Chris Saizan's Blog
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Buy a HUD home for only $100.00 down!
As many of you know the tax credit was officially extended last week. First time buyers have until June of next year to buy primary residence and get an $8,000 tax credit. What?s also happening more and more in our area are HUD homes. These are government owned homes that were previously purchased using FHA [...]
A little up, a little down?
July of this year is when are median sales price for Sacramento County began going up. In September our median price went down by about $7,000 compared to last year. All in all, it’s still a great time to buy. Here is some information that you might find of interest. Median sales price decreased from $190,000 [...]
California Real Estate is getting back to normal one month at a time?
Are we back to a normal market? Are we going to start appreciating again? Are the foreclosures and short sales over with? Well, not necessarily. But the positive news is this. We have more buyers than homes for sale. Rates are below 5.5% and this is the 4th month in a row that the average [...]
We are stablizing and that?s a good sign!
The average sales price in Sacramento County during the 1st quarter of the year was $167,666. As of July 1st 2009 it climbed to $174,188! That is the first in over 4 years that we saw appreciation in Sacramento County. There are lots of great deals out there, short sales are the name of the [...]
Beautiful home listed for $105,000
I recently received a referral from a business partner about his neighbor who wanted to meet with Yuri and me to talk about his options. His wife is pregnant, their payments are more than they can afford and they have to relocate soon to live with a family member. Long story short, after our consultation [...]
Please keep my Uncle Geoff in your prayers
Dear Friends, It’s been a challenging year thus far in the Real Estate world but there are still many opportunities and many things to be grateful for. Sometimes I catch myself moving so fast that I forget to slow down and just be. Yesterday after a long day I went to my friends house to eat [...]
Sacramento is at the bottom!
As I?ve been pointing out in my market updates, the median sales price (the price at which half of the homes sold for more and half sold for less) has been staying relatively flat since the beginning of the year. I have also been sending emails about stories of multiple offers for over list price, [...]
Need monthly cash flow???
As many of you already know I recently teamed up with Yuri Ramirez at my office so that we can provide world class service to homeowners facing a hardship. Looking to avoid a foreclosure? That’s where we come in to save the day! We recently listed 2 duplex’s in Citrus Heights. One for $150,000 and [...]
Chris Saizan & Yuri Ramirez team up!
As of May 26th, 2009 I teamed up with Yuri Ramirez of Keller Williams Realty so that we can provide excellent customer service to everyone that we work with. Yuri and I are focusing on saving homeowners from foreclosures through short salees. Yuri has a great success rate and closing short sales with over 3 [...]
BNI Sacramento Mid-Town hosts Visitor Day at Beatnik Studios on April 30th 7-8:30am
BNI is the worlds largest referral network organization in the world. My loan officer and friend Sean Krause met with me in October and we decided to start our own BNI chapter in Downtown Sacramento. We now have 30 members with 2 current applications pending. I have personally closed 3 real estate transactions as a result of [...]
