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  <description>Julie Jalone\'s Real Estate Webmasters blog featuring news, analysis, predicitons and opinions on the Sacramento real estate market and the real estate industry.</description>
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    <title>So long summer!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We left summer behind yesterday and arrived in Anchorage where they have been experiencing a wet and cool summer.&nbsp; At least it is nice to get away from the smoke for a few days.&nbsp; We are here for a family wedding and a trip to Homer to visit... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-07-01 16:23:20</pubDate>
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    <title>Real Estate Market Update</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I have been feeling the softness in the Sacramento real estate market for the past few weeks.&nbsp;My first indication things were slowing down is when I had to put one of my short sale listings back on the market after the buyer backed out just as t... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-25 14:48:14</pubDate>
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    <title>Wife Swap</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
I have watched this show in the past and always think, where do they get these people, I would never do that!&nbsp;Well that was before yesterday when I got an email from the show&rsquo;s producer asking me to consider being on the show.&nbsp;Evide... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-24 15:40:36</pubDate>
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    <title>Sacramento Home Sales are up</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
If you read the headline in the Sacramento Bee this morning, &ldquo;Home Sales up for 2nd month&rdquo; it might give you a feeling that our real estate market is doing pretty well after almost three years of slumping.&nbsp;Don&rsquo;t get me wrong,... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-19 13:26:54</pubDate>
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    <title>Monday - Monday</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
Where did Father&rsquo;s Day weekend go?&nbsp;At our house it seemed so go by very quickly and here we are starting another busy week.&nbsp;I may be starting to feel the pressure of getting ready to go on vacation but it seems the Sacramento real e... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-16 13:57:20</pubDate>
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    <title>Short Sale Headaches</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Many lenders have dedicated staff to deal with short sales and some appear to have developed a process that works for them.&nbsp;Where the problem occurs is the volume of requests for short sales.&nbsp;It overwhelms the negotiators and others who dea... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-11 14:14:01</pubDate>
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    <title>Sacramento Housing Inventory is Down</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
The trend is clear; we are not going to be seeing the normal buildup of inventory of homes in the Sacramento real estate market this year.&nbsp;Normally starting in late February or early March the number of homes coming on the market is faster tha... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-10 15:51:18</pubDate>
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    <title>Bank Workouts at Record Levels</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Approximately 183,000 at-risk homeowners were provided loan workouts in April, 23,000 more than in March, according to a new report from HOPE NOW, a private sector alliance of mortgage servicers, counselors, and investors working to prevent home fore... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-05 14:17:20</pubDate>
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    <title>More on Short Sales</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
It is clear the Sacramento real estate market is going to continue to see short sales and foreclosures for the foreseeable future.&nbsp;For many months the mainstream media focused on foreclosures and bank owned property and didn&rsquo;t pay much a... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-05 12:36:35</pubDate>
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    <title>How to find a good lender</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ With the mortgage industry going through change and consolidation it is vital for home buyers to have a &ldquo;good&rdquo; lender working for them.&nbsp;In my latest Rocklin &amp; Roseville Today and Sacramento Today columns, &ldquo;Home Buyer Key to... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-03 16:00:15</pubDate>
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    <title>Welcome Stephanie</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
This has been a crazy real estate week and I have several new topics to blog about but today I want to officially welcome Stephanie McLaughlin to our MagnumOne Realty family.&nbsp;Some of you may remember &ldquo;MyForSaleSign&rdquo; feature when I ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-05-28 14:17:09</pubDate>
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    <title>Golf Country</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
One of our agents at MagnumOne Realty has a new listing in Loomis.&nbsp;I have always said living in this area makes you close to everything but as a non-golfer I had never thought of this area as &ldquo;Golf Country.&rdquo;&nbsp;What I learned fro... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-05-24 17:35:52</pubDate>
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    <title>New Day Same Buyer</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
I have been wrestling with a situation I have not experienced before.&nbsp;Some of the buyers we are currently helping find new homes are the same ones we helped by a home when the market was peaking back in the summer of 2005. The difference today... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-05-16 18:15:57</pubDate>
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    <title>Great New Listing</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ As you may have noticed from my lack of posts this past week I have been a bit swamped.&nbsp;As much as I enjoy helping homeowners who are experiencing difficulty and need to get out from under their mortgage debt, the process of short sales is long,... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-05-12 13:53:55</pubDate>
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    <title>Julie &amp; the three bears</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I recently read an article about real estate blogging which made the point that people only read your blog to get information on real estate and author&rsquo;s who make the mistake of venturing off into other topics will lose readership.&nbsp;I hope ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-05-06 16:50:55</pubDate>
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    <title>MagnumOne is growing</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I am delighted to announce that Tina Farinas has joined MagnumOne Realty.&nbsp;Tina is an experienced agent who specializes in serving buyers and sellers in Sacramento and Placer counties.&nbsp;She is a real &ldquo;worker&rdquo; and her clients love ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-05-01 14:42:39</pubDate>
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    <title>Vacant Homes</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The number of vacant homes for sale in the United States set a new record in the first quarter of 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Monday.

