Friday, October 19, 2012

Way Too Much Coffee Today


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A long gated private driveway leads to this impressively designed home featuring master bedroom suite on ground floor. 1 half bath designed for pool use, the other for guests on main floor. 3 other bedrooms, bonus room (currently used as office) & 2 full baths located on upper level. 2 large walk-in closet in master, area to build shop to west of current parking area. See supplement for more...
Granite slab island and granite tiled counter-tops are highlighted by stainless steel appliances. Maple cabinetry throughout combines with durable blond ash flooring in traffic areas & marble floors in 2 baths. Home feels comfortable with formal dining and nook eating areas. A quaint living room could house a grand piano. This is not the same-o-same-o design as one north wall is 2X8 construction with beautiful arches highlighted by unusual lighting fixtures throughout. The home has the benefit of a master cool system in addition to air conditioning.


You know, I'm a real sucker for a great backyard! - I love backyards more than interiors. The saddest time for me is when I can't go outside anymore because of the weather. I need a covered patio at least so I can sit outside and enjoy the rain.  It seems like a really long time since it last rained here. I know about the drought and all that and I'm pretty sure I did a fair amount of complaining in earlier posts about the rain, but I'm ready now - it can rain. - This house has an awesome backyard - I mean the house isn't anything to complain about for sure - but look at the yard!!!! ( wow just read that back - way too much coffee today)

Ok - I was thinking maybe I'm not giving value here in my blog - too much nonsense maybe - My big girl says more pictures! More Video! - Still working on that video angle... So - there's another picture...

Can you say "Inventory Shortage"? It's getting quite dire out there - 727 Residential listings on Todays MLS, 276 in Redding - Average sales price for Sept 2012 was $200,633 - up from last years average of $176,876 for the same time. But, it's deeper than that. Homes priced on the low $100K range are few and far between right now - competition is fierce for those. - 11 offers on a house I looked at today which came on the market 8 days ago.( And it was priced at $185K!) Too late. Homes priced about 300K are in demand but there are limited options available. Interest rates are crazy wicked low right now too, 3.4% or ish there. - that means a 200K home that had an interest rate of 5% was costing $1073.65 per month and now at 3.4% it costs $886.96 per month  (excluding taxes and insurance - blah blah disclaimer)  Now you can afford more home for less money. (See my Facebook for a great article on lending guidelines I found.)

I was going to tell you how much Today' Featured Listing would cost but then I would have to take up a whole other blog site with the disclaimers so - I'll say this - email mark.stander@mortgagefamily.com if you really want to know. and of course email me at Rockstarrealtor77@Gmail.com if you want to see it!



Monday, October 8, 2012

Dreams of Glory



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This spectacular ranch style home in Palo Cedro sits on a fully fenced 5 acre lot. This home has a gourmet kitchen with granite counters and stainless steel appliances. Hand scraped hickory hard wood floors run throughout the home. Newly upgraded master bedroom/bathroom, beautiful tile/glass shower and Jacuzzi bathtub along with separate vanities & large walk in closet. Large 3 bedrooms, den,
an abundance of storage space. Backyard features pool, built in BBQ and competition size horseshoe pit, perfect for entertaining or just to escape! Outdoors also includes 4 stall barn, 2 car garage plus 2 car detached shop A must see home!


Well, it has just been a flurry of activity here since I came back from Hawaii. At first it was really hard to get back into to grove. Then, I finally seemed to hit my stride again. But - now the hard part...It's football season. I am a really die-hard football fan. My team is of course the San Francisco Fourty-niners who I have had a love-hate relationship with for the past ahem..cough..many years. But really, I'll watch all the teams. Of course, I'm not a fan of the arch nemesis of most 49er fans - the Oakland traitors - I mean Raiders but I will stay and watch them lose. The past two seasons for the 49ers have put hope back into my heart for the return to glory of this team. So, if you try to track me down on Thursday evening, Sundays or Monday evenings you know where I am. Parked in my living room - on my sofa.

The market has not slowed down at all here, it seems to be picking up momentum daily actually. There are 741 Active residential listings in Shasta MLS today, 279 of those are in Redding. Of the listings in Redding - I think it's interesting to pint out that only 12 of those are under 100K and the majority of those listings are between 200-350K!
33 Bank owned and 52 shortsales on the market today.

Call me to list your house today! We need more inventory!

Monday, September 24, 2012

Hawaiian Adventures




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Nestled in Shingletown below the pine trees. This 1910 square feet home has 3 bedrooms, 1 3/4 bath. A huge picnic area with built in BBQ. Large 1144 sqft shop with a bathroom, RV Parking with power and water hookups. Property backs up to PG&E land where Battle Creek awaits your fishing pole. This is 3 continuous acres which separated into one acre fully fenced parcels. Features an outhouse with fully functional commode!




Well, I made it back safe and sound from the awesome state of Hawaii! Remember I said it shouldn't take 10 days to get my sister-in Laws house prepped for sale? - It did. It took all the days, then- because of cats... we missed the flight home, it took one more day! I did have a great time at the Polynesian Cultural Center . We had a great day there, ate at a Luau and saw a fantastic show. H'a, Breath of Life.  Because no trip is ever worth bragging about without pictures - here are a few I took... Also, I will never again underestimate the amount of work - physical work - involved in getting a house ready to sell. It also made me realize how incredibly out of shape I am!


Fun day at the Cultural Center

Amazing sunset from Bellows AFB

REWARD!


So, I ran some numbers from while I was away...just out of curiosity...
132 new listings,127 Pended listings, 82 Closed, 37 Bank on the Market in Shasta County MLS. 10 days in Real Estate really is like a year in any other business.

Leaving 744 Active listings on MLS today, 273 in Redding. 15 under 100K, 32 listings between 100-150K

Most Importantly, here is my Sis-in Laws Home - now listed (effective Oct 1) at $635K
a fantastic bargain!

Photo: Aloha! My sis in law is listing her home here with Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties