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Why Choose a New Home? Infographic
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If you’re thinking about purchasing a home right now, you may be wondering whether you should give serious consideration to purchasing a new home instead of a resale home. Since new homes are generally believed to have a slightly higher price tag than resale homes, are the benefits of a new home purchase really worth…

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What Amenities Are Luxury Home Buyers Most Interested In?
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What amenities are most desired by home buyers who plan to spend more than $500,000 on their home? That was a question recently posed in a National Association of Home Builders’ study. Below is a graphic showing the percentage of buyers who rated each amenity as a strong preference. What about you? Which of these…

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Home Staging on a Budget
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Home Staging on a Budget It’s no secret that home staging is a key component to selling a home quickly and for top value. But what if you don’t have the budget to hire a professional home stager? Here are some simple tips to help you stage a home attractively: Choose Wisely If you cannot…

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Why Sacramento is a Great Place to Call Home
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Why Sacramento is a Great Place to Call Home Home prices are rising in many markets all across the United States right now, but few places are seeing as much growth (and resulting attention) as Sacramento.  Long-time Sacramento residents find this no surprise since they’ve long known what a special place their city is. But…

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Why Choose a New Home?
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Why Choose a New Home? Earlier this month the Sacramento Bee featured a story detailing home builders’ plans to construct upwards of 10,000 new homes in the Folsom region within the next several years. Just a few days later that same journal ran a story highlighting the forecast for major new home growth all over…

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Real Estate 101: The Final Walk-Through
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Real Estate 101: The Final Walk-Through So you’ve finally come to the finish line of the home buying process. You are just a few days away from closing and getting the keys to your new home in your hot little hands. You are more ready than ever to move in and start your new life.…

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The Blackstone Mystery – Questions Answered
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The Blackstone Mystery – Questions Answered Lately it seems you’d have to be hiding under a rock not to hear something about the mysterious Blackstone and all the real estate they’ve been scooping up in recent months. What are Blackstone’s objectives? How are they affecting the current real estate market? And what is behind their…

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Builder Spotlight: Premier United Communities
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Builder Spotlight: Premier United Communities New home builders have faced a rocky road to economic recovery in recent years. Even now, with the housing market in a greatly improved state, builders face many obstacles – diminishing supply of lots and land, shortages of workers and building materials, and a tougher regulatory climate. And yet with…

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New Program Allows Short Sale Sellers to Stay Home
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How You Can Short Sell and Never Leave Your Home If you’ve been contemplating short selling your home, there are likely several pressing questions weighing on your mind: Where will we go? What will happen to our credit? What fees will we incur? How long will it take? It can be overwhelming just anticipating what…

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Getting a Quality Home Inspection
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Why Should You Get a Home Inspection? Part Four: Getting a Quality Inspection In recent weeks, we’ve been discussing the merits of home inspections – for buyers and sellers, on homes both new and old. But how can you ensure that you are getting a quality home inspection? The value of your home inspection will…

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Why Should You Get a Home Inspection for a New Home?
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Why Should You Get a Home Inspection? Part Three: New Homes Our previous two blog posts have discussed the value of home inspections for both homebuyers and sellers. Many homebuyers, though, question whether or not a home inspection is really necessary if they are purchasing a new home. There are a couple of reasons why…

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