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Homes' Sales Prices - September 2007

Are You Thinking of Buying or Selling a Home in Folsom, Granite Bay, or El Dorado Hills in the Near Future or Know Someone Who is?

Please call Patrick for a personal interview and property assessment with no obligation.

County/City/Area# Sold7-Sep6-Sep% Change
SACRAMENTO COUNTY1117"$308,000.00 ""$357,000.00 "-13.73%
ANTELOPE43"$301,500.00 ""$385,000.00 "-21.69%
CARMICHAEL45"$335,000.00 ""$400,000.00 "-16.25%
CITRUS HEIGHTS65"$275,000.00 ""$318,500.00 "-13.66%
ELK GROVE157"$335,000.00 ""$450,000.00 "-25.56%
FAIR OAKS36"$449,500.00 ""$397,250.00 "13.15%
FOLSOM66"$408,000.00 ""$452,500.00 "-9.83%
GALT23"$340,000.00 ""$379,000.00 "-10.29%
ISLETON2"$840,000.00 ""$286,000.00 "193.71%
NORTH HIGHLANDS20"$178,500.00 ""$270,000.00 "-33.89%
ORANGEVALE18"$309,500.00 ""$360,000.00 "-14.03%
RANCHO CORDOVA130"$325,500.00 ""$400,000.00 "-18.63%
RIO LINDA4"$241,250.00 ""$306,000.00 "-21.16%
SACRAMENTO496"$283,500.00 ""$330,000.00 "-14.09%
SLOUGHHOUSE5"$655,000.00 ""$599,000.00 "9.35%
WALNUT GROVE2"$558,750.00 "n/an/a
EL DORADO COUNTY143"$405,000.00 ""$481,750.00 "-15.93%
CAMINO2"$278,500.00 ""$340,000.00 "-18.09%
COOL2"$407,000.00 ""$400,000.00 "1.75%
EL DORADO HILLS35"$575,000.00 ""$652,000.00 "-11.81%
GRIZZLY FLATS4"$319,500.00 ""$200,000.00 "59.75%
PLACERVILLE22"$398,500.00 ""$330,000.00 "20.76%
POLLOCK PINES13"$380,000.00 ""$310,000.00 "22.58%
SHINGLE SPRINGS16"$389,250.00 ""$448,000.00 "-13.11%
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE44"$366,250.00 ""$480,000.00 "-23.70%
PLACER COUNTY436"$402,000.00 ""$430,000.00 "-6.51%
AUBURN25"$399,000.00 ""$434,000.00 "-8.06%
CARNELIAN BAY3"$575,000.00 "n/an/a
COLFAX5"$387,500.00 ""$300,500.00 "28.95%
FORESTHILL3"$382,000.00 ""$420,000.00 "-9.05%
GRANITE BAY16"$829,500.00 ""$902,000.00 "-8.04%
KINGS BEACH7"$459,000.00 ""$332,000.00 "38.25%
LINCOLN108"$370,000.00 ""$425,000.00 "-12.94%
LOOMIS7"$400,000.00 ""$499,500.00 "-19.92%
MEADOW VISTA3"$450,000.00 ""$588,000.00 "-23.47%
NEWCASTLE6"$745,000.00 ""$581,000.00 "28.23%
OLYMPIC VALLEY2"$2,682,500.00 ""$427,500.00 "527.49%
PENRYN2"$662,500.00 ""$692,454.50 "-4.33%
ROCKLIN65"$400,000.00 ""$455,000.00 "-12.09%
ROSEVILLE159"$388,000.00 ""$400,472.00 "-3.11%
TAHOE CITY10"$972,500.00 ""$887,500.00 "9.58%




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Common Questions to Getting That Home Loan

What steps can I take to improve my chances of getting a loan?

Today many lenders are more flexible and allow a greater percentage of monthly income to go toward mortgage payments. But they are more stringent on credit card balances. Lenders often count 5% of the balance as a borrower's monthly payment, instead of the credit card’s minimum payment. If you are planning to pay off some debts before you apply for a loan, consider the ones with the largest monthly payment. Many lenders, for example, prefer to have a car loan paid off, because borrowers are not likely to go out and buy a new car right away. On the other hand, if credit cards are paid off, a borrower might start charging again.

