by Sarah Dalton | Sep 22, 2020 | College Greens, Real Estate, Sacramento, Sellers
Summer 2020 people Real estate was h-o-t this summer. Inventory was down almost 40% from last year, interest rates were at historic lows and out of area buyers swooped on Sacramento. Multiple offers over list price were the norm. I had a front-row seat to the madness....
by Sarah Dalton | Sep 8, 2020 | College Greens, Homeowner Tips, Life Style, People, Sacramento, Sellers
An ode to fake lawn In a fit of pandemic-related madness, we are getting an 8-week old Labrador puppy this week. In early August, I looked at our carefully designed drought tolerant landscaping and thought “uh oh.” Visions of pee-pee soaked wood chips cooking in the...
by Sarah Dalton | May 30, 2020 | Homeowner Tips, Real Estate, Sellers, Sold Properties
Curb appeal 101 …do not hide your house. You want buyers to see your home, not the 40-year old camellia bushes in front of it. I know – those bushes have been there so long they seem like they are part of the house itself. They are not. To the buyer, they are a...
by Sarah Dalton | May 22, 2020 | Books, Life Style, Real Estate, Sacramento
Luscious listing of the week III I am obsessed with modern houses in old cities. A streamlined house lets you live a funky life without the funk of timeworn real estate. Out of this week’s over 50 new Sacramento listings (highest since quarantine-yay), this brownstone...
by Sarah Dalton | May 15, 2020 | Real Estate, Sacramento
Luscious listing of the week II Sacramento pulses with California history, good and bad. Our story reads like a movie: starved pioneers stumbling out of the Sierras, miners careening in “old town,” river-fueled enterprise, indentured servitude and boiling hot heat....
by Sarah Dalton | May 13, 2020 | College Greens, Local Heros, Real Estate
Essential workers in the house The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines “essential” as “absolutely necessary” or “indispensably requisite.” It also means “I cannot live without you.” Behind a house’s pretty pictures are structural systems that boggle...