The Census Bureau reported that 2.9 percent of U.S. homes or 2.28 million properties, not including ren... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-04-30 15:17:09</pubDate>
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    <title>Good News Sacramento</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
Get this, now is the time when inventory of homes on the market traditionally increases and should continue to so as we move into summer but inventory is remarkably stable right now.&nbsp;Even with the large numbers of foreclosures in the Sacrament... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-04-29 13:32:35</pubDate>
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    <title>Bank Owned Nightmare</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We just lost out on a great house because of how an overworked agent manages her bank owned listings.&nbsp;Check out my weekly column at Rocklin &amp; Roseville Today, &ldquo;Buying bank owned can be a pain!&rdquo;&nbsp; ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-04-29 13:31:41</pubDate>
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    <title>More Foreclosure Pain</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ It is just a number but when you think about the families having to move from their homes and lives disrupted, 5,278 foreclosures in Sacramento and surrounding counties during the past three months is staggering. For more details about the Sacramento... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-04-24 14:08:32</pubDate>
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    <title>Mid-Week Report</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;
I must have forgotten to knock on wood last week when I babbled on about For Sale Declines and being amazed that inventory of homes on the market in the Sacramento area were declining and prices were holding steady.&nbsp;I just surfed over to... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-04-16 15:44:10</pubDate>
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    <title>Help for Home Buyers</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Assistance programs have been around for years but are re-emerging now that most lenders require down payments before they will finance a home. Check out my latest column, &ldquo;Down Payment Assistance,&rdquo; over at Roseville &amp; Rocklin Today w... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-04-15 15:01:40</pubDate>
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    <title>Not Hot but....</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Here we are on Wednesday of the week where we are expected to get some 80 degree weather during the coming weekend.&nbsp;That feels good to me and so does what is starting to happen in the Sacramento and Roseville real estate market.&nbsp;Check out m... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-04-09 14:49:19</pubDate>
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    <title>For Sales Decline</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Okay, make me officially amazed!&nbsp;Inventory has not started growing like it normally does this time of year, it has actually declined.&nbsp;According to our friends over at HousingTracker, the number of homes on the market in the Sacramento area ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-04-08 15:20:25</pubDate>
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    <title>I want to be optimistic</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ There are many industry professionals and local agents clamoring about a recovery of our troubled Sacramento real estate market but I am feeling cautious because I have been dealing with so many shorts sales and foreclosures.&nbsp;It is nice to hear ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-04-04 14:56:41</pubDate>
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    <title>More Help from Washington?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Yesterday the Senate announced that it had reached a bipartisan compromise on a plan to aid families facing foreclosure.&nbsp;This is good news as the lawmakers have been unable to reach agreement on some of the key provisions already passed by the h... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-04-03 16:29:32</pubDate>
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    <title>April Fool's Day Jokes</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ It's April 1st again and that means there are some crazy things flying around the Internet.&nbsp;Some of it is difficult to tell if it a joke or not but most of it is fun.&nbsp;Here is a list I found earlier with links to some April 1st jokes. 
&mid... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-04-02 18:02:16</pubDate>
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    <title>Price Reduction</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Wow, we just reduced our 53rd Street listing in Sacramento down to $137,500.&nbsp;This is property that is worth looking at by first time home buyers and investors.&nbsp;Not only does it have curb appeal in a rapidly improving neighborhood but it has... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-31 16:27:30</pubDate>
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    <title>Patience</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
As you may know we have recently been working on a number of short sales here in the Sacramento area.&nbsp;This includes working with both sellers and buyers.&nbsp;They clearly add a level of complexity and administrative work to each transaction a... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-27 15:58:32</pubDate>
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    <title>The start of something new?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The news and commentary from my National Association of Realtors has not always been something to be proud of.&nbsp;More often than not they have, in my opinion, been guilty of delivering propaganda than telling readers the truth.&nbsp;That may be a ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-25 16:15:01</pubDate>
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    <title>MagnumOne Ad</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ As you may know I spend a fair amount of time and money on maintaining a web presence.&nbsp;I believe that more and more people are using the internet to find everything from soup to nuts.&nbsp;That includes homes, where a recent report by the Nation... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-21 13:41:36</pubDate>
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    <title>Moving in on Easter</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ As you know this year, Easter is this Sunday.&nbsp;Why is it so early this year? Easter always comes on the Sunday after the first, or Paschal, full moon following the first day of spring.
Spring arrives on Thursday and the moon will be full on Frid... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-19 13:24:09</pubDate>
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    <title>Happy St. Patrick's Day</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Irish Luck.&nbsp;His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer.&nbsp;One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog.&nbsp;He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.&nbsp;There mired to ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-17 15:23:31</pubDate>
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    <title>Positive Sacramento Real Estate Story</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ From the Sacramento Bee &ndash; March 14, 2008
The Sacramento-area housing market is still declining, but a surge of buying by investors in February helped spark the first major slowdown in Sacramento County's long slide since 2005, DataQuick Inform... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-17 15:22:22</pubDate>
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    <title>Spring Fever</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Well, if I didn&rsquo;t have it before, the extra daylight at the end of the day has certainly brought on a bit of Spring Fever in me as well as the Sacramento real estate market.&nbsp;At MagnumOne Realty we have all been busy which reminds me we rea... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-11 13:25:07</pubDate>
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    <title>Spring forward, Fall back</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Don&rsquo;t forget, Daylight Saving Time officially begins this year on Sunday, March 9th at 2:00 AM but for most of us it means we set the clocks&nbsp;forward when we go to bed on Saturday night. This year DST will run through November 2nd.
