Plain answers, no jargon
Buying and selling a house, explained the way I would say it on the phone
Real estate gets wrapped in words that are doing three jobs at once, and most of the confusion is not you. It is the vocabulary. So here is the whole thing in plain language, including the parts that do not help me sell anything.
I am Kevin. I am a REALTOR with Windermere Signature Properties, so I have an interest in this. Read accordingly.
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- Neighborhood Guides
Breweries worth a winter afternoon around Sacramento
Winter in the Sacramento region is short, gray, and honestly pretty good for sitting in a taproom. The breweries around here seem to know it. Fire…
- Neighborhood Guides
Bike routes around the Sacramento Region, by skill level
People ask me where to ride around Sacramento, and the honest answer depends on how much riding you actually do. The region has one long spine…
- Local Events
Where to go after dark around Sacramento
The evenings are the best part of summer here. The Delta Breeze comes through and drops the temperature, and the whole region comes back outside. Some…
- Neighborhood Guides
Where to spend a spring day around Sacramento
Spring is the season this region does well. The heat has not arrived yet, the winter chill is gone, the hillsides are green, and the trees…
- Real Estate
Why home sales have stayed quiet, and what ends that
Home sales in the Greater Sacramento resale market have been doing the same thing for years now: not much, in volume terms. The count of closings…
- Real Estate
When does a normal market come back?
People keep asking me when the market goes back to normal. I understand the question, and I usually answer it by asking what normal means…
- Real Estate
What actually gets houses selling again
Home sales across Greater Sacramento have been moving at a moderate, steady pace for more than three years now. Steady is the right word. Not frozen.…
- Real Estate
The upper end of the market, and what the numbers will not tell you
If you read the quarterly luxury report, the headline is confidence. New listings, new pending sales, and closed sales all came out of the gate strong…
- Real Estate
Spring market: what actually changes when it arrives
Every spring, the same thing happens and the same thing does not. Listings arrive, buyers show up, and a market that felt frozen in January starts…
- Real Estate
What actually moves mortgage rates, and what is just noise
Mortgage rates move every day, and every day somebody has an explanation ready. An inflation report. A jobs number. A Fed meeting. A conflict overseas. Oil…
- Real Estate
Rates, world events, and what either actually means for you
Rates moved, something happened somewhere in the world, and your phone filled up with people explaining that the two are connected. Sometimes they are. Here…
- Real Estate
Move-in ready: what that phrase actually promises
Move-in ready is one of the most useful phrases in real estate and one of the least defined. Nobody certifies it. Nobody inspects against it. It…
What is your house actually worth?
Send the address and the basics. You get the number and the arithmetic behind it, and the honest answer may be that waiting is the right move.