Friday, April 11, 2008

Real Estate Sale Statistics in Bar Graph Format - Modesto California

Real Estate Sales statistics for Modesto California now includes updated numbers for March 08. It contains:
  • Number of Modesto homes sold for single family homes in bar chart format and,
  • Modesto real estate average home sale prices and median home sale prices in bar chart format.
Please follow this real estate sales link. It will be updated monthly.

I also plan on including neighborhood cities in Stanislaus County such as Salida real estate sales statistics, Oakdale real estate sales statistics, etc.

Monday, April 7, 2008

10 Innovative Green Homes

Homeowners are taking sustainability - and their homes - to the next level. These ten innovative designs move the owner off the grid, into the trees, and toward a more environmentally-sound future.

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Friday, April 4, 2008

New Website URL

I have moved my website to http://www.modesto-realtor.com on a new server.
The old website http://ilaichan.home.comcast.net will not be active. I've added a robot.txt to not have the site crawled. I also disabled the website from my Comcast account.

Vein Clinic Modesto Website and SEO Modesto Strategy

I have a contact, Calvin Lee MD, in Modesto that likes writing webpages when he's not performing vein procedures. Check out his website: Vein Clinic Modesto.

Many of the websites he wrote SEO well, particularly Vein Clinic Modesto. We share SEO tips and techniques.

Short Sales Statistics and Foreclosure Prevention Workshops

As of 4/4/08, the short sale statistics in Modesto California is:

Active short sale single family homes : 714 on the market

Avg. size: 1574 sq. ft. Avg listing price: $225K Avg Days on Market: 89
Median size: 1428 sq. ft. Median listing price: $200K Median days on market: 72

I've looked at a few short sale properties in the 95356 zip code in Modesto California. One home that is 3181 sq. ft. priced at $102.14 per square feet was pending after 6 days on the market. Another property that is 1987 square feet priced at $140.87 per square feet was pending after 4 days on the market. Both properties were built in 2001.

Price right to have a quick sale to avoid foreclosure.

According to the Modesto Bee news article today (4/4/08). There will be more free events scheduled to help at-risk homeowners.

  • Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani has scheduled several workshops where lenders were invited.
  • California state agencies coordinated some foreclosure prevention workshops. Free credit counseling is available.
  • No Homeowners Left Behind-Stanislaus is planning monthly workshops in Modesto to provide free counseling. Lenders have been invited.
Please click on the Modesto Bee news article link above to get more details on the time and locations of the workshops.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Informative Stop Foreclosure Website by State of California

The State of California website Consumer Home Mortgage Information offers:
Sellers who want to sell their home have an option to do a MLS-only listing (a For Sale By Owner flat fee MLS service).