Some in... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-07 14:32:20</pubDate>
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    <title>Buyers</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I have spent the better part of a month showing homes to a nice young couple with a baby.&nbsp;It has been difficult because he wants to stay on a strict budget and she doesn&rsquo;t want to live where the homes with the features they MUST have are l... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-07 14:31:26</pubDate>
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    <title>Sacramento Short Sale</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Check this one out!&nbsp;Located in Fruitridge area on 53rd Street, this property has two homes on a large lot!&nbsp;Although both structures are small they are very cute and have a tremendous amount of potential.&nbsp;The main house is a 2 bedroom, ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-06 13:38:52</pubDate>
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    <title>Real Estate Statistics</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ If you have been a long time reader of my blog you may well remember I used to spend a fair amount of print writing about the monthly statistical reports.&nbsp;I can&rsquo;t remember when was the last time I posted something to my blog or wrote an ar... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-04 13:23:49</pubDate>
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    <title>Karmyn Tyler sings and acts!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I got an email over the weekend asking what was new with my actress/singer friend Karmyn Tyler.&nbsp;If you have been following me or get our monthly newsletter you will know that we have a friend who lives in Beverly Hills and is working hard to mak... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-03 15:28:10</pubDate>
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    <title>Wine Adventure</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We just got back from an overnight trip up to Amador County where we helped our good friends and clients bottle the barrel of wine they made.&nbsp;It was all done at Amador Cellars where the owner winemaker, Larry, makes wonderful wine and went out o... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-03 14:13:24</pubDate>
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    <title>Happy Leap Day</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Leap day (February 29) is an intercalary day inserted in a leap year. Leap day has been associated with age-old traditions, superstitions and folklore. It is also recognized as a day of observances and celebrated as a birthday for those born on Febru... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-29 13:50:57</pubDate>
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    <title>Why isnÂ’t my house selling?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Most homes on the market in the Sacramento area are overpriced and do not compare favorably to houses in the same price range.&nbsp;One of the most common questions heard by Sacramento real estate agents is, &ldquo;If they think my home is overpriced... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Every year about this time we get teased with some early spring weather and it feels good. We know there are always a few more storms to pass through but when they come I am not ready. This weekend was a perfect example, it had been beautiful the pre... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-25 15:15:11</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ If you live or want to live in California you have a greater probability of being able to afford an entry level home in Sacramento than almost any other area of the state.&nbsp;According to a recent report by the California Association of Realtors mo... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-25 15:13:49</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ If you have been reading my blog or Rocklin &amp; Roseville real estate column you know that I have been saying there is pressure on sellers to lower their price to get showings.&nbsp;After talking with two of my listing clients we have made decision... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-21 15:01:31</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Congratulations to Robin Sweigart of MagnumOne Realty, who just last week got her first real estate sale in contract.&nbsp;Robin did a great job with her listing on Paizano Court and based on what I have seen looks like she has a strong buyer and hop... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-20 16:00:43</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Although the available inventory of Sacramento real estate homes on the market has remained steady for the past month and is down from where we were six months ago the median price for a home has continued to decline.
The median price for a home, ac... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
The standard 30-year fixed rate mortgage has been around for a long time and must have been revolutionary when it was introduced as it opened the door to home ownership.&nbsp;If you believe the current real estate market is experiencing evolutionar... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Happy Valentine&rsquo;s Day to you! I was reading a recent travel blog post from Kevyn &amp; Dave while they were in Puno, Peru and they were talking to a local about the festival they were enjoying. He questioned the number of festivals we have here... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Tomorrow is Valentine&rsquo;s Day and you don&rsquo;t want to forget to do something nice for the special person in your life.&nbsp;Last year I arranged and took my husband, Michael, out for a romantic dinner.&nbsp;I made the reservations, got a baby... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-13 13:37:22</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ With so many articles and news reports about the struggling real estate market why don&rsquo;t we hear more about short sales?&nbsp;I wrote my first article on short sales back in June of last year, &ldquo;Short Sales: Road to Riches?&rdquo; but stil... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-11 13:30:55</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ As I mentioned yesterday, the Sacramento real estate market appears to be experiencing some increased activity which is good for my business and hopefully for some of the sellers out there. &nbsp;I enjoy helping clients buy or sell and being busy sur... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-08 13:26:06</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Even in a slow downward pointing real estate market like we have here in the Sacramento area you still experience the normal seasonal ups and downs.&nbsp;Just from what we have going on at MagnumOne Realty and the way my phone has been ringing the pa... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-07 13:24:02</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Lately I seem to get myself in situations where I am defending Realtors and trying to explain that most agents care about their clients and do everything we can to help them.&nbsp;I found a blog post from a fellow Realtor who operates in New York tha... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-06 11:12:03</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
Another year and more Super Bowl parties than one can attend.&nbsp;Especially if Michael is recovering from a cold Mikie brought home and I am getting it.&nbsp;Growing up in Alaska, I don&rsquo;t know much about football; have never been to a profe... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-04 14:37:26</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The earth rotates around the sun once every 365 and about 1/4 days. So, by adding an extra day every four years, we get mighty close to keeping the calendar consistent with the&nbsp;earth's annual trip around the sun. And to be very precise, the eart... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-31 13:42:09</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ In the past week I have had two posts about the recent Federal Reserve lowering key interest rates and have indicated this was good news for our struggling Sacramento real estate market.&nbsp;I received a comment on one of these posts asking why I wa... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-30 13:30:17</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ From Realtor.org: Susanne Cannon, the director of the Real Estate Center at DePaul University, says that at a conference this month with other academics who specialize in housing, the consensus was that many buyers have been waiting on the sidelines ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-28 13:47:51</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Freddie Mac reports that interest on 30-year, fixed loans fell for the fourth straight week, landing at their lowest level in nearly four years. &nbsp;Rates averaged 5.48 percent for the week ended Jan. 24 -- down from 5.69 percent a week ago.&nbsp;T... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-26 11:50:58</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The National Association of Realtors has lost a great deal of credibility when it comes to making forecasts and maybe the beginning of this disturbing trend started back at the beginning of this downturn (August 2005) when their chief economist at th... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-24 11:43:15</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Something must be happening out there in Sacramento real estate land.&nbsp;Yesterday I was working with buyers who are looking to upgrade their home in the Roseville area.&nbsp;Two of the homes the wife was interested in seeing had been on the market... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-23 12:07:56</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I am sure I am not the only one this morning struggling to get started after a long weekend.&nbsp;As you may know from my blog post yesterday, we spent the weekend in Southern California and enjoyed three wonderfully warm days in Hollywood and at Uni... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-22 12:54:28</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Monday,&nbsp;January 21, 2008 (Martin Luther King Day)&nbsp;

