RISMEDIA, February 10, 2010—Home values across the country declined again in the fourth quarter of 2009, as the Zillow Home Value Index fell 5% year-over-year, and -0.5% quarter-over-quarter, to $186,200. That marked the 12th consecutive …

RISMEDIA, February 9, 2010—January 2010 marked the first time in 18 months that more homes were listed “for sale” compared to the previous month, with an additional 15,000 homes, or a 2.9% increase, listed for …

RISMEDIA, February 8, 2010—(MCT)—On his road to homeownership, Scott Leibfried has learned one thing: Expect the unexpected. He and his wife had an offer accepted on a home, only to later find that foreclosure proceedings …

RISMEDIA, February 6, 2010—(MCT)—If you have a good job and good credit, the next few months might be a good time to go house hunting. Fence-sitters take the risk that Congress may let a rich …

RISMEDIA, February 5, 2010—(MCT)—Baby boomer buyers fueled a big run-up in U.S. home construction and sales in the 1970s and 1980s. Now beleaguered homebuilders say they’re hoping aging boomers, who are just entering retirement age, …

RISMEDIA, February 4, 2010—A national survey recently released by real estate leader Trulia shows that many Americans feel that President Barack Obama has not lived up to the hope he created during his campaign and …

Recently, I discussed the importance of staging your home, decluttering and depersonalizing. We call this the 5 P’s. PROPER PREPARATION PREVENTS POOR PRESENTATION.  However, no matter how wonderful your home looks, if you are not …

PROPER PREPARATION PREVENTS POOR PRESENTATION!

They say that the 3 most important aspects of selling your home is LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. Obviously, location is a key factor in the sale of a home. However, once you …

Four development teams, including some of the area’s most prominent developers, have submitted proposals to city officials for remaking the troubled 700 and 800 blocks of K Street in downtown Sacramento.
The proposals themselves will remain …