How to Come Up With a Game Plan for Buying a Home in the Sacramento Area
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...
First-time Home Buyers Dominate the Market
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...
How-to’s: How Much Home Should You Buy?
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...
Finance FAQ
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,...
Selling Tips in a Buyer’s Market
A buyer’s market means it’s the seller’s turn to be flexible, especially with sale terms. Purchase price, closing dates, move-in dates, storage, appliances, window treatments, points and fees may all require a little negotiation. Whatever the terms, don’t let personal...
Sacramento County Real Estate Update October-November 2011
Doug Reynolds, a Sacramento Realtor, provides an analysis of the local market statistics from September. This month discussing how Sacramento area sales went down a bit in September. As well as the issues with low inventory and the competition from buyers. Multiple...
September 2011 Housing Statistics – Sacramento County
Sales prices flat, decreased activity for September Sales decreased 5.6% from 1,711 units sold in August to the current 1,615 units sold this month. Year-to-year, closed escrows were up 12.7% from the 1,433 units sold last September. Making up the closed escrows this...
Sacramento council approves naming alleys Midtown
After years of dead ends, the City Council voted Tuesday night to name the alleys of the central city grid. The new names will be a nod to Sacramento's history and character.As a result, alleys in most of midtown and downtown will begin with the letter of the street...
How to Lower Your Sacramento County Property Taxes
Doug Reynolds, Sacramento Area Realtor interviews a local Real Estate Appraiser (Ryan Lundquist, (916)595-373, sacramentoappraisalblog.com) Ryan discusses how to appeal your property taxes and get them lowered. In some cases a homeowner can end up saving hundreds of...
Sierra Oaks, Wilhaggin, Del Dayo and Shelfield – Sales Data for September 2011
There were 10 homes sold in Sierra Oaks, Wilhaggin, Del Dayo and Shelfield in the month September of 2011. This is a slight decrease from the 11 sold in August . Here are the addresses and specific details: Currently there are: 57 active listings, 9 active short...


