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Real Estate
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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Buying 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…
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A more balanced market: what it actually changes
Greater Sacramento is settling into something it has not had in a while: a market that does not obviously favor one side. Buyers have selection. Sellers…
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Reading 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…
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The 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…
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What the most expensive homes here actually have in common
People assume the difference at the top of the market is the price. It almost never is. Read through a stack of luxury listings from this…
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What first-time buyers should know about this market
Most first-time buyer advice starts with the house. I would start somewhere else. Before you look at a single listing, get three things straight: your credit…