Want to make an appeal to get your property taxes lowered? Starting in mid-May, the Sacramento County Assessor's office will be reviewing property values. Under California tax law per Proposition 8), if the market value of your property falls below the Proposition 13 assessed value as of January
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04/29/2008
The NeighborhoodWorks HomeOwnership Center of the Sacramento Region is putting on several foreclosure prevention workshops. Classes will be held at their offices at 2400 Alhambra Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817. To register for a free class, click here. April 24, 2008 6:00pm-8:00pmMay 1, 2008 11:30am-
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04/27/2008
I have gotten into several debates over the weekend, both in person and online (on other blogs and forums) regarding the state of the market in certain areas and price ranges. Folks, the market is blazing hot in nice areas under $300k. Allow me to illustrate...above is a Trendgraphix chart that
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04/27/2008
Exciting stuff...the March stats are out, and pendings have substantially increased over last month (which was substantially up over the prior month too). In March, there were 2,311 pending sales. Compared to February's numbers, that is about 50% MORE pending sales. Overall listing inventory decr
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04/15/2008
I knew I had a busy March, but I did not realize until the administrators in my office told me that I was the top listing agent in my office in March. Not too bad out of something like 100 or so agents. What does that get me? My own reserved parking space in the parking garage!
04/15/2008
Looks like there is a new bill out there making its way through the Senate...one of the elements of the "Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008" is offering a $7k tax credit (spread out over two years) to those folks who purchase a home in the process of foreclosure or that has been foreclosed. Inter
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04/15/2008
I received this news release from SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utilities District for any out-of-town readers)...they have partnered with Woodside Homes and plan to build almost 1500 solar-powered homes near the Rancho Cordova area. It is anticipated that these homes will be complete around the yea
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04/15/2008
I recently have gotten involved with the Sacramento Association of Realtors' "Young Professionals Council." Pretty cool organization. There are some sharp, young Realtors and affiliates out there that I have gotten the opportunity to meet via the YPC. FYI, SAR defines "young" as under 40, and aff
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04/15/2008
If you talk to most loan officers who have been in the business for a while, they will tell you that aggressive conventional loan programs have been far more popular over the last decade than FHA loans.Given what is going on in the real estate market, and the death of the majority of the aggressi
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04/15/2008
