Ray Henson, Brokered by eXp Realty

When I help someone purchase or sell a home, I like to say that I am helping a friend or a friend soon to be.  Denise started out as a referral and now is a friend. We found this wonderful home in the Lakeside by Heritage 55+ Community.  The community features a private lake, clubhouse, pool, ten...

Our friends from the Solano Pickleball Club invited our Elk Grove group to join them for a big party at Allan Witt Park to celebrate two of their member's birthdays and their brand new courts.  Their club is always so gracious.  They treated us to some really tasty food and, more importantly, som...

What is good for the goose is good for the gander, right, so below is my first entry for the August Challenge. 1.  We all go on vacation to get away from it all and have a great time, but I want to know, what vacation day was your worst? Our family, maybe it was just mom and dad, decided to take ...

It is looking like a good time to be a buyer after so much time without much inventory, home buyers now have options.  The market is even more appealing as interest rates start to dip again.  Will Hamm does a great job looking into the market and pointing out the benefits for buyers to be looking...

I know it is a "breach of etiquette" and that I stole the line from the movie, A Christmas Story, but isn't this movie the perfect example of a huge fish story.  Actually, the movie is a collection of idealized, nostalgic stories all wrapped into one big fish story.  There is the lamp episode, th...

     We saw average prices fall 4.4% from May to June in  July's report.  It is good to see that our market has leveled off as average and median prices are just about the same from July to August as they were at the end of June.  Elk Grove, CA is still up 8% over the past year.   One statistic t...

Endre Barath, Jr. always has a fresh perspective on the real estate market.  I noticed he was one of the first real estate experts mentioning that the market was slowing saying LA is usually ahead of the rest of the country.  At the time, Elk Grove was red hot.  It is not any more.  Our supply is...

     My dad tells a Hemingwayesque story.  On a fishing trip near the end of the day, the captain asked my dad if he would like to troll for marlin on the way back to port.  The answer was a resounding yes and he hooked into a huge one right away.  My dad asked the captain for his fish fighting b...

I love oatmeal cookies!  Roy Kelley posts a lot of recipes from the, Southern Lady Cooks, ladies.  You may not know this, but I married my own Southern Lady many years ago so I have an affinity for Southern Cooking.  I need to make these delicious looking cookies.  I may have to add raisins in my...

I am an optimist by nature, but our Elk Grove market has changed in a remarkably short time.For a little perspective, active listings were at 124 on 5/8/22.  Active listings are at 244 as of today (all those green dots in the picture).  It is a 96.7 rise in inventory over a very short time.  The ...