Should I wait until interest rates drop?


Time is money. Can you afford to wait? Of course home buyers want to buy when interest rates are at their lowest. When interest rates are at near-record lows, potential buyers or homeowners looking to move up are asking themselves if the time is right to act. But no one can predict with certainty where rates are headed at any particular time. Waiting for a bottoming out may instead provide time for rates to rise.

What's the debt-to-income ratio lenders use to qualify borrowers?

Many lenders use two ratios when they decide whether to approve a mortgage. If, for example, the ratios are 28/36, the "front" ratio of 28% means the lender will allow a mortgage payment (including principal, interest, taxes and insurance) of up to 28% of the borrower’s monthly pre-tax income. The "back" ratio of 36% means all loan and credit payments cannot exceed 36% of the borrower’s monthly income.

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Avoiding Gapital Gains Tax on the Sale of Your Home

Worried about taxes eating away too much of the profit on your home? Under a law enacted about ten years ago, a married couple filing jointly usually can exclude as much as $500,000 of their gain. For someone who is single or married and filing separately, the limit is $250,000.

To qualify for the full exclusion, you typically must have owned the home and lived in it as your primary residence for at least two of the five years prior to sale.

This exclusion applies only to your primary residence. Even someone who couldn't pass those tests might qualify to exclude most or all of the gain under certain circumstances. The seller may be eligible for a reduced exclusion if that person had to sell because of a "change in place of employment", health reasons or "unforeseen circumstances." What are unforeseen circumstances? Examples cited by the Internal Revenue Service include divorce, death, or "multiple births resulting from the same pregnancy."

Some think they’re required to buy a new home to qualify for this home-sale gain exclusion. That's wrong. They're probably thinking about a law that was repealed about a decade ago, under which you could defer tax on the gain on the sale of your home by rolling over the proceeds into a new home that cost as much as, or more than, the old one. Congress eliminated that law, in part because it was viewed as unfair to people who wanted to downsize and buy a less expensive home or to sell and move into a rental. Contact Patrick Warholic, your Folsom, El Dorado Hills, and Granite Bay Realtor for details.

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Check This Out: Food 411 Dot Com

Imagine a huge, searchable directory of food-related websites. For example, the Food Reads section is divided into magazines, books, blogs, and recipe sites.
For everything on the Web related to online food shopping opportunities; gourmet foods online, ingredients, recipes, regional specialties, food blogs, unique food gifts, and meals delivered--each and every listing has been carefully reviewed & hand-selected.
So for a great food resource, go to: www.food411.com

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For more information from California Home Network visit Patrick Warholic, The Internet Home Marketing Specialist for free MLS Home and property searches, free real estate reports, information for sellers, information for buyers, and find out exactly what your home is worth with a free home valuation, with current up-to-date market information provided for you.

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11 Things Every Young Child Should Know About Money

What you want your child to know about money depends on your personal values. Here are some concepts that are recommended for our children to understand:

  1. Spending, saving and sharing are ways to use money.

  2. Saving allows you to buy something in the future because you don’t have enough money today.

  3. People have a limited amount of money to spend.

  4. Money can be spent only once—after you buy something you need more money to buy something else.

  5. Planning helps people set goals and make choices about money.

  6. People do some things for each other without being paid.

  7. People give money to help others.

  8. People pay for things in different ways.

  9. Some things do not cost any money.

  10. People in a community share the cost of some work done for everyone.

  11. Paper money and coins are worth different amounts.


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Learn how how you can be mortgage free in 8 to 11 years without re-financing. Ask for your free House Payment Free analysis.

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Home Sales Prices - August 2007

Are You Thinking of Buying or Selling a Home in the Near Future or Know Someone Who is?

