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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:22 PM

Vacant Homes

The number of vacant homes for sale in the United States set a new record in the first quarter of 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Monday. The Census Bureau reported that 2.9 percent of U.S. homes or 2.28 million properties, not including rentals,
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 10:47 AM

Good News Sacramento

Get this, now is the time when inventory of homes on the market traditionally increases and should continue to so as we move into summer but inventory is remarkably stable right now. Even with the large numbers of foreclosures in the Sacramento area during
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 10:46 AM

Bank Owned Nightmare

We just lost out on a great house because of how an overworked agent manages her bank owned listings. Check out my weekly column at Rocklin & Roseville Today, “ Buying bank owned can be a pain!”
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Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:15 AM

More Foreclosure Pain

It is just a number but when you think about the families having to move from their homes and lives disrupted, 5,278 foreclosures in Sacramento and surrounding counties during the past three months is staggering. For more details about the Sacramento
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:03 PM

Mid-Week Report

I must have forgotten to knock on wood last week when I babbled on about For Sale Declines and being amazed that inventory of homes on the market in the Sacramento area were declining and prices were holding steady. I just surfed over to HousingTracker
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:09 PM

Help for Home Buyers

Assistance programs have been around for years but are re-emerging now that most lenders require down payments before they will finance a home. Check out my latest column, “ Down Payment Assistance ,” over at Roseville & Rocklin Today
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:53 AM

Not Hot but....

Here we are on Wednesday of the week where we are expected to get some 80 degree weather during the coming weekend. That feels good to me and so does what is starting to happen in the Sacramento and Roseville real estate market. Check out my column, “
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:23 PM

For Sales Decline

Okay, make me officially amazed! Inventory has not started growing like it normally does this time of year, it has actually declined. According to our friends over at HousingTracker , the number of homes on the market in the Sacramento area has declined
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Friday, April 04, 2008 12:16 PM

I want to be optimistic

There are many industry professionals and local agents clamoring about a recovery of our troubled Sacramento real estate market but I am feeling cautious because I have been dealing with so many shorts sales and foreclosures. It is nice to hear about
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Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:31 PM

More Help from Washington?

Yesterday the Senate announced that it had reached a bipartisan compromise on a plan to aid families facing foreclosure. This is good news as the lawmakers have been unable to reach agreement on some of the key provisions already passed by the house.
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 3:03 PM

April Fool's Day Jokes

It's April 1st again and that means there are some crazy things flying around the Internet. Some of it is difficult to tell if it a joke or not but most of it is fun. Here is a list I found earlier with links to some April 1st jokes. · The
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