Jennifer A. Klein
Derek Sandoval
By Jennifer Klein and Derek Sandoval
There is a shift toward a seller’s market in many areas of the country. Placer County Association of REALTORS® YPN members Jennifer Klein and Derek Sandoval discuss contributing factors, including lack of inventory and fewer distressed properties.
Jennifer Klein is a REALTOR® in Northern California who is experienced in short sales, investments, and property management. Connect with Jen at RosevilleAndRocklin.com, JenKlein.com, and @JenKleinSac.
Derek Sandoval has worked for Keller Williams Realty in Roseville, Calif., since 2009, and specializes in residential, REO, and short sales. Find Derek at www.dereksellshomes.com and dereksellshomes.featuredblog.com.
Heather Soldonia
By Heather Soldonia
More scary than mummies, black cats, or cobwebs is the looming question: Has the real estate market bottomed out?
We REALTORS® have been asking Congress “Trick or Treat? … Please come up with some creative ways to revive the real estate market. Pretty please?”
When Forbes reported the 10 worst real estate markets of 2009, eight were in California. Currently, the unemployment rates are still above 12 percent in California — and remember that unemployment rates are only determined based on the number of people still receiving unemployment benefits — it doesn’t include in its calculation those who have received the maximum amount of unemployment benefits and now have absolutely no income.
Obviously, we can understand why so many mortgages are still going unpaid. In California, default notices have dropped by 10 percent, but that is specifically because lenders are modifying loans and/or short selling.
That being said, let’s take a quick moment to consider how the unemployment rate effects commercial real estate: Continue reading »
By Amy Steele
Amy Steele
I have been remiss. I readily admit it. I used to blog about the Crestline and Lake Arrowhead area in California on the ActiveRain platform regularly. The best part about ActiveRain is that you get to learn from other real estate professionals from all across the country, reading their stories and experiences, and what to do and what not to do in today’s real estate market.
I am also a chosen YPN Lounge blogger, and my duties to my colleagues for being chosen as such should definitely take precedence.
I am on ActiveRain daily, reading what others post, but lately I haven’t been posting my own content. Why? I suppose it’s because I end up reading a lot of other blogs, and by the time I should write my own, I end up doing paperwork, going through the nearly 400 e-mails I get daily, cleaning my desk, watering my plant, or watching a movie on Netflix (gasp! For the record, that only happened once on a Sunday doing floor time in the spring on a REALLY foggy day).
Once you get into this mode of self-defeatism, it is hard to break back out of it.
YPN-national would like to welcome five new chapters of YPN:
- Greater Nashville Association of REALTORS® (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Columbus Board of REALTORS® (Columbus, Ohio)
- Houston Association of REALTORS® NextGen (Houston, Texas)
- Ada County Association of REALTORS® (Boise, Idaho)
- San Diego Association of REALTORS® (San Diego, Calif.)
Don’t see your city on the list? The Young Professionals Network boasts local and state chapters across the country. Peruse a growing list of all chapters of YPN to see if one is in your area. Continue reading »
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