&nbsp;
Southern California.&nbsp;We decided to take a few days and get out of town so picked Universal Studios in Southern California.&nbsp;Mikie was excited to see &ldquo;Hollywood&rdq... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-22 11:55:03</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I am particularly pleased to welcome Kara Green as MagnumOne Realty&rsquo;s newest agent.&nbsp;Kara was born and raised here in the Sacramento area and after a number of years living in Canada moved back home.&nbsp;I was fortunate to represent Kara a... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-17 18:24:59</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The real estate market here in Sacramento is quiet on the surface, there are not going to be enough transactions in 2008 to support the current population of agents, but is teaming with activity not being tracked.&nbsp;Many of the pundits who are pre... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-15 16:58:50</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Over at MagnumOne Realty, our agent Kelly Baker listed a home in Lincoln last week.&nbsp;Because it have been on the market for some time with another agent and it is a short sale we made a decision to price it very aggressively since the seller need... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-14 15:07:37</pubDate>
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    <title>Job Opening</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We were sad to learn this week that my assistant, Megan Warn, will not be returning to her position when she recovers from the illness she has been fighting for the past several months.&nbsp;Megan did an outstanding job for us and we were hoping she ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-11 10:33:20</pubDate>
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    <title>Congratulations to Kelly Baker</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Congratulations to our MagnumOne Realtor Kelly Baker.&nbsp;Earlier this week she got her first solo listing.&nbsp;In this crazy Sacramento real estate market, as you might expect, the listing is a short sale. The good news is it is a great house in L... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-11 10:23:46</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Wednesday, January 9, 2008 

Wow, we have things to report.  Most important I’d like to welcome our newest Realtor to MagnumOne Realty, Kara Green.  Kara is a brand new Realtor who we are very excited about.  She has lived here in the Sacramento ar... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-11 10:22:34</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ This must be a new year, the holidays are gone and a large winter storm is moving toward Sacramento but I do have some very good news to share.&nbsp;
First, I am delighted to announce that Robin Sweigart has joined our MagnumOne Realty team as an as... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-03 13:01:09</pubDate>
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    <title>Lazy Day - Busy Year</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Yesterday was very lazy around the Jalone home was we watched the Rose Parade (wow is it good on HDTV!) a few football games and played Guitar Hero with Mikie.&nbsp;With the kids out of school until Monday I think I have a few quiet days to get thing... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-02 12:17:11</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Today is the last school day before Christmas vacation for Mikie and most kids; do you remember how great that felt?
Here in the Sacramento real estate market we are not following the law of supply and demand which says as supply declines demand inc... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-12-21 13:52:13</pubDate>
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    <title>Sellers:  New Formula for Pricing</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ In difficult times successful people become creative rather than relying on what has worked in the past.&nbsp; In the slower Sacramento area real estate market determining how to price your house if you are a seller is a key ingredient in obtaining t... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-12-18 13:52:35</pubDate>
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    <title>Farewell Alliance Title</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I want to acknowledge the fine people at Alliance Title who lost their jobs last  week when management decided to close the operation.&nbsp; We were customers of Alliance and enjoyed  working with the staff and especially Christine Moore who always h... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-12-17 13:38:17</pubDate>
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    <title>Lots happening for a slow time of year!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Normally this is a very slow time of year for the Sacramento and other real estate markets.&nbsp; Not many people want to sell or buy homes during the holidays and Realtors get some needed rest and a chance to catch-up with the rest of the world.&nbs... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-12-12 16:04:13</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Since November 28th                   when I recommended looking at the Catalog Choices where you can have your name removed from almost any catalog mail list I have been collecting the catalogs we receive and                   have now eliminated us... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-12-11 14:32:04</pubDate>
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    <title>30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall to 2-Year Low</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Concerns over a severe housing downturn and prolonged credit crisis could shake consumer confidence and hurt the economy contributed to a drop in mortgage rates this week, according to Freddie Mac. Interest on 30-year fixed loans sank to 5.96 percent... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-12-10 13:31:54</pubDate>
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    <title>Sacramento Market Down but Not Out</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
&nbsp;There are a number of local sites that do a good job of reporting the monthly real estate statistics for the Sacramento real estate market.&nbsp;This month I am looking at Sacramento Real Estate Statistics where the author just posted some No... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-12-05 13:27:25</pubDate>
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    <title>Where is the honor?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Check out my latest column over at Rocklin &amp; Roseville Today, &ldquo;No honor for agents.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp; There was a recent Harris poll conducted about the prestige of various occupations and believe it or not, real estate agents and brokers ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-11-30 23:09:23</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
Our mail box is stuffed, again!&nbsp; Especially this time of year when the junk mail is accompanied by every imaginable catalog such as Victoria Secret, Harry and David, Red Envelope, Fairytale Brownies, and the list goes on and on.&nbsp; Some of ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-11-28 23:28:52</pubDate>
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    <title>Fight back and save a tree</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
Our mail box is stuffed, again!&nbsp; Especially this time of year when the junk mail is accompanied by every imaginable catalog such as Victoria Secret, Harry and David, Red Envelope, Fairytale Brownies, and the list goes on and on.&nbsp; Some of ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-11-28 23:28:44</pubDate>
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    <title>Holiday Inventory</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;
It has been a few weeks since I have reported on how inventory of homes on the market.&nbsp; The number of homes currently on the market has been declining for the past two months but not at a very fast rate.&nbsp; As of November 19, accordin... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-11-27 10:59:06</pubDate>
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    <title>How good is your coverage?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ As many as 40 percent of the 14,000 homeowners who lost their houses in California&rsquo;s forest fires last month are discovering they don&rsquo;t have enough insurance to rebuild, according to the California Department of Insurance.

