Top Reasons Your Offers Are Not Getting Accepted
Doug Reynolds, Sacramento Area Realtor, discusses the recent sellers market in Sacramento Spring 2012. He shares tips with buyers as to why your offers are not getting accepted when you are competing with other buyers: - Price (low ball offers no longer work) -...
Cleaning House: Secrets of a Truly Deep Clean
Deep clean your house and you’ll brighten rooms and help maintain your home’s value. De-bug the light fixtures See that bug burial ground within your overhead fixtures? Turn off the lights and carefully remove fixture covers, dump out flies and wash with hot soapy...
Don’t Forget To Save Money On Your Taxes This Year
Homeowners should be aware of these tax breaks that they may be eligible to receive. Consult a Certified and licensed Tax Professional. Mortgage interest: Homeowners are generally entitled to reduce their taxable income by the amount of mortgage interest they pay, as...
Where Are All the Home Sellers?
As we’ve been discussing in our Sacramento area: low inventory, high demand and a flattening sales price. It’s happening in other parts of the country as well. Check out this article from the Wall Street Journal. By Nick Timiraos of the Wall Street...
Sacramento County Real Estate Update March-April 2012
Doug Reynolds, a Sacramento Area Realtor, gives a market updated March and April 2012 Sacramento Real Estate. This month discussing how the local real estate market appears to have hit the bottom. Indication signs are: the median sales price increasing in...
Home Buying: Most Affordable in Decades
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Buying a home is now more affordable than it has been in the last twenty years. Thanks to continued declines in home prices and rock-bottom mortgage rates, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index...
Points Lose Favor
With interest rates at or near record lows, many borrowers are seeing little reason to pay points when buying or refinancing a home. Some are even opting for what’s known as “negative points,” agreeing to a slightly higher rate to help pay closing costs. Making...
History of Sacramento Real Estate 1986 – 2012
Doug Reynolds, a Sacramento Area Realtor, gives a detailed analysis of the median Sales price in Sacramento Real Estate. He discusses the ups and downs of the past 25 years in the area. Doug also discusses the fact that since interest rates are...
Sacramento County Housing Statistics for February 2012
Median Sales price Rises! The law of supply and demand are beginning to take effect in the Sacramento Area Real Estate Market. For months and months I’ve been sharing how there is extremely low inventory and huge buyer demand, multiple offers and bidding wars on...
First Time Home Buyer Thoughts
Home buying doesn’t begin with home searching; it begins with a mortgage pre-approval. Often, first-time home buyers fear getting pre-approved because they’re afraid the lender may tell them they do not qualify for a mortgage or they qualify for a loan smaller...



