by Doug Reynolds | Oct 27, 2011 | No Category
Whenever a new buyer client calls, I ask if they have been pre-approved for a loan yet. Most reply “no.” From there I explain that before you begin looking at potential homes, you need to get pre-approved. For most buyers, it’s a fairly easy process of speaking...
by Doug Reynolds | Oct 27, 2011 | No Category
I just sold 8246 Lake Forest Drive, Sacramento Ca 95826. The house is in College Greens, one of my specialty neighborhoods. My seller client bought the house in the summer and spent the past few months remodeling the house. The home sold in 4 days for over list...
by Doug Reynolds | Oct 24, 2011 | No Category
Doug Reynolds, a Sacramento Area Realtor, sits down with Erick Perpich to discuss the best way to start thinking about buying a home in the Sacramento Area. Erick Perpich is a local loan officer with Republic Mortgage, a direct lender in Folsom. Erick explains that...
by Doug Reynolds | Oct 24, 2011 | No Category
In some areas of the country, housing is selling like hotcakes, driven higher by the first-time home buyer segment of the market. Typically, first-time home buyers average about 40% of all home buyers, but in 2009, they composed an unprecedented 47%, according to the...
by Doug Reynolds | Oct 21, 2011 | No Category
Conventional wisdom suggests that buying a home is a long-term investment and that you should buy as much home as you can possibly afford. It’s possible to build equity over time, but that depends largely on what you pay for a home, how robust your market is, and how...
by Doug Reynolds | Oct 19, 2011 | No Category
Below are some of the frequently asked questions that are posed by homebuyers who are new to the process of buying a home: What is a mortgage? A mortgage is a loan used to buy a home or other real estate property, with the home serving as the collateral for the loan,...
