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Some lucky person is going to win $50 towards their Mother's Day tab from the Carlson Lending Team.  Watch the short video below to learn more!  

OK, we are so late to post this (we've been meaning to share this news for a few weeks now...very busy!). It looks like every analyst (and their brother) is forecasting even bigger gains in the housing market this year.  It's amazing actually how the press on this topic is changing so fast and so [...]

On of the things that many of us might be tempted to do when listing our home is to do it alone.  After all, not using the services of a professional real estate agent could save us quite a bit in commissions. But....is it really better for your bottom line?  The following infographic makes you [...]

Celebrating Earth Day by doing a few good deeds for the planet is EASY and can be a lot of fun.  Today we wanted to put up a short post to show you just how easy it can be.   Here are just a few of the great ideas that you'll find on http://www.50waystohelp.com/. Batch [...]

San Diego home prices really started to strengthen this last summer.  In fact, summer is "home buying season" and it's not uncommon see this trend of market strength and demand continue into the fall. At some point just before Thanksgiving, demand lessens as families put kids get back into school and we all prepare for [...]

For so many years now, people have been asking "when will the real estate market bottom?".  It's a good question but it's the wrong question now. Why is that? Well, just about everyone who keeps an eye on the real estate market these days is convinced we're IN recovery.  In other words, we're PAST the [...]

Most people probably never think about housing inventory (the number of homes that are available for purchase) in any particular way.  If you are thinking about buying a home now or in the next year or so, you will become very familiar with the term.  What's more, you'll also learn about how real estate inventory [...]

One thing you hear over and over again about real estate is "location, location, location" and its the same for real estate news! Typically, the most likely place for people (who don't work in the real estate) to get news about the real estate market is from watching the news on TV.  For the last [...]

The chart below does a great job of comparing pending home sales from this year to last. It's important to note that these numbers are national and do not apply specifically to California or to pending home sales in Sacramento or in San Diego.  That said, it shows how the general market trend is improving [...]

I was just reading an article in the Sacramento Business Journal that announced news of a massive health club that is about to be built in Roseville, Ca.  The national chain of gyms named Life Time Fitness plans to build a 120,000 sq ft club at East Roseville Parkway and Secret Ravine Parkway. The chain [...]