Although Cal... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-11-20 21:27:58</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
We have discovered a wonderful new restaurant in Roseville, Paul Martin&rsquo;s American Bistro. The restaurant has a modern, warm, decor with brick, leather, and lots of wood. &nbsp;According to one of the owners, Brian Bennett, they are concentra... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We have all heard it and most of us have said it, this is a buyer&rsquo;s market.&nbsp; There are thousands of homes on the market, asking prices continue to decline and the number of active buyers is small.&nbsp; All of this should combine to make b... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I have been working with a real estate industry publication, Broker-Agent Magazine to complete a feature story on me and MagnumOne Realty.&nbsp; It has been very flattering to be nominated for this honor and fun working with the writer.&nbsp; This pa... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ With the war in Iraq so controversial and politicized it is easy to be distracted from honoring those who have served to protect the freedoms we have.&nbsp;&nbsp; Today should be a day of opportunity to say &ldquo;Thank You&rdquo; to those who, in so... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ From the online NAR magazine:&nbsp; How do you fix a troubled housing market? Forbes.com asked that question of a broad range of housing experts, including CEOs of real estate firms, real estate practitioners, economists from lending institutions, an... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-11-15 12:07:51</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ There is another foreclosure auction coming to town and this weekend is the &ldquo;Open House&rdquo; for over 200 properties that will, check that, may be sold at auction on November 18th.&nbsp; Check out may latest column at Rocklin &amp; Roseville ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-11-06 16:52:16</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Right now I have two short sale escrows and as of &ldquo;this moment&rdquo; both look like they will close successfully.&nbsp; If you have not been involved with a short sale, let me tell you, they are a great deal of work and more often than not it ... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[  I can&rsquo;t point to anything concrete but I am getting the feeling we are starting to get some increased activity in the Sacramento real estate market.&nbsp; I have been contacted by several potential buyers in the past week who all seem serious ... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We had a great introduction of our new company, MagnumOne Realty at the Fall Carnival for Mikie&rsquo;s school.&nbsp; We raffled off a holiday inflatable yard decoration and gave out trick &lsquo;r treat bags to the kids.&nbsp; Had lots of questions ... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Since the week of August 27, according to HousingTracker, inventory has dropped from 18,844 to 18,007 for the week ending October 15.&nbsp; Although not falling as much as some of us would like to see it is clear we have reached our peak high for the... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-10-18 14:31:18</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;I am delighted to announce my association with MagnumOne Realty.&nbsp; Over the past two years I have come to understand and fully appreciate the ability to customize and deliver individual service to my clients.&nbsp; For me and my business, c... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-10-15 22:41:31</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[  Yesterday, I hosted Randi &amp; Tony, our MyForSaleSign clients and four of their friends to a wine tour in Amador County.&nbsp; We had a nice stretch limousine so no one had to worry about directions or driving, some great weather and overall a fun... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ According to the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.), in their 2008 Housing Market forecast, the areas of the state where homes are more affordable will be the markets who will perform the worst in 2008.&nbsp; This appears to be due to the la... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-10-11 11:28:59</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Although we finally have started to see plateau and even slight decreases in the inventory of homes for sale in the Sacrament area the median asking price is falling faster than the number of homes.&nbsp; The number of homes for sale has decreased by... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-10-03 13:53:14</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ With the growing number of homeowners having difficulty making mortgage payments and faced with homes that are now not worth as much as they owe we are seeing an increase it short sales.&nbsp; This is where a homeowner attempts to sell the home and t... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-10-01 13:04:57</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ If the three most important items in real estate are location, location and location then when looking at a real estate market the three most important elements are local, local and local.&nbsp; How does what is happening at a statewide level in Cali... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-09-28 16:23:50</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Well at least in our home, over the past week or so we have been sharing and battling a nasty end of summer cold.&nbsp; It came on fast and then lingers.&nbsp; I am hopeful by the end of this week we will be back to full strength and have some energy... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-09-24 13:41:50</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ As you can imagine, I have listed a number of homes and visited thousands more, but not often do I see a home that is truly adorable.&nbsp; The house I listed today falls into the adorable category!&nbsp; The sellers are a young couple that took a su... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-09-21 15:23:14</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ During these dark days of real estate in the Sacramento area it is easy to feel like we may never see any positive reports again.&nbsp; This week the SacBee reported that in the Capital region during the month of August, for every two sales a homeown... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-09-17 13:24:08</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Inventory in the Sacramento area actually has declined in each of the past two weeks.&nbsp; Could this be the long awaited start in our seasonal decline in homes on the market?&nbsp; Check out my column,&rdquo; Another False Start?&rdquo; over at Roc... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-09-11 15:27:13</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I am doing two open houses today!&nbsp; Both in Rocklin, first at my Willard Way listing from Noon to 2:00 PM and then as soon as I can get to Tanus Circle (2:00 PM) to 5:00 PM.&nbsp; These are both attractive homes in nice neighborhoods and I am hop... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-09-10 14:00:19</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We just mailed out the September issue of my Newsletter and it is pretty good with snippets about Patriot Day, a famous dog&rsquo;s 77th birthday and &ldquo;Indian Summer&rdquo;.&nbsp; We printed a few extra so drop me a note if you would like to rec... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-09-07 13:38:16</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The last two weeks of August and through the Labor Day weekend has historically been a slow time in the Sacramento and Roseville real estate market.&nbsp; Most of us are getting a last minute summer holiday and starting to make the transition from su... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Sales are down, inventory is up, prices are falling and more households are able to afford an entry-level home.&nbsp; All of this is and a prediction is included in my Rocklin &amp; Roseville Today column today, &ldquo;Only Time Will Tell.&rdquo;&nbs... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-08-30 14:00:39</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ According to a report by the National Association of Realtors, inventory of available homes across the nation rose to a 16-year high in July and now stands at 3.85 million.&nbsp; During the same month sales fell to a 5-year low.&nbsp; Inventories of ... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The conservative guideline used by the mortgage industry is that housing expense should not be more than 28 percent of income.&nbsp; This is called the housing-to-income ratio and compares the sum of monthly housing expenses to monthly gross income.... