Mike and Jennifer Rigley (buyers) 916.378.4671 / (sellers) 916-660-5823 Info@RigleyRG.com What’s My Elk Grove Home Worth? Please call us to discuss your potential Home Value in Elk Grove, CA 916-660-5823. Click here to use our FREE Online Home Value Estimator. Call for a FREE consultation For those who love to decorate and are always excited to test out the latest trends in design, the accent wall is a concept that's become popular in recent years. If you're not sure how to use this feature to twist any room on its side, here's how to go about painting your very own and instantly dressing up the look of your favorite room. Pick The Perfect Wall          When deciding on the ideal location for an accent wall, it's important to consider which space in your home will benefit from a splash ... 08/22/2017

It was a bittersweet day yesterday as we held a marathon open house in Wildhawk West Village, which is in the Elk Grove school district. On the one hand, I am focused on my seller finding the perfect buyer for his home in that desirable school district. On the other, we had to return our adopted cat Horatio to the no-kill sanctuary in Elk Grove.They finally had an opening, in the middle of their full-blown upper respiratory breakout. That meant Horatio no longer had to reside in my husband's office, and our own cats could stop feeling stressed and confused that a door was closed and they knew a cat lurked behind it.You can read more about this story and see the photos in my personal blog today at this link: The Downside to Buying Homes Near Dairy Farms in Elk Grove. 08/21/2017

Mike and Jennifer Rigley (buyers) 916.378.4671 / (sellers) 916-660-5823 Info@RigleyRG.com What’s My Elk Grove Home Worth? Please call us to discuss your potential Home Value in Elk Grove, CA 916-660-5823. Click here to use our FREE Online Home Value Estimator. Call for a FREE consultationIf you're planning to buy a home, you should know that the mortgage pre-qualification process is the first in a series of steps that eventually lead to home ownership. A pre-qualification is different from a pre-approval – the pre-qualification meeting is simply you and your lender hashing out how much you can afford to spend on a property. But once you've been pre-qualified, it makes the mortgage process easier. So how can you make the pre-qualification quick and painless so you can get on with your ho... 08/15/2017

Mike and Jennifer Rigley (buyers) 916.378.4671 / (sellers) 916-660-5823 Info@RigleyRG.com What’s My Elk Grove Home Worth? Please call us to discuss your potential Home Value in Elk Grove, CA 916-660-5823. Click here to use our FREE Online Home Value Estimator. Call 916-660-5823 for a FREE consultation Venturing into the area of real estate, whether you're buying or selling, can be a territory full of unknowns to the layman. While you'll want to consider your knowledge level in real estate before moving forward with the process, a lawyer may be able to disseminate some of the details for you and make the moving process a little more straightforward. The following are a few ways a lawyer will be able to assist you with their expertise. Diving Into Legalese Language Whether you're buying o... 08/15/2017

9928 Meadow Oak Cir, Elk Grove, 95624-2703 This is a great home buying opportunity right in the heart of Elk Grove in one of the most sought after locations in the area. This home has an amazing layout, large rooms, and plenty of natural light, and great upgrades. This home is walking distance to Elk Grove Park & Elk Grove High School and just minutes away from shopping and plenty of restaurants. New HVAC system was installed in July of 16', newer kitchen remodel within recent years & RV access makes this home a winner. Jake DaRosa | Keller Williams Realty | Ben Kinney Team916-402-5786   08/03/2017

Property Description:  Rustic ranch home on almost an acre just outside Elk Grove in Wilton.  With 5 bedrooms and a pool, you can keep the kids happy all summer!  Whole house has hard surface flooring for easy maintenance, and ceiling fans that helps keep the house cool!  Huge mud room w tons of counter space and cabinets.  Dark oak cabinets in the spacious kitchen with butcher block prep island.  Enjoy the view of the pool from the kitchen, or walk right the slider for a dip! Somewhat of a fixer, bring your vision!  To see more details on 11166 Wilton Rd. Wilton CA 95693or All Homes For Sale in Elk Grove, CA call The Mode and Durham Team at (916) 405-5765. Do you know how much Equity You Have?? Get Your Equity Check Here! The Mode and Durham Team have been selling real estate in the S... 08/01/2017

 This charming seller put her home on the market a couple years ago with an out-of-area agent because she had been planning to move out of the area. Her home did not sell, and she chose not to move out of area. This time around, the seller decided to hire a local expert Realtor. Notice that I didn't say "resident," but local expert. An agent doesn't have to live in the culdesac to be a local expert. Not if she sells homes hands-over-fist in that area. Sometimes, and I truly believe this, sometimes when you hire a local "resident" agent, you get a jaundiced view of the neighborhood. They are often right in the thick of things that they see things differently. I noticed that kind of attitude when I sell homes in "super tight knit" communities where everybody knows everybody else. They alw... 07/21/2017

