We need inventory to sell!! If you are a seller… NOW is the time to put your house on the market… I’ve been in Real Estate for nearly a decade, and I have never seen the ration between ready buyers …

“Great Potential with this 3/2 bath home in well established neighborhood. Good functional floorplan and centrally located. Are you seeking a gre

We’re sitting by the phone today, waiting for newly minted Facebook zillionaires to call. Here’s a look at the 10 most expensive homes for sale in the Shasta MLS today. #10 1892 Crestmont Redding 96002 $1.895M

Use cheap and easy home financing to buy this investor asset. The rules say that residential income property up to 4 units can be financed with regular home financing, making 4 plexes

This home in the Churn Creek Bottom looks better in person than it does here. We’ve been out to it. Last April, a “valuation service” we hadn’t work

Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Foreclosures can offer big bargains, but buyers need to be careful that they don’t get over their heads in purchasing a home that may need more repairs than they bargained for. …

It's hip, it's delicious and it's different! When was the last time you ate at a restaurant and was told to "pay as you can"? For me, never. Until I visited The Savory Spoon that is. Ann Webber, owner of The Savory Sp

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Okay, it’s the whole hemisphere, but Redding is there. Image courtesy of NASA. Thanks, NASA. Taken on January 4th 2012, so this year’s early light snowpack is well evident. A wonderful and thought provoking ima

In 1912: Much rain fell in Coram in the previous 12 hours, resulting in two threatened washouts of the Southern Pacific track, one at the depot here and another one-fourth of a mile below. Gangs of men were stationed at the threatened breaks and were working strenuously to prevent an interruption of traffic. Trains passed o

Nobody's ready to say the housing market has turned, but numbers suggest that sellers in Shasta County today may be in a better position than a year ago. Especially if you got a house on the market for under $150,000. There are currently around 900 homes listed for sale in Shasta County, well below the ne

A recent survey found Americans overwhelmingly support home ownership and oppose government changing laws regarding the mortgage interest deduction or making home loans more difficult to obtain. Here are some of the findings in the poll conducted earlier this month by Public Opinion Strategies and Lake Research Partners:

Several recent indicators for the real estate industry are pointing to a market that is on the mend and entering recovery mode. Housing experts’ predictions for the new year tend to center around a market stabilizing before entering a gradual, …

Jack and Thelma Berry of Palo Cedro celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 22, 2011, with a cruise to the Hawaiian islands. They were married on Dec. 22, 1961, in Redding. They both grew up in the Redding area and attended Shasta High School. They married while Jack was home on leave with the U.S. Coast Guard a

The Vineyard continues to be the locals favorite when it comes to active adult communities for those 55 plus. What's interesting is the up-trend we are seeing from out of the area retirees who have narrowed down their list of best places to retire and Redding has made it to the top of their list.  Supply and dem

Below we outlined some of the reason you may want to consider short selling your home vs letting go into foreclosure. A homeowner who successfully negotiates and closes a short sale will be eligible for a Fannie Mae-backed mortgage after only 2 years! Redding CA Short Sales make up over 30% of our current M

We suspect this blog gets read by other Realtors too, so this may be of interest to you guys. This week is Inman Connect. Here’s Erin with Chris Smith, Chief Evangelist for Agent Reboot and Inman News. Chris is a much admired figure in our business. Really dynamic to listen to and watch.

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Here’s an over-the-top home with an equally outrageous marketing video. Ready for a rockstar. Crank up the volume. We love doing real estate videos. See our 662 Joaquin video from a few days ago, which is generating good traffic. It can’t compare to this produc

  “The floorplan offers a family room, living room, dining room and indoor laundry. Potential Abounds. An additional detached storage/work shed and nice private

This is a great neighborhood for the money. Nearby to all the Downtown Redding fun, and also Turtle Bay School. Arboretum, River Trail, Museum, Sundial Bridge, Caldwe

2011 was another difficult year for property sellers here in the north state but buyers took advantage of low prices and near record low interest rates for financing their purchase. Sales were up while prices declined. Here is a summary of how 2011 stacked up based on data from the Shasta Multiple Listing Service (MLS):

Prior listings say this good sized 4 bedroom 1961 built Ranch Style has hardwood floors and a fireplace. Located in a terrific central setting for walking or bicycling to eastside sho

Back then the agent described this as a Palo Cedro home, when it seemed possible that a 10 acre piece there with a 2104 sqft home might bring $420K. We kno

Some 14 families are projected to get assistance from a $700,000 grant awarded to Shasta Lake City for basically “buying down” the mortgage to make it more affordable. Buyers will need a downpayment of 3% to buy, but the a

Doug Juenke, owner/broker of For Sale By Owner Real Estate in Redding, was installed as president of the Shasta Association of Realtors during the group's annual banquet Friday at Win-River Casino.

Windermere Real Estate has opened its Redding location, Windermere NorCal Properties, at 2415 Larkspur Lane. The Redding location will focus on residential sales.

They say it's better to give than to receive, and I whole-heartedly agree with that. Growing up, and even today, my favorite gifts are those that are hand-made, simple gestures of love that really don't cost anything. 1. When was the last time you paid a visit to an elderly person or a widow? Whether at their h

Here’s an update on the California statewide housing market from and economist for the California Association of Realtors. Remember, all real estate is local, so stay tuned here for the latest local trend information, like our prior post.

“You can take the house, but you can’t tak

Little house on a big lot in southwest Redding. We recall it most recently as a failed short sale, and that it also has an old carport, and detached garage/shop of corrugated metal. No