RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010—With existing U.S. home sales diving to 15-year lows and millions of homes stagnant on the market, home sellers are suffering increasing anxiety, uncertainty and financial stress. To address these symptoms, motivational author Joan Gale Frank has published Home Seller’s Blues (And How To Beat Them).

“This is the first book of its [...]

RISMEDIA, August 31, 2010—A home buying guide published recently by the Appraisal Institute teaches home buyers when to buy, how to find a real estate agent, how to choose the best home on the market and more—all from the uniquely unbiased perspective of a real estate appraiser. An Insider’s Guide to Home Buying by Mark [...]

RISMEDIA, August 30, 2010—Are more Americans positioning themselves for home purchase? Although May’s data showed that home sales were down 26.8% as the home buyer tax credit concluded, a new survey conducted by Relocation.com suggests some families are opting for renting while they research—cash in hand—for deals on a new, more desirable home in their [...]

This Week’s Redding Real Estate Update:
Residential Market Statistics
Active Listings:  1,654 (from 1,640 last week and 1,635 two weeks ago)
Pending Listings:   457 (from 441 last week and 438 two weeks ago)
Closed so far in August: 105
Closed in July: 168
Closed in June: 201
Closed in May: 182
Closed in April: 173
Closed in March: 187
Closed in February: 125
Closed in [...]

RISMEDIA, August 27, 2010—(MCT)—Everywhere you look, July was not ideal for real estate—that’s one thing on which the economists and the statistics agree. Sales figures released recently for the first month in 19, not invigorated by government tax credits, offered a poor prognosis for the housing sector.
Nationally, sales of previously owned homes plunged 25.5% from [...]

RISMEDIA, August 23, 2010—The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury has released the August edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard (www.hud.gov/scorecard), a comprehensive report on the nation’s housing market. In July, housing prices remained level after 30 straight months of decline, while some price predictions [...]

Here’s a tip for marking large arcs.
Instead of using a beam compass, or a nail, string, and pencil, use a thin piece of stock or rip a thin strip. I like to keep thin strips ripped from 8-foot stock because I design many projects that call for 2 1/4-inch parts. Once a 1 x 3 [...]

Red oak is a very open-grained wood. It can leave a rather rough finished feel if you just sand, stain, and walk away. Here are some tips that have worked for me that should give you a finish that will feel great to the touch.

Sand your project to 180 grit.

Apply stain [...]

RISMEDIA, August 20, 2010—(MCT)—Facing new penalties if they lowball estimates of upfront mortgage costs, lenders and brokers appear to be coming clean about how much borrowers will pay. As a result, the so-called good-faith estimates that mortgage providers must give to prospective customers show closing costs soaring 36 percent this year, interest-rate tracker Bankrate.com said [...]

Cottonwood (Cottonwood – Cottonwood, California, US)Details

Beautiful home located in Cottonwood on 3+ acres. 3 large bedrooms and 2 nice bathrooms with double vanities plus a 3 car garage. A large enclosed sunroom with ceiling fans is just off the livingroom and boosts great views of the surrounding mountains and oak covered hills. The master suite [...]