 My sellers received a free rent-back for about 3 weeks when I negotiated the sale of their home in Franklin Crossing, a newer subdivision of homes in Elk Grove. You know, I don't even know why we call that situation a "free rent-back" because that's an oxymoron.  But one thing I know for certain, the neighbors will be yakking about this sale. It will help to bring up the values in the area. You can't go wrong with a cash sale far exceeding list price. You can read the whole story in my personal blog today at this link: Franklin Crossing Home Sells at Record Price in Elk Grove. 07/20/2017

What school will my kids go to??If you have children, or are going to be having them in the future, where you purchase your home will determine which school district and school your kids will go to.  You might not even give it a second thought at this point in your life, but priorities have a way of changing whether we like it or not!  Luckily, in Elk Grove, our school district is highly rated, and pretty much any school your children end up in is going to be good.  BUT, it is still something to take in to consideration when buying a home in Elk Grove. Realtor Nikki Chapman from The Mode & Durahm Team at Keller Williams Realty in Elk Grove talks more about this  See Schools in my zip code, This one is set up for Elk Grove 95624, but you can enter any zip code.  When you visit our home s... 07/13/2017

9400 Roan Ranch Cir. Elk Grove 5 Bedroom Home For SaleListed for Sale by The Mode & Durham Team at Keller Williams Realty Elk Grove CA MLS # 17040622On Market for $525,000This 5 bedroom home has been meticulously maintained!  Super clean, nice flooring, open flowing layout downstairs, and a huge 3 car garage with 2 entrances!  There is a bedroom and full bath downstairs, and the rest are up stairs.  The house just keeps going, with more bedrooms around every turn it seems!  You'll love the convenience of the giant upstairs laundry room, and endless potential for the open space upstairs.  Game room, office, home gym area??  Low maintenance back yard fully fenced and gated.     The open kitchen is right off the family room, and has a nice large eating area for casual meals, as well as a f... 07/11/2017

Mike and Jennifer Rigley (buyers) 916.378.4671 / (sellers) 916-660-5823 Info@RigleyRG.com What’s My Elk Grove Home Worth? Please call us to discuss your potential Home Value in Elk Grove, CA 916-660-5823. Click here to use our FREE Online Home Value Estimator. Call for a FREE consultation If you enjoy history and fixing things, then it may be hard to drive by historic homes for sale without feeling the urge to buy one and fix it up.  Before you do, you need learn the three R’s of fixing up historic homes and the differences between them. The three R’s of fixing up historic homes are restoration, renovation and repair.  Some of the differences are minor, but they can make all the difference in cost, time and problems. Restoration  “Restoration” literally means returning something to its ... 07/06/2017

Elk Grove Market Report June 2017   Elk Grove, CA homes for sale have seen steady price improvement month to month as well as year to year as inventory levels remain at all-time lows. The Numbers Month to Month and Year to Year The median sales price for Elk Grove, CA homes for sale was $409,000 in June 2017 compared to $395,000 during May 2017 and $358,250 in June 2016. The number of Elk Grove, CA homes for sale that sold was 213 in June 2017 vs. 195 in May 2017 and 254 that sold June 2016. There are 315 Elk Grove, CA homes for sale that are in contract or pending which represents 63%of the overall available inventory of 502 homes. There are currently only 187 homes active on the market in Elk Grove. A few highlights of the current Elk Grove, CA homes for sale are shown below and repr... 07/05/2017

JUST LISTED! Are you looking for a home to buy in Elk Grove with a pool? Don't miss this great home I just listed for sale! 7021 Rathmore Court, Elk Grove, CA 95758$320,0003 bedroom 2 bath 1322 sqft See the rest of the pictures --> http://bit.ly/7021RathmoreCourt Located in the back of a cul-d-sac lot on a huge lot full of potential with and a solar heated pool. If you are looking for a huge yard... this is the one! Features include open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, remodeled kitchen with cherry cabinets, stainless steel appliances,and granite counter tops. OPEN HOUSESat, 7/1 1-4pmSun, 7/2 Noon - 3 pm Come by and say hi! I will be there! Interested in your Elk Grove home value? Check yours now instantly at www.DetailedHomeValue.com Come by this weekend and see this value packed home fo... 07/01/2017