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County/City/Area# Sold7-Aug6-Aug% Change Yr-to-Yr
SACRAMENTO COUNTY1397"$314,000.00 ""$365,000.00 "-13.97%
ANTELOPE67"$310,000.00 ""$381,000.00 "-18.64%
CARMICHAEL37"$350,000.00 ""$405,000.00 "-13.58%
CITRUS HEIGHTS72"$285,000.00 ""$320,000.00 "-10.94%
ELK GROVE205"$351,000.00 ""$455,000.00 "-22.86%
ELVERTA3"$465,000.00 ""$285,000.00 "63.16%
FAIR OAKS45"$340,000.00 ""$397,000.00 "-14.36%
FOLSOM90"$426,000.00 ""$470,000.00 "-9.36%
GALT29"$350,000.00 ""$474,000.00 "-26.16%
NORTH HIGHLANDS29"$179,000.00 ""$270,000.00 "-33.70%
ORANGEVALE26"$332,500.00 ""$355,000.00 "-6.34%
RANCHO CORDOVA114"$333,250.00 ""$403,500.00 "-17.41%
RIO LINDA15"$270,000.00 ""$277,500.00 "-2.70%
SACRAMENTO648"$291,750.00 ""$335,000.00 "-12.91%
SLOUGHHOUSE8"$507,250.00 ""$525,000.00 "-3.38%
WILTON6"$773,500.00 ""$1,167,500.00 "-33.75%
EL DORADO COUNTY185"$460,000.00 ""$498,250.00 "-7.68%
CAMINO8"$370,000.00 ""$310,000.00 "19.35%
COOL3"$282,500.00 ""$355,600.00 "-20.56%
DIAMOND SPRINGS2"$312,000.00 ""$298,000.00 "4.70%
EL DORADO HILLS64"$614,750.00 ""$675,000.00 "-8.93%
GEORGETOWN5"$350,000.00 "n/an/a
GRIZZLY FLATS3"$180,000.00 ""$289,000.00 "-37.72%
PLACERVILLE13"$380,000.00 ""$374,250.00 "1.54%
POLLOCK PINES12"$277,000.00 ""$325,000.00 "-14.77%
SHINGLE SPRINGS25"$400,000.00 ""$554,000.00 "-27.80%
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE46"$409,500.00 ""$434,500.00 "-5.75%
PLACER COUNTY568"$429,000.00 ""$445,000.00 "-3.60%
ALTA3"$350,000.00 "n/an/a
AUBURN29"$407,000.00 ""$475,000.00 "-14.32%
CARNELIAN BAY5"$650,000.00 "n/an/a
COLFAX7"$357,000.00 ""$379,000.00 "-5.80%
FORESTHILL7"$585,000.00 ""$365,000.00 "60.27%
GRANITE BAY42"$810,000.00 ""$760,000.00 "6.58%
HOMEWOOD3"$685,000.00 "n/an/a
KINGS BEACH6"$365,000.00 ""$434,250.00 "-15.95%
LINCOLN100"$390,250.00 ""$424,000.00 "-7.96%
LOOMIS19"$400,000.00 ""$695,000.00 "-42.45%
MEADOW VISTA9"$560,000.00 ""$655,000.00 "-14.50%
NEWCASTLE5"$516,500.00 ""$690,000.00 "-25.14%
OLYMPIC VALLEY5"$870,000.00 ""$755,000.00 "15.23%
PENRYN3"$674,500.00 ""$637,500.00 "5.80%
ROCKLIN72"$415,500.00 ""$460,000.00 "-9.67%
ROSEVILLE230"$409,000.00 ""$425,000.00 "-3.76%
TAHOE CITY9"$749,000.00 ""$1,212,500.00 "-38.23%
TAHOE VISTA3"$485,000.00 ""$325,000.00 "49.23%




Folsom Luxury Homes and Land Specialist

Our motto is to always "Do the Right Thing", starting with providing premier executive service to buyers and sellers of luxury homes and land.

For more information from California Home Network visit Patrick Warholic, The Internet Home Marketing Specialist for free MLS Home and property searches, free real estate reports, information for sellers, information for buyers, and find out exactly what your home is worth with a free home valuation, with current up-to-date market information provided for you.

Learn how how you can be mortgage free in 8 to 11 years without re-financing. Ask for your free House Payment Free analysis.

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