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ It has been two, maybe not so short, years since the hot Sacramento real estate freight train jumped the track of double digit growth and multiple &ldquo;over asking&rdquo; sales prices and &ldquo;stated income&rdquo; loans.&nbsp; Our market peaked i... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Borrowers with good credit but without 5 or 10 percent to put down are likely to be shocked at the rate they're offered, if they're offered a mortgage at all.&nbsp; Lenders are eliminating certain products altogether as well as requiring higher credi... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-08-15 14:47:35</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I love helping my clients buy and sell homes.&nbsp; This summer I have heard myself, on more than one occasion saying, &ldquo;It shouldn&rsquo;t be this hard.&rdquo;&nbsp; Part of why I have been saying this is the changing market place.&nbsp; Not on... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ If you have been following my reality real estate series, MyForSaleSign, take a look at the latest article, &ldquo;New Times, Loans and Lenders.&rdquo;&nbsp; The transaction we have been tracking, Randi and Tony selling their condo and buying a new h... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-08-08 14:21:43</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ It seems to have happened sooner than I anticipated!&nbsp; I thought we would see two more weeks of growing inventory or available homes and condos on the market before the record numbers started their seasonal decline.&nbsp; According to HousingTrac... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I just finished some web surfing of a few blogs and other real estate related sites I read.&nbsp; I can&rsquo;t find much out there that indicates the Sacramento real estate market is anything other than gloomy.&nbsp; Sales continue to be in the dump... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-08-06 14:57:09</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ It just dawned on me that just about this time two years ago, everything in the real estate market started to change from how it had been for five years before that.&nbsp; Not all of it has been easy and a good deal of people have been hurt, more are... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-08-03 15:34:30</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Inventory of homes available for sale in the greater Sacramento area continues to grow.&nbsp; Looks like we will end July with over 18,400 homes on the market which is 3.5 percent more than a month ago and a whopping 44 percent increase from where we... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Check out the new listing our team just added in Colfax.&nbsp; This is the perfect hideaway, a remodeled 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1,400 square foot home on a beautiful 3.6 acre site.&nbsp; Great little house nestled among the big shade trees and only a cou... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-07-25 19:42:11</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Our summer days seem to be passing by a bit faster than I wanted and there have not been many, if any, &ldquo;lazy days&rdquo; yet.&nbsp; The real estate activity reports for June were negative, with most parts of the Sacramento &nbsp;area market sho... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-07-23 16:42:06</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp; I added a new listing this week and it is a great home with a short sale possibility.&nbsp; This home was purchased a few years ago at the top of the market, the owners then added a number of wonderful&nbsp; upgrades and improvements but now t... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-07-18 14:52:13</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ For every home you hear about that sold after just a few days on the market there are hundreds that wait months for an offer.&nbsp; Keeping your home ready and waiting to sell is demanding and often eliminates any patience a seller had when they star... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-07-11 14:37:41</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ What a great summer so far, nice hot days and although we have been busy there is a casual feel to each day that you don&rsquo;t seem to get any other time of year.&nbsp; At our house we have gone from watching the America&rsquo;s Cup yachting races ... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Independence Day is a great holiday.&nbsp; Maybe because of the historical significance of this holiday but it one of those days were you seem to be able to clearly remember where you were and what you did on so many previous July 4th&rsquo;s.&nbsp; ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-07-05 13:36:48</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ This is a question all realtors get frequently asked and until now I have not had an answer that made me feel good.&nbsp; Check out my latest article, &ldquo;Why do we have photos on our cards?&rdquo; and find out what others are saying and why I hav... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-06-29 20:28:53</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Over the past weekend we spent some time at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo.&nbsp; They have changed the park and the name from Marine World.&nbsp; It kind of reminds me of the park back in the days that it was Marine World Africa USA which I ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-06-25 13:07:59</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I know the weather the past week or so has been summer like but today is the first full day of summer and the longest day of the year.&nbsp; We will have more sunlight today than any other day of the year.&nbsp; We hardly notice it here in California... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I enjoy helping people with real estate and I mean it when I say some of the services I provide are free and with no obligation.&nbsp; After this a recent experience I want to add a modifier, free with no obligation as long as you are honest.&nbsp; ... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Looking a bit closer at the recent SacBee story, &ldquo;Home sales seek bottom&rdquo; we see that Placer County real estate may be looking harder for the bottom than some of the other local areas that make up the greater Sacramento real estate market... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-06-18 21:21:53</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The Sacramento Bee had their monthly synopsis of the local real estate market in the business section this morning.&nbsp; Jim Wasserman&rsquo;s article, &ldquo;Home sales seek bottom&rdquo; was not one of his most succinct efforts.&nbsp; I had to go ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-06-16 00:15:42</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ As the Sacramento real estate market is experiencing increased foreclosure activity I am getting more questions about short sales and at least an email a week asking me to help locate them.&nbsp; It seems that almost everyone has heard a story where ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-06-13 13:29:45</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I thought it would be interesting to check on a few other local agents as see what they are saying about our local Sacramento real estate market.&nbsp; Here is what they are saying:
&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the sho... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-06-11 15:35:04</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Been kind of an up and down week around here.&nbsp; Busy with some client issues, in particular trying to recover a deposit, setting up an escrow and doing some general research for an investor who is interested in buying in our area.&nbsp; 
Over th... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-06-07 15:40:06</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Check out the latest the first of three articles on our experience in turning a dump into a doll house at my reality real estate page, MyForSaleSign or on my weekly column at Roseville &amp; Rocklin Today. ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-06-05 17:57:43</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Another week is slipping by and although I feel like I was busy, in the end I can&rsquo;t say I accomplished as much as I had hoped.&nbsp; For one I didn&rsquo;t get a new column posted over at Rocklin &amp; Roseville Today and I wanted to write anot... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-06-01 13:57:18</pubDate>