 Franklin Crossing in Elk Grove is a newer subdivision of homes, typically built between 2011 and 2015. This cluster of newer homes is just south and a hair west of one of my favorite subdivsions in Elk Grove, near Bilby and Willard Parkways. If you are taking I-5 south from Sacramento, it's about a 20-minute drive from downtown, and you'd get off the freeway at the Hood-Franklin exit. It's a short commute past farmlands and old estates, which probably won't exist much longer. There is also a cemetery, but I imagine they'd have to leave that in the path of new construction. Some things you just don't mess with. Long-term residents' homelands though seem to be up for grabs by developers, and many people in Elk Grove are unhappy about that, which is understandable. Remember, Elk Grove was... 06/23/2017

Selling homes in Elk Grove, or anywhere, for that matter, is all about compromise. It's not about being a bulldozer, as satisfying as that approach can be. It's about give and take. But don't make the mistake that compromise means 50 / 50 because it doesn't.Somebody I associated with a long time ago started the premise that's taken hold over the years -- that every sitution needs to be win / win and therefore fabulous for both parties. Not necessarily. One party generally benefits a bit more than the other in a compromise or there would not be a need for the compromise in the first place.I think about this when we present buyers in Sacramento with the option to remove their appraisal contingency to be the winning offer in a multiple offer situation. That's a freaky place for some buyers... 06/22/2017

5709 Birch Point Ct. Elk Grove CA 957575 Beds | 2 Baths | 1934 SF | 2003Great location on quiet ct. with huge back yard! 5 bedroom and single story?! Formal living and dining, with great room concept for family and kitchen. It feels so open with vaulted ceilings and a wall of windows to the yard! Very well maintained, super clean, and move in ready! Large guest bath with double sinks. Master bedroom has open bath suite with tile counters and double sinks, a slider to the back yard, and a well sized walk in closet!OPEN HOUSE:  SATURDAY 5/20 @1-4This home does not feel like it would have 5 bedrooms!  You will love how open and bright the family room, kitchen, and master bedroom are!  They all have vaulted ceilings, and access to the biggest back yard on the court!  Simply landscaped perim... 05/18/2017

I'm not so sure what's going on with Zillow and Trulia lately regarding new listings and the new MLS feeds that intend to populate those sites. Some of those are just not feeding to those websites. Lately, to get a listing on Trulia, well, it takes 3 to 4 days for the listing to show up. Same with homes dot com. No, that site is worse, I received an email yesterday that put a listing live on homes dot com which I had listed 6 days earlier. Six days to land on Homes dot com! Last week, the MLS feed to Zillow seemed improved. But this week, our new listings are not migrating to Zillow in a timely manner. I had two listings go live last night at midnight but are not in Zillow. I wish for the days when I could enter them myself. You can read about the first listing at this link: New Listing... 05/12/2017

Why buy a home instead of renting?  I can give you so many reasons, but I think the best one is what it can do for you and your family's security and future.  I think the best way to demonstrate this is by giving you an example of what it has done for a client of mine.  See All Elk Grove Homes For Sale My clients were a young couple with one child, just starting out with their first home.  They didn't really think they could purchase a home because they thought they needed a large down payment.  Actually, they really only needed 3.5% down on a FHA loan and they were able to purchase a bank owned 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1536 square feet for $159,000 in May, 2011.  This is what it looked like when they bought it...                       It definitely needed work, but they were able to buy ... 05/09/2017

April 2017 was a great seller's market for Elk Grove, CA Homes for Sale!!!The Numbers Month to Month and Year to YearThe median sales price for Elk Grove, CA homes that closed escrow in April 2017 was $398,000 compared to $375,000 during March 2017 and $360,000 in March 2016.  This means the median sales price in Elk Grove has increased over 10% in the past 12 months and the average days on the market is only 18 days!The number of Elk Grove, CA homes for sale that closed escrow was 185 in April 2017 vs. 172 in March 2017 and 242 that sold March 2016.There are 242 Elk Grove, CA homes for sale that are in contract which represents 66% of the overall available inventory of 427 homes.A few highlights of the current Elk Grove, CA homes for sale are shown below and represent a nice cross sect... 05/03/2017

Mike and Jennifer Rigley (buyers) 916.378.4671 / (sellers) 916-660-5823 Info@RigleyRG.com What’s My Elk Grove Home Worth? Please call us to discuss your potential Home Value in Elk Grove, CA 916-660-5823. Click here to use our FREE Online Home Value Estimator. Call 916-660-5823 for a FREE consultation With the ever-fluctuating cost of housing, buying into real estate can be one of the best investments a person can make. However, a lot of important factors can be left out of the final decision when it comes to purchasing a home as rental property. If you are taking the initial steps to invest in a second home, here are some important things to consider before you make the financial commitment. The Distance to A DestinationMany people who purchase second homes to rent out choose to buy in... 05/02/2017