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 GuidesThe region’s food, wine and beer festivals, month by month
Sacramento calls itself the Farm to Fork Capital, and the festival calendar is where you can see why. The region sits in the middle of farms…
Neighborhood GuidesCamping with kids within reach of Sacramento
Camping with kids is not really about camping. It is about everything around the tent: the restrooms, the showers, the swim spot, and whether there…
Neighborhood GuidesWhere to eat and shop sustainably around Sacramento
Sustainability is a year-round habit, but Earth Day on April 22 is the day the region makes a point of it. It has been marked since…
SacramentoEaster around the Sacramento Region
Easter in the Sacramento region is a season rather than a Sunday. The hunts start in late March and keep rolling into early April, and…
Local EventsThe county fair season around Northern California
Almost every county in California holds a fair, and most of them land in the summer. If you live in the greater Sacramento region you get…
Local EventsThe biggest concerts and festivals that come through Sacramento
Sacramento is on the touring map now, and the reason is not complicated. The region has the rooms, and they sit close enough to the Bay…
Real EstateBuying at the upper end of the market
The upper end of the Greater Sacramento market is not the rest of the market with bigger numbers. It behaves differently, and it does that…
Neighborhood GuidesBreweries 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 GuidesBike 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 EventsWhere 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 GuidesWhere 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 EstateWhy 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…
Recommended reads
Four posts to start with, whichever side of a sale you are on.
Real EstateWhat 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 EstateWhat 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 EstateThe features buyers actually pay for
Every listing description starts to sound like the same house after a while. Flexible layout. Natural light. Chef's kitchen. The words are free, and that…
Real EstateReading a market update without being misled by it
Every quarter a market report lands, someone writes a headline about it, and a client forwards it to me asking what it means. Most of…
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.