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    <title>Catching up</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ After the wonderful Memorial Day weekend we have been working hard here at the Jalone Real Estate Group to get back up to speed.&nbsp; Traci Butler has a couple of very nice transactions in process, Megan Warn is working on an important marketing cam... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-30 15:24:02</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Another week of watching inventory of homes for sale in the Sacramento area continues to grow and I don&rsquo;t see anything on the horizon to stop this year&rsquo;s inventory from exceeding the record highs we experienced last year.&nbsp; As of May ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-27 19:03:45</pubDate>
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    <title>What should I do?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ An email question leads to an interesting situation about a home owner concerned that he would have to pay to sell home today and the amount he has to pay will only grow over time.&nbsp; It is a far cry from the days when homeowners were making more ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-23 15:11:51</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I am back today from my quick trip to Alaska to see my Mom on Mother&rsquo;s Day and help Michael remodel our zero-lot line house in Anchorage.&nbsp; I have decided to add our sale of the Anchorage house to my reality real estate series, MyForSaleSig... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-21 19:10:58</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Well, our quick trip to Anchorage is almost over.&nbsp; We have a busy day with some last minute tasks over at the Lamplighter property, some errands to do and a final dinner with friends and family.&nbsp;&nbsp; Been a great trip but we are starting ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-18 16:07:07</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
Check out my newest chapter on my  reality real estate series, MyForSaleSign.&nbsp;  In addition to tracking what is happing with Randi and Tony in  Yuba  City, we are now following the day to  day activities of my personal property in Anchorage, A... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-16 13:20:34</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
The number of homes coming on the  market is happening faster than sales, expired listings and those withdrawn by  their owners.&nbsp; I the past week,  ending May 14th, the number of available homes increased 179 to  16,348.&nbsp; According to Hou... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-15 15:52:37</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We had a wonderful Mother&rsquo;s day  weekend highlighted by a girl&rsquo;s night out to celebrate my Cousin Brenda&rsquo;s  birthday and a nice brunch with my Mom and Dad.&nbsp; Always fun to be back in  Anchorage for a few days.&nbsp; Well for the... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-14 15:40:53</pubDate>
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    <title>Mother's Day &amp; More</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ This has been a busy week for me as I prepare to sneak off for a few days to see my Mom on Mother&rsquo;s Day.&nbsp; Recently I have had the good fortune to be working with a number of clients who are looking to buy new homes.&nbsp; They cover most o... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-11 14:02:15</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ May has traditionally been a busy time of year for me and my business and so far this year is not an exception.&nbsp; I have a number of active buyers and sellers I am currently working with and enjoying, the end of school activities are starting, an... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-08 15:39:16</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ At least on a national basis there are some analysts who are pointing to what is happening and claiming the current housing slump has bottomed out and starting to recover.&nbsp; Check out my article and review of what Joe Kalish, from Ned Davis Resea... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-04 13:30:06</pubDate>
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    <title>Can asking prices remain steady?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ To the dismay of many, as inventory of available homes continues to grow the median asking price has remained almost unchanged.&nbsp; Each month so far this year inventory has grown in the Sacramento area.&nbsp; According to HousingTracker, inventory... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-01 13:16:34</pubDate>
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    <title>Reader Response</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ My column, &ldquo;No March flowers for Sacramento real estate,&rdquo; at Rocklin &amp; Roseville Today, got a bit of play, when part of it was posted over at Sacramento Land(ing).&nbsp; One comment posted there said, &ldquo;If RE agents only took lis... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-30 14:24:09</pubDate>
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    <title>Waiting and more waiting</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Check out the latest update at MyForSaleSign main page at jalone.com.&nbsp; Randi and Tony are doing well, although getting a bit fatigued keeping the place ready for a showing.&nbsp; Tony is ready to get it sold and get back out to find their first ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-27 15:09:57</pubDate>
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    <title>Blah March for Sacramento Real Estate</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ There is nothing positive to report about the Sacramento real estate market in March.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sales volumes are down, prices are not showing any strength, and inventory of available homes continues to grow.&nbsp; Slice it and dice it anyway you w... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-26 16:36:11</pubDate>
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    <title>Wednesday Already?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Where is this week going, I know the days are getting longer but all of a sudden they seem to be flying by.&nbsp; Up early this morning to see if I can catch up.&nbsp; Have to deal with an offer on my Susanna listing and have my fingers crossed it is... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-25 17:28:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Karmyn Tyler can sing and don't be shy</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I have continued to Twitter and yesterday came across a great young actress and singer, Karmyn Tyler, who has recently moved to the LA area.&nbsp; I have not had an opportunity to see any of her acting yet but she has a great voice, check out her mus... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-23 11:39:45</pubDate>
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    <title>Are we headed to a new record?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Foreclosure activity in California during the first quarter took a large step towards the record high activity back in 1996 when during the second quarter of that year 15,418 foreclosure sales occurred.&nbsp; During the first quarter this year we had... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-21 14:47:06</pubDate>
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    <title>Alright...too much!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The horror of what happened at Virginia Tech is difficult to deal with, especially as we continue to learn about the shooter and his victims.&nbsp; Somehow, being on the other side of the Country creates a buffer but today, here in our backyard, our ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-20 16:21:20</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The number of homes for sale in the Sacramento area continues to swell as we move deeper into the traditional spring selling season.&nbsp; According to HousingTracker, in the past week ending April 16, there was a growth of 413 in the available inven... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-17 10:57:31</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I have looked at so many real estate agents sites that promise to have a proven method of selling or proprietary marketing plan and I have spent more than a few hours thinking about how to sell a home.&nbsp; We have tried, promotions, talking signs, ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-15 13:00:33</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The past week has been very hectic and busy with getting our son back in the school routine after spring break, a closing and more feng shui house hunting.&nbsp; I am pleased to report I think we have found a house for my clients and, most likely, we... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-14 15:30:43</pubDate>
