New Listing - 6913 Waxwing Way, Sacramento, CA 95842

Adorable 4 bedroom 2 bathroom, 1,560sf ranch style home on .163acres in Foothill Farms / Sacramento! You will love the updated kitchen with oak cabinets and a breakfast bar, spacious layout with separate living and family rooms, formal dining area, wood burning stove, wet bar, laminate flooring, crown moulding, freshly painted interior and exterior, dual pane windows, covered patio and nicely landscaped yard. RV access, 2-car garage, located on cul-de-sac, easy freeway access and close to shopping, schools, and more. Don't wait! Offered at $269,900. For more photos and a virtual tour, please visit 6913 Waxwing Way, Sacramento, CA 95842.

Yes, I can confirm for you that buying a home is indeed exciting!

I wrote a few months ago about my very first home buying experience in 1998. Well it's been an exciting couple of months as my husband and I have been working on another purchase; our first home together! We just closed escrow this last week on a home in Del Paso Manor. Our one year wedding anniversary is coming up on July 6th. This was a nice gift to each other.

It's been a while since I was my own client, and I have to say, it's a mixed bag of stress and excitement. I'm glad it's over so now we can start the fun part -- remodeling! We bought a house that is in its original 1955 condition, complete with bright pink and blue tiled bathrooms...so it will be fun to see the transformation over the next month as we do some repairs and renovation before we move in.

New Listing - 4336 52nd Street, Sacramento, CA 95820

Adorable 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 879sf home in Colonial Heights with a white picket fence! You will love the wood floors, updated kitchen with white cabinets and corian counters, updated bathroom with tiled tub surround, wainscot, and tile floor, spacious bedrooms, deck in backyard, dual pane windows, central heat and air, detached 1-car garage, HUGE yard with alley access. Short distance to the library, parks, schools, UCD Med Center and shopping. Don't wait! Offered at $189,900. For more photos and a virtual tour, visit 4336 52nd Street, Sacramento, CA 95820.

New Listing - 3201 T Street, Sacramento, CA 95816

Adorable and affordable; updated 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1,232sf bungalow on a .09ac corner lot in East Sacramento. You will love the light and bright floorplan, high coved ceilings, huge dining room with beautiful built-in hutch, wood floors, remodeled kitchen, remodeled bathroom, amazing backyard, newer roof, hvac, dual pane windows, and basement. Located in close proximity to the UC Davis Med Center, Natural Food Co-Op, shopping, public transportation, easy freeway access and more! Don't wait! Offered at $299,900. For more photos and information please visit 3201 T Street, Sacramento, CA 95816.

2014 Taste of East Sacramento - Shepard Garden and Arts Center in McKinley Park

On Sunday June 29th, from 5pm - 7pm at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center in McKinley Park (3330 McKinley Blvd - near the McKinley Rose Garden) is the 6th Annual "Taste of East Sacramento" -- this is a great event!

This year's "Taste" will include yumminess from more than 15+ local East Sac restaurants, wineries and breweries. There will also be art for sale and live music by The Brian Dougherty Trio.

Tickets for the event are $30 in advance, and the price goes up at the door...if they are even still available. I'd suggest buying your ticket well in advance! They can be purchased at Selland's Market-Cafe, by phone at 916-452-8011 or via email eastsacchamber@aol.com.

New Listing - 1419 Hopkins Street, Sacramento, CA 95822

Adorable and remodeled 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 760sf home on .12ac lot in South Sacramento between South Land Park and the Pocket! You will absolutely love the hardwood floors, dual pane windows, remodeled light and bright kitchen with custom cabinets, granite counters, built-in microwave, gas oven, and tile flooring, remodeled bathroom with tub/shower combo and tile surround, oversized vanity & tile flooring. Newer roof, newer central heat and air, attached 1-car garage. Big backyard & shed. Don't wait! Offered at $129,900. For more photos and information please visit 1419 Hopkins Street, Sacramento, CA 95822.

April 2014 Sacramento Real Estate Statistics...up and up...

Spring home buying season in our area is definitely well under way. Again last month, we saw a slight uptick in the Sacramento County median home price to $266,000. It's nice to continue to see a healthy leveling-off of home prices with modest value appreciation. Large spikes are nice and all, but just not sustainable for the long term. There is also an uptick in pending sales and closed transactions. This is pretty typical for this time of year. While we have more inventory (homes on the market) right now than we saw in Sacramento this time last year, this level of available homes for sale is still really LOW. We have a little under 2 months of inventory in Sacramento County right now.

A market with about 6 months of available housing inventory is considered to have buyer and seller equilibrium. I think back to late 2007 and early 2008 when we had about a year of inventory on the market...there were more than 10,000 homes on the market and about under 1,000 selling per month. Here is a link to that blog post and graph -- notice then and now are remarkably different! That was a crazy time to work in real estate.

So while we have low housing inventory in Sacramento County right now, and I'd say the sellers generally have an advantage in the marketplace -- that does not mean buyers are dumb or desperate and will buy anything. Homes still need to be appropriately priced for the neighborhood, size, amenities, etc. in order to sell.

Hard at work representing the Sacramento region at the California Association of Realtors committee and board meetings this last week...

Lots of committee and board meetings this past week for the California Association of Realtors. LOTS of healthy debate and discussion about pending and proposed legislation, housing issues, standard real estate forms, ethics, the future of the real estate industry and more. Proud to be a California Realtor and represent Sacramento on the Board of Directors for C.A.R.