Happy New Year! I hope everybody is refreshed as the new year starts rolling. I am hearing nationally and locally more and more news that the market is slowing. While that is stating the obvious, I think its imperative to embrace the market changing and look...
Over the past few years, there has been continued questions and at times misinformation as far as what is appropriate communication between real estate agents and appraisers. The industry tends to shift in extremes and went to the far extreme in the post 2008 real...
As appraisers, we are constantly analyzing data trends. For the last few years, the headline has generally been "It's a Seller's Market." Simply put, the definition of seller's market is when there are more buyers than sellers and sellers have the upper hand. A seller...
Occasionally, when I get to the research comparable sales step in the appraisal process, I'll come across a situation where there has been no recent sales. In today's active market, this rarely occurs, but this does happen from time to time. Recently I came across...
As 2016 has begun, interest rates have done the opposite of what experts were warning and trended downward. I have experienced a very busy 2016 so far as spring fever seemingly began in January. Below is a breakdown of each price category in Placer County....
As we enter the fall real estate season, the real estate market often shifts into a slower period. Based upon current data, the Auburn real estate market looks to remain healthy overall heading into the final two months of 2015. Here is a brief breakdown...