Your Guide to Sacramento Real Estate

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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Cathy Ashley McAlister, GRI CDPE - Broker / Sacramento

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2011 

Our Christmas Moment with Bob Hope.   Many years ago, we lived in the Lake Tahoe area for a few years. Having been originally from Southern California, the chance to live in Lake Tahoe and experience snow for Christmas certainly was a real treat. The first winter we were there, my husband invited...
12/23/2011
  Via Christopher Pataki Hockessin of Delaware Real Estate a more positive article on the Real Estate market.  This does not apply to all areas, but in our local Sacramento market  ....  We ARE seeing some positive signs for some areas of our Sacramento market.  Channel 3 ran a story on Monday ni...
12/22/2011
Just closed 4800 TRONA WAY, FAIR OAKS, CA  95628.  This was an all cash transaction with a buyer relocating from Washington state.    Driven by a need to live in a better climate with a proximity to all things great and small in California.  The buyers researched long and hard for just the right...
12/21/2011
  THE SANTA SLEIGH CAR .... Traveling Joy for the Holidays!   We have a special group of friends that have been meeting for food, comraderie and Monday Night Football with roots going back 25 years.  One of our members has a son with Autism and his communication with the outside is difficult.  Hi...
12/21/2011
    Tonight as I crossed Highway 50 on the Pioneer Memorial Bridge we caught this picture of the waning sunset.    Sacramento's location in the great central valley creates some wonderful views.  This is looking southwest over the Sacramento River with the coastal range in the distance.    A grea...
12/13/2011
  Sacramento Sunset. From the top of the Highway 50 Pioneer Memorial Bridge overlooking the Sacramento River.   Looking southwest with Coastal Range in the distance.    
12/13/2011
THE SHOPPING CART TREE   It has been a very long time since I have had the opportunity to travel to the Oakland Alameda area and apparently never during the Holidays.  Today was a special treat as I was attending the Bay Area meetup of Active Rainers in Emeryville.   When walking up to the Elepha...
12/13/2011
  Short Sale Approved and Seller just made their December payment!     I am absolutely tickled about my seller's approval.  We received the short sale approval last week.  One loan, HAFA program, valid hardship PLUS  the seller keep the payments current throughout the entire process.  In fact, sh...
12/11/2011
  Great points and some easy ideas from Carmen Abella, a home stager from New York.  She provides great suggestions and photos about also staging your garage when selling your home. When looking for advice on home selling in Sacramento, contact Cathy McAlister at California Living Real Estate.  S...
12/05/2011
    What Seller's Love.    One of my favorite things about Real Estate.   For everything we do in Real Estate,  one of things I enjoy the most is discovering my seller's loves.   In our swirled world of Real Estate, our clients have whole other lives outside of real estate and we find evidence of...
12/04/2011
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