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The Sacramento Market Has Bottomed Out

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Real Estate Agent with Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker DRE #00697006

Anybody who doesn't realize that the Sacramento market has reached the bottom either isn't paying attention or is watching TV soaps. The activity this August has been nuts. Ordiinarly, I will see a spike right after Labor Day, but instead this year it happened mid-August. It's frightening to think what will happen after Labor Day.

Buyers are demanding deals and concessions, banks, reos and sellers are listening. Mutiple offers are the norm. There is no freakin' inventory. We had 14 months of inventory last December and now Sacramento County has shrunk to 3.7 months. Pretty soon those pending sales and closed sales lines on the charts will cross inventory. When that happens, it means prices will go up. And we are closing in on that mark.

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Elizabeth Weintraub is co-partner of Weintraub & Wallace Team of Top Producing Realtors, an author, home buying expert at The Balance, a Land Park resident, and a veteran real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown, Carmichael and East Sacramento, as well as tract homes in Elk Grove, Natomas, Roseville and Lincoln. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put our combined 80 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at RE/MAX Gold. DRE License # 00697006.

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Comments(7)

Colleen Fischesser Northwest Property Shop
NextHome Experience - Chelan, WA
A Tradition of Trust in the Pacific NW since 1990!

Yea, Hurray! We are usually 6 months behind you.....I'm doing cartwheels!!!

 

Aug 30, 2008 03:02 PM
Aaron Cullen
Brokers Inc. Residential Real estate - Folsom, CA
Folsom, El Dorado Hills & Sacramento Real Estate &

Great news Elizabeth.  I have been preaching this for a while to my clients and I cannot wait to hear something positive out of the media...

Aug 30, 2008 03:10 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Hi Colleen and Aaron: You know, the media always lags behind these things, but I'd like to say you heard it first here. And I'll go out on the limb to say it because I believe it based on facts.

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Aug 30, 2008 03:15 PM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Wow, that sounds so good, and I am trying to see these signs, but they are not yet there. We had sesonal spike in July, but August is slow again.

Well, I guess we just need to wait a little longer.

 

Aug 31, 2008 07:28 AM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Elizabeth, I saw this too with the market numbers you had been telling us about especially the shrinking inventory. Buyers better get on the ball there.

Aug 31, 2008 03:39 PM
Anonymous
Not Yet Licensed

We had 14 months of inventory last December and now Sacramento County has shrunk to 3.7 months.

Wow!  That's a remarkable change.  Thanks for the heads up.

Aug 31, 2008 04:44 PM
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Lori Franks
Real Estate Consultant - Brookings, OR
Brookings, Oregon

Elizabeth- I had to read your post because our market reflects yours a little on down the timeline. We still have plenty of inventory...lets see what happens!

Sep 01, 2008 04:10 AM