northern california real estate: Sacramento is king of real estate appreciation once again.
- 11/22/13 06:19 PM
The gaudy numbers look familiar – giving long time Sacramento residents a case of real estate deja vu; home prices have risen by 26% compared to the same time last year. Those are the kind of white-hot appreciation numbers the region enjoyed during the boom, from 2003-2007, as Sacramento was one of the fastest appreciating markets in the country. Now, after so much has happened with the real estate boom and bottoming of the market, it claims the top spot again. According to a survey by the well-respected and conservative CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index, Sacramento’s year over appreciation numbers are the highest of all 380 … (3 comments)
northern california real estate: Successful real estate professionals have these 8 traits in common:
- 11/01/13 10:41 PM
Are you a successful real estate agent? Did you make over $100,000 last year? If the answer is “yes,” then chances are you have a lot of traits in common with other realtors and mortgage professionals that are thriving in their professions. It’s no accident that your work ethic, discipline, and other business practices have led you to those accomplishments. Inman News conducted a detailed survey of realtors from December, 2011 to January, 2012. They polled for 1,368 responses with 80 questions covering compensation, transaction activity, spending on technology and marketing, views on the effectiveness of various marketing techniques, brokerage practices, … (6 comments)
northern california real estate: Blue Water Credit rates "A" with the Better Business Bureau.
- 10/19/13 08:40 PM
A consumer has many options when they are interested in increasing their credit score. Unfortunately, not all of these options will result in the desired outcome. It can get downright scary for the average person who just Google "credit repair" or starts listening to every salesperson or blowhard Internet “expert." One is left wondering if legal, ethical, and effective credit repair even exists?
Whenever I’m looking for information on a financial service, or the companies who provide them, I start with one place: the Better Business Bureau. The BBB registers and monitors information about businesses, giving them a rating system, a means to … (0 comments)
northern california real estate: Sacramento real estate by the numbers - statistics as of August 2013.
- 09/01/13 07:47 PM
We love Sacramento, the capital city known for its trees and rivers, the NBA's Kings, and real estate volatility. It's true, the 916 and surrounding areas enjoyed white hot growth during the real estate boom, and then went "thud" with equal fervor when the bubble burst, launching it into some of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. But a few years later, it seems the market has righted itself and Sacramento again is enjoying measured, and cautious, growth.
Don't take our word for it - here are some statistics that reveal the true state of the real estate market … (1 comments)
The gaudy numbers look familiar – giving long time Sacramento residents a case of real estate deja vu; home prices have risen by 26% compared to the same time last year. Those are the kind of white-hot appreciation numbers the region enjoyed during the boom, from 2003-2007, as Sacramento was one of the fastest appreciating markets in the country. Now, after so much has happened with the real estate boom and bottoming of the market, it claims the top spot again. According to a survey by the well-respected and conservative CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index, Sacramento’s year over appreciation numbers are the highest of all 380 … (3 comments)
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