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    <title>Feng Shui is not a decorating style</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Every day is an opportunity to learn something new and it never ceases to amaze me where and how this comes about.&nbsp; Last week I was talking and sharing what I have learned about Web 2.0 and social networking sites. &nbsp;Today, I am writing abou... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-09 11:32:12</pubDate>
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    <title>Friday Potpourri</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We were disappointed to see Gina Glocksen get booted from American Idol this week.&nbsp; She clearly is a better singer than some of the others who are moving on and one of the more interesting entertainers.&nbsp; My prediction for the winner is Meli... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-06 13:51:56</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Here is a few more of the social networking site we are using.&nbsp; As you will see some of them are to support the business and others are for fun/personal use:
&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MySpace &ndash; Julie Jalone... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-04 15:35:52</pubDate>
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    <title>New stamps and price</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ With all the hoopla about the new Star Wars stamps and mail boxes that resemble R2D2 I discovered this morning that a first class postage stamp is going from 39 cents to 41 cents next month!&nbsp; I think the stamps are cool, and I will use them on m... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-02 14:10:01</pubDate>
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    <title>Social Networking - Round 2</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ In my last post I mentioned Twitter and promised to list a few more.&nbsp;&nbsp; There must be someone other than Michael that will sign up and add me as a friend?&nbsp; Oh well, some to the things we try are for fun anyway.&nbsp; Here are a couple o... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-31 13:38:40</pubDate>
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    <title>Julie in the News</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We had nice mention in a recent industry news outlet, Inman News.  They wrote a three part story about Realtors using some of the social network sites.  We are in part three, Industry experiments with social networking sites: Social media and real es... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-29 13:54:32</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I did get a chance to look at some of the results for the Sacramento real estate market for last month and completed my review, &ldquo;Where are we going?&rdquo;&nbsp; Over the next few days I will look closer to home and examine the Roseville and Ro... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-28 14:11:05</pubDate>
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    <title>Where will it go?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
Inventory of is edging up in the Sacramento area.&nbsp;As of March 26, according to the website HousingTracker, the number of homes on the market in Sacramento increased by 390 to 14,163.&nbsp;This represents a 5.9 percent increase in the past mont... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-27 15:15:13</pubDate>
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    <title>My occasional rant...</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &hellip;got long enough today that I used it for my column over at Rocklin &amp; Roseville Today, &ldquo;It shouldn&rsquo;t be this difficult.&rdquo;&nbsp; Remember it is Friday, the weather is wonderful and spring is calling my name.
Overall it has... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-23 15:45:07</pubDate>
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    <title>Big Squeeze</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &ldquo;&hellip;tightening of loan and underwriting standards now underway is likely to push demand for homes down 15 percent this year,&rdquo; according to analysts who follow the stocks of major home builders for Banc of America Securities LLC.&nbsp... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-21 11:59:09</pubDate>
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    <title>Spring Blooms</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Our great weather has plants and trees&rsquo; blooming like it is spring and according to HousingTracker inventory is growing like we are in the middle of the spring selling season.&nbsp; For the week ending March 19, inventory was 13,773, up 313 ava... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-20 13:58:54</pubDate>
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    <title>The Kitchen and more</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Saturday was my wedding anniversary and my husband, Michael, attempted to surprise me with a dinner at The Kitchen.&nbsp;He is good at lots of things but surprises are not one of them!&nbsp;This was our third trip to The Kitchen and like the previous... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-19 09:30:28</pubDate>
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    <title>Lyon and Trendgraphix News</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Another weekend has just slipped by and now it is busy Monday trying to get everything on track and a few other items.&nbsp; I did publish a reality real estate article, Curb Appeal, on the MyForSaleSign page.&nbsp; Randi and Tony are doing a great j... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I was doing my normal web surfing this week and came upon a cool real estate blog that finds and posts celebrity real estate listings.&nbsp;Some are clearly more interesting than others and most of the houses are fun to look at so I thought I&rsquo;d... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ As we enter March there is clearly an increased level of activity in the Sacramento real estate market including the Roseville and Rocklin area where I live.&nbsp; I am seeing agent cars parked in front of listing meaning they are inside with clients... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ This afternoon I was contacted by a production company working for a National television network. &nbsp;They found my reality real estate series, My For Sale Sign, and felt I would be good a participant in a show they will be filming in the Sacrament... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Inventory in the greater Sacramento real estate market is edging up but we have been seeing some stability in the median asking price.&nbsp; According to HousingTracker, during the past four weeks ending February 26 available houses for sale grew by ... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I finally completed my review of the Rocklin real estate market for the first month of 2007, &ldquo;Cold Winter Days.&rdquo;&nbsp; There was not much good news to report but some of the other communities in our Sacramento area seem to be showing sign... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ As a follow-up to my monthly real estate review, &ldquo;Sacramento Real Estate: As well as can be expected,&rdquo; I have prepared an overview of how the Roseville real estate market performed during the first month of 2007.&nbsp; You can read it on ... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Today I published the second of a series of articles on my new website feature, My For Sale Sign.&nbsp; The initial series of &ldquo;reality real estate&rdquo; follows a Yuba City couple, Randi and Tony as they make decision to sell their condo/townh... ]]> </description>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ If yesterday&rsquo;s weather in the Sacramento area didn&rsquo;t give you thinking about spring you must have stayed in all day.&nbsp; All of sudden our yard demanded attention and the bikes with dust on them came out of the garage.&nbsp; Today, look... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-18 12:25:47</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ With three listings in contract I have been on the run the past few days but did have time to take a quick look at the growing inventory in the Greater Sacramento area.&nbsp; According to HousingTracker the inventory has grown 4.4 percent in the past... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-15 13:09:21</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Hello, my name is Julie Jalone and I am a Realtor serving the needs of buyers and sellers of residential real estate in the Sacramento area.&nbsp; The communities I specialize in include, Sacramento, Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay, Loomis, Lincoln a... ]]> </description>
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