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Roseville Real Estate: One bedroom homes in Roseville/Rocklin corridor have a rent of $820 per month and $813 per month is paid by Section 8 to property management organizations in Sacramento. Roseville/Rocklin’s homes with one bedroom have an average area of 750 sq. ft and there exists about 700 rentals.

Two bedroom rentals in Roseville/Rocklin corridor possess a rent of $1010 per month...

Real estate events have been quite closely watched in these fluctuating times and there has been considerable improvement on the market conditions that is favoring the buyer this quarter.

While searching for the right place to settle in, do make a thorough search on the Homes for sale section of real estate websites. Community information of the various counties in CA including Sacrament...

Certified Distressed Property Expert- Linda Hess

LINDA HESS of GREATWEST GMAC REAL ESTATE, 2235 Douglas Blvd.#520, Roseville, Ca. has earned the prestigious Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation, having completed extensive training in foreclosure avoidance and short sales. This is invaluable expertise to offer at a time when the area is ravaged by “distressed” homes in ...

Home Front: Quarterly home sales worst yet for Sacramento area

Sacramento-area home builders just keep singing the blues.

July, August and September brought their worst quarter yet in this long housing crash: just 616 sales in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties, the Folsom-based Gregory Group reports today.

Actually, nearly all the region&rsqu...

California bill would extend tax credit on new homes

A popular state tax credit of up to $10,000 that helped sell hundreds of new houses throughout the Sacramento region earlier this year appears to be coming back.

A plan to extend the state tax credit to another 4,285 buyers of new, unoccupied homes in California – possibly as many as 500 in the capital area – is expected ...

Suburban Sacramento land rush? Big homebuilders buy up ’finished’ lots


By Jim Wasserman
jwasserman@sacbee.com

http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2108559.html


Sacramento’s new-home sales are still down and out, but some capital-area builders are betting money that the region’s suburbs will soon resume their growth boom.

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August 10, 2009
Bad June swoon for Sacramento-area homebuilders

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/real_estate/

Ouch! Homebuilders in Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo counties reported their second worst sales month of 2009 in June, selling just 197 homes, condominiums and townhouses, the California Building Industry Association reported about an hour ago.

Th...

Sacramento-area home sales fall for 1st time since April 2008

By Jim Wasserman
jwasserman@sacbee.com

http://www.sacbee.com/business/story/2033127.html

The 14-month streak is over.

Sacramento-area home sales reached their highest monthly count yet this year in June. But with fewer bank repos on the market, they failed to beat the numbers from June 2008, acc...

Mortgage defaults spread as even ’safe’ borrowers falter

By Jim Wasserman and Dale Kasler
jwasserman@sacbee.com

http://www.sacbee.com/business/story/2017811.html

The mortgage default crisis has an ominous new face. It’s your neighbor with a traditional fixed-rate loan.

No longer is the real estate bust simply the result of exotic, subprim...

Use of short sales on rise in Sacramento housing market

By Jim Wasserman
jwasserman@sacbee.com

http://www.sacbee.com/business/story/1933643.html


For years real estate agents have steered buyers away from "short sales," labeling them a mind-numbing, difficult experience that could exhaust the patience of the biblical Job.

Now buyers can hardly avoid th...

Bold business owners get in position early for economic upswing

ShareThisBy Dale Kasler
dkasler@sacbee.com

Published: Sunday, Apr. 19, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 13A
http://www.sacbee.com/business/story/1791340.html

From retailing to real estate and beyond, some businesses are starting to gear up for the next economic growth cycle.

In the face of an epic ...

Home Front: Fewer empty new homes means supply, demand in balance

ShareThisBy Jim Wasserman
jwasserman@sacbee.com

Published: Friday, Apr. 10, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 1B
The first quarterly report on new-home sales in the Sacramento area during 2009 is in – and there’s one good sign amid a new low of 699 sales in January, February and March.

Excess supply ...

No bids at foreclosure auctions for Cal Neva Tahoe

ShareThisBy Dale Kasler
dkasler@sacbee.com

Published: Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2009 - 4:06 pm
Last Modified: Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2009 - 4:32 pm
Unable to find a buyer for the ailing Lake Tahoe casino once owned by Frank Sinatra, the resort’s reluctant owner said it will keep the place open anyway.

The Cal N...

No bids at foreclosure auctions for Cal Neva Tahoe

ShareThisBy Dale Kasler
dkasler@sacbee.com

Published: Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2009 - 4:06 pm
Last Modified: Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2009 - 4:32 pm
Unable to find a buyer for the ailing Lake Tahoe casino once owned by Frank Sinatra, the resort’s reluctant owner said it will keep the place open anyway.

The Cal N...

GreatWest GMAC Real Estate is announcing the association of Saundra Battaglia, as the Manager of their office in Yuba City.

Saundra Battaglia has significant real estate experience, beginning in 1985. In the past she has owned and operated Red Carpet franchises in Yuba City and Colusa. And, was associated with Stromer Realty. She has a background in farm/land sales, residential sales,...

Our Sacramento/Roseville/Placerville/Pollock Pines offices have scheduled their Company Wide Open House for this Sunday, June 3 from 1-4 p.m.

We will have 25 homes open on the Placerville/Pollock Pines area along with 10 open for the Sacramento/Roseville area. Please look for our ad in The Sacramento Bee Real Estate Section and Mountain Democrat.

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