Steve's Blog

Before I was a Realtor I was an investor and before that I was a first time home buyer.  As a first time home buyer I was new and I didn't know how the home buying business was done.  I would get frustrated when no one would return my call.  I purchased my first home and didn't really think about...

Now is a great time to buy!!!  Homes are more affordable and interest rates are low and going lower.  Don't wait for the market to turn, by then it will be too late.  Lincoln,CA is a strong buyers market with 10.8 months of Inventory - down from last months 10.9Roseville, CA is a strong buyers ma...

This is just a quick post.  I found a fun waste of time for anyone that likes to play stupid video games.  In yahoo games they a game called Build-a-lot.  Its a buying,building, real estate flipping video game.  You can download a trial version for free.  Follow this link if you want to try it ou...

I was doing research myself on market prices and took October of 2002 and compared them to October of 2007 for the combined Sacramento/Placer/El Dorado counties.  Lets see how real estate has faired.  In 2002 the average active home was listed for $385,000 and the average home sold in October for...

Knowing that the Holidays are typically slow for real estate in general, how do we make the most of with our time.  I am taking this time to market, market, market.  I started my Holiday campaign with a personal contact.  I did a pop-by with my a clients before Thanksgiving and then followed up w...

It looks like the winter slow down is in affect.  Months of inventory have dropped dramatically in some cases.Lincoln,CA is a strong buyers market with 11.7 months of Inventory - up from last months 10.7Roseville, CA is a strong buyers market with 8.9 months of Inventory - down from last months 1...

This was taken from our Trendgrafix press release that the CEO of our company puts out once a month"Placer County sales increased by 13 percent and inventory decreased by 3 percent from September to October.  Pending sales increased by 11 percent from September to October. 1.1 percent of the home...

Well this is just a follow up to the open house I had today.  Unfortunately it started raining right as I started my open house.  I had to 2 couples come in and look at the house but no serious interest.  I ended up eating 4 cookies.  Not very successful today.  Hopefully some one had better luck...

Investors, I'll take your orders!!!  Who said the market was down?  This is a hot, HOT buyers market.  All those techniques people were learning during the sellers market, now is the time to use them.  It is time to buy.  California, more specifically the Sacramento area might not produce homes t...

I am holding an open house this Saturday in Lincoln, CA.  I know there are lots of mixed reviews on open houses.  Many agents believe they do nothing to really help sell a house.  Home owners like to see them because they think the agent is being proactive by holding them.  I am doing it out of p...