How Low Can Rates Go?
By VICKIE ELMER – New York Times IF your New Year’s resolutions include buying a house or refinancing, the Federal Reserve has you covered. It has committed to keep long-term interest rates low through next year, so a 30-year mortgage will be pegged about where it is...
2005 vs. 2012, What Buyers Are Using To Purchase Homes In Sacramento
Doug Reynolds, a Sacramento Area Realtor, takes a look at how buyers are purchasing homes in 2012 compared to 2005. In 2005, conventional financing dominated the market, now there is a balance between cash, FHA and conventional purchases. Take a look at the...
How Low Can Rates Go?
By VICKIE ELMER – New York Times IF your New Year’s resolutions include buying a house or refinancing, the Federal Reserve has you covered. It has committed to keep long-term interest rates low through next year, so a 30-year mortgage will be pegged about where it is...
First-time Buyers Lean On The Bank Of Mom And Dad
By Jane Hodges - Reuters About a third of first-time buyers in 2011 got either a gift (26 percent) or a loan (7 percent) from their families to help finance their home purchases, down slightly from 2010, but consistent with assistance levels seen during the last...
State Now Allows Smoking Bans In Multifamily Housing
By Mark Glover Sac Bee California landlords, who have long had the right to restrict pets, noise and even water beds in their units, can now prohibit smoking under a new law that took effect Sunday. California Senate Bill 332, authored by state Sen. Alex Padilla,...
FHA Says: Flip That House
By Les Christie @CNNMoney Flippers, the real estate investors who buy homes on the cheap and quickly resell them at a profit, just got a reprieve from the Federal Housing Administration. In an effort to help stabilize housing prices and unload some of the foreclosures...
Sierra Oaks, Wilhaggin, Del Dayo and Shelfield – Sales Data for January 2012
There were 3 homes sold in Sierra Oaks, Wilhaggin, Del Dayo and Shelfield in the month of January 2012 . This is a decrease from the 6 sold in December 2011. Here are the addresses and specific details: Currently there are: 46 active listings, 8 active short...
Arden Park and Arden Oaks – Sales Data for January 2012
There were 6 homes sold in Arden Park and Arden Oaks in January 2012. That is exactly the same from the 6 sold in the month of December 2011. Here are the addresses and specific information: There are currently: 15 active listings, 1 active short sale listings, 3...
Elmhurst and Tahoe Park Sales Data – January 2012 (Sacramento, Ca)
There were 11 homes sold in Elmhurst and Tahoe Park in the month of January 2012. That is a decrease from the 19 homes sold in the area in the month of December . Here are the addresses and specific information. Currently there are: 13 active listings, 8 active...
Land Park and Curtis Park Sales Data – January 2012 (Sacramento, Ca)
There were 13 homes sold in Land Park and Curtis Park in the month of January 2012 . That is a slight decrease from the 12 homes sold in the month of December. Here are the addresses and specific information. Currently there are: 33 Active listings, 0 Active...


