Downtown & Midtown Sacramento - Rob McQuade ABR

"Maybe Sacramento Home Prices Aren't So Bad..."by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real EstateFor many first-time homebuyers trying to break into the Sacramento housing market over the last few years it has been more than a bit stressful.With high-end homes in areas like the Eas...

"LJUrban & Newton Booth: Sustainability in Motion"by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real EstateSacramento has many walkable urbane neighborhoods, but in Midtown--the granddaddy of walkability in the region--the core issue becomes preserving local history and the fabric of the ...

"A House Without an Aaddress"by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real EstateIf all goes well, you might see a 92-year-old house drive by you in the coming months. (Suddenly pedicabs and horse-drawn carriages don't seem so strange, eh?)Super-swell and ultra-eco-urban local develo...

"Sacramento's Central City Real Estate Roundup - January 19th, 2007"by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real EstateSOLD! Residential and multi-family real estate closings in Sacramento's Central City and surrounding neighborhoods for the week ending January 19, 2007:$262,000 - 3...

Okay, it doesn't quite look like a community garden--yet. But we're workin' on it!The latest photos of the Fremont Community Garden site:Anyone who'd like to come out and help us work on site preparation for the community garden--whether you have a garden plot or not--can email me for more inform...

Pedicabs--Coming to a Block Near You?by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real EstateFrom Julie Sontag with the City of Sacramento (by way of Brooks Truitt):As promised, the pedicab ordinance will go before the City Council's Law and Legislation Committee on Tuesday, January 16. ...

Man, sometimes I feel seriously uncool.Like when I found out that Midtown has a semi-secret underground--literally, it's usually in a basement--independent movie theater that has been showing truly offbeat stuff for, like, almost four months now. Okay, so maybe "theater" isn't the right word. May...

SOLD! Residential and multi-family real estate closings in Sacramento's Central City and surrounding neighborhoods for the week ending January 12, 2007:$127,902 - 3Br, 1Ba home on 36th St in Oak Park (95820) - not an error$127,902 - 3Br, 1Ba home on 17th Ave in Oak Park (95820) - not an error$239...

I just caught a teaser before the news this evening: a local highrise development has halted construction in the face of unpaid bills and liens. John Saca has stopped construction--and apparently paying bills--for work done on the Towers site at 3rd & Capitol Mall.Current news stories:"Towers pro...

"Yes, there will be a neon sign.."by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real Estate"Yes, there will be a neon sign..." -Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo speaking at the 2007 State of Downtown, on the City Council's Tuesday vote to contribute property and as much as $6.75M for redeve...