wild ride for homes sales in Fair Oaks, California, but for 2 months in a row we have had huge increases in the number of sales.
Sales doubled in March over the preceeding month, from 18 to 38, then increased another 10% in April, to 41.
And all … (4 comments)
fair oaks: Fair Oaks Video Tour - My Kind of Town - 05/03/09 12:44 AM
I've been living in and loving Fair Oaks since 1979, and I can't think of a place I would rather live or raise my kids in.
Join me on a brief tour of my Fair Oaks, the way I love it.
For more information on Fair Oaks Homes for sale, give me … (24 comments)
fair oaks: Is This the Time to Buy a Home? What if Prices Come Down More? - 04/23/09 12:07 PM
Buyers are panicking at the moment. They are running out of homes to buy!
In Sacramento there is only 2.3 months of inventory under $300K (if buyers maintain their present rate of snapping up homes, we'll run out in 2.3 months).
In Fair Oaks it's not much better... 2.4 months to … (13 comments)
If you missed buying a Fair Oaks home back in '02, those prices are back! After a high of $250/sf (per square foot) in August of '06, Fair Oaks prices have dropped approximately 38% to a stunning $155/sf. That is lower than the cost to build … (5 comments)
fair oaks: Kids these days.... They're AWESOME! - 03/19/09 10:48 PM
"What's this world coming to... kids today don't want to work, they want it handed to them."
Every generation says that... clear back to Plato's time. I bet the cave man said it too, as his cave boy "texted" his pals with smoke signals. But the attitude is idiotic. And here's … (5 comments)
fair oaks: A Walk on the American River at Sacramento Bar... in Fair Oaks - 03/01/09 12:11 PM
Sacramento Bar is the area just West of the Sunrise Bridge in Fair Oaks, filled with acres and acres of rock cobble left over from gold mining that ended in the 60's. It's one of my favorite places to walk, right near my home in Fair Oaks. You're in the middle … (3 comments)
fair oaks: Walk-Through Wackiness - a Hershey Hotstreak in Fair Oaks...... - 02/19/09 03:38 PM
"If the chocolate sauce won't squirt, try this..", said Ryan (FNTPTS - fake name to protect the stupid). With that, he held the bottle and spun his arm like a propeller, in giant circles... the pressure of the chocolate sauce building.
It worked the last time he tried it with ketsup. It squeezed right up … (5 comments)
fair oaks: One of my favorite sales... Lemon Street in Fair Oaks - 02/18/09 03:38 PM
This gorgeous home on Lemon Street in Fair Oaks has been in and out of my life many times. The first time I sold it, was for the family that built it. I was so moved by the stories of their life there. Like the Easter egg hunts in the garden... the slip … (3 comments)
fair oaks: Running out of gas paid off... - 02/15/09 07:08 PM
Melanie and I turned the corner in my giant boat of a Cadillac... back in the mid 90's. Her 9 month old baby was safe in his car seat. We were approaching what might be the perfect new home for them - about a block away. As we turned the last corner...GASP... SPUTTER.... … (5 comments)
From the world of Fair Oaks Realtor, Sally Dunbar, who's been hoofin' it through the homes of Fair Oaks and the surrounding areas, matching up eager buyers with ready-to-move sellers, since 1979.
While my home base is in Fair Oaks, I venture in Sacramento, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Orangevale, Rancho Cordova, Gold River, Folsom, El Dorado Hills, Roseville, Rocklin and Granite Bay...(and Chevron loves me!)
How have I survived for so long?... By always doing what's right for my people.... Always!
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Drive down the streets of the Northridge area in Fair Oaks and you better be careful. Be on the lookout for golfers in their carts... or turkeys. You are just as likely to see one as the other. Both the turkeys and the golfers love the proximity to Northridge Country Club, … (6 comments)
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