Julie Jalone

Buy and Bail

Have you heard the term, “buy and bail?” What does it mean and why is it controversial? With so many Sacramento area homeowners living in homes which are worth less than they owe and paying more in mortgage and property tax than they could rent a compa... Read >

Short Sale Success

As much as I would like to see short sales become a thing of the past there is some satisfaction in helping homeowners, who are having financial difficulties, avoid a foreclosure. The Sacramento real estate market has been one of the hardest hit and unfo... Read >

Sacramento homes can still sell fast!

Even in today's uncertain Sacramento real estate market you can sell homes fast if you follow these simple rules and have an experienced agent to guide you: Price the home in the right. Find the right price range for your home and position it in the m... Read >

Short Sale Questions

The main stream media continues to be rich with stories about the struggling real estate market, here in the Sacramento area as well as across the country. They generally revolve around the increasing number of foreclosures, the mortgage crisis and now s... Read >

Location

As we get ready to say good-bye to September it would be difficult to have not heard or read about slowing real estate sales. It seems to be everywhere in the past few weeks, newspaper headlines, internet news, now even, "Slowing homes sales causing big ... Read >

Only Time Will Tell

According to the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) the number of households who can afford to buy and entry level home in the State increased to 24 percent at the end of the second quarter this year. Considering what has been happening in our S... Read >

Perspectives in a Turbulent Market

The financial markets have been going through a difficult time over the past few weeks. We have watched the Dow Jones Industrial Average post some large swings including days when it moves several hundred points in a single day. The financial markets ar... Read >

New Times, Loans and Lenders

I know the mortgage loan business is in a state of flux right now (See my August 3 post to Keep it Real in Sacramento,"Two years of change") but why would a once reliable lender drop the ball when dealing with clients. A lender I referred not only to Ran... Read >

Looking Back

It was just about this time two years ago when the Sacramento real estate market began to change. In a recent press release from Trendgraphix they compared where we are today with the peak market in the summer of 2005. Sacramento County: Inventory stands... Read >

Foreclosures and the future

The SacBee reported on Friday that homeowners are losing their homes at an alarming rate compared to total sales. In the Jim Wasserman article, "Foreclosures gain on sales," it was pointed out reported, "For roughly every two homes sold in August in the ... Read >

The Worst May be Over?

My husband and I are customers and big fans of USAA the member owned financial services company that serves military personnel and their families. Occasionally they post some very good articles on their website. Today I read, "The Housing Bust: Is the W... Read >

No March flowers for Sacramento real estate!

There is nothing positive to report about the Sacramento real estate market in March. Sales volumes are down, prices are not showing any strength, and inventory of available homes continues to grow. Slice it and dice it anyway you want and I'm not sure... Read >

More Californian’s facing the sting of foreclosure

According to a story from DataQuick, the number of default notices sent to California homeowners in the first quarter increased to the highest level in almost ten years. They attribute this to flat appreciation, slow sales and post teaser-rate mortgage r... Read >

Where are we going?

Sacramento Real Estate - February 2007 February results for the Sacramento real estate market was better than January but prices continue to slide. Looking at the four counties that make up our local Sacramento market, Placer, Sacramento, El Dorado and... Read >

Sacramento Real Estate: As well as can be expected

Coming off of the year we went from a super heated market to stone cold the big question in real estate circles is how the Sacramento market will perform in 2007. The Sacramento Bee's story this morning by Jim Wasserman, "Hope seen on home front," detail... Read >