Chico Real Estate Reality

This is a Real Estate Blog, right? It’s logical to assume that you’re going to get some commentary when a GREAT BIG story appears on the fro...

In Real Estate jargon the term ‘farming’ describes the process of actively seeking, contacting and cultivating potential home sellers via do...

Many Chico area families who have either recently lost their home to foreclosure or short-sale, or are expecting too, are left wondering “wh...

Well that dreaded date has past – the ‘sun-downing’ of the Government’s Home Buyer Tax Credit on April 30. Things got pretty busy there in A...

I was in the Los Angeles area (San Fernando Valley actually) last weekend to visit some friends and was amazed by property values. I know wh...

Gotta’ give em’ props – Coldwell Banker saw the opportunity to get some valuable press this morning and jump ahead of the competition by s...

The home buyer tax credit that we have been touting for months is about to sunset…has it done any good and will buyers rush to take advantag...

The Chico market has ‘felt’ significantly busier the last few weeks – we’ve personally listed four properties and sold three, but is it indi...

Just when everyone (myself included) seems to be lamenting the complications involved in lengthy short sales and foreclosures, cash comes al...

Having just sold two Chico condominiums and listed two others it occurred to me that perhaps the golden era of the condo is finally upon us,...

According to the City Planner contracted to represent the City of Biggs a house is not a home when it is not permitted as a ‘livable unit’. ...

Look around Chico and you’ll find that, despite people watching their budgets carefully they are still investing in their yards! One of the ...

During my morning shift guest hosting the KCHO Radio Pledge Drive this morning my friend Louise Phillipi-Derr got to talking about Chico Rea...

At a meeting of the fifty agents in my office this morning we were stunned to hear that owners of homes that are ‘short-saled’ or foreclosed...

I spent a couple of eye-opening days in the hills east of Chico and Oroville earlier this week with a lady and her son from Alaska. They are...

Have the home buyer tax credits affected sales here in Chico? If statistics from the State are any indication the ‘bump’ in local sales beca...

An Oroville client of mine called me today…said he was feeling guilty about not making the payments on his home because at last Sunday’s Chu...

There are currently about 95 properties (homes, condos, mobiles) for sale in the Chico Area that are designated as ‘short sales’ . The joke ...

If Open Houses are an indication of what people are interested in these days, the answer is ‘downsizing’. This weekend I hosted two open hom...

At an office meeting this morning real estate agents volunteered information on the turnout at their ‘open houses’ from this past weekend. “...

With the competition of ridiculously under-priced short-sales, foreclosures and bank-owned homes driving down prices in the Chico area, norm...

While the governments ‘buyers tax credits’ may be helping get some Butte County buyers into the house shopping mode experts are predicting ...

To say that the Real estate business is evolving is an understatement these days, as everyday is a new learning experience even for seasone...

People in our community are trying hard to hang onto their homes, in many cases the lending institutions are not helping, case-in-point: A C...

So you’ve decided to wait to sell your home until prices go back up? You’ll be hearing lots of predictions on what’s to come, most fortune-t...

Are Butte County homeowners distressed about the mortgage crisis? If our February 11 Loan Modification Workshop was any indication, the leve...

When we talk about loan modifications it may sound like we’re departing from the local, Chico perspective…nothing could be farther from corr...

An informative video is worth a thousand words so I'll let this one speak for itself. Feeling sorry for the banks yet? Despite this info...

We’ve heard the hypothesis (in fact we’ve perpetuated it) that homes are significantly more affordable if a buyer is willing to drive to the...

Are there many people in the Chico area needing loan modifications? If response to our LOAN MODIFICATION WORKSHOP is any indication the ans...

The Chico / Paradise area has long been a popular retirement choice, based in part on our wonderful summer weather (‘warmer weather’ was i...

Many of my posts have mentioned and discussed short-sales , that most inappropriately named process of selling a home that is in trouble but...

After more than a week of steady rain, Chico area neighborhoods are pretty water-logged. Sometimes the culprit behind localized street flood...

Remember 2005? You could buy a house in January for $300,000 and sell it in December for nearly $400,000! Or you could list a house for $250...

Given the torrential, El Nino induced downpour this week you wouldn’t think that water availability would be at the top of anyone’s mind, b...

Just when loan modifications look to be the possible ‘silver-bullet’ to ward off foreclosure and credit damage, we now find out that they ...