Brandon's Blog

My wife gave birth to this beautiful (although, he looks pretty pissed off here... you would be too if you had the kind of day he did) baby boy after 38 plus hours of labor. I took her in Christmas Eve and we just returned home hours ago. Watching your wife give birth to a child is truly an amaz...

Interested in preservation in the core? Then come attend the Sacramento Old City Association's Winter Preservation Roundtable, where former SOCA president David Mogavero will be presenting issues of “Ecological Building”, “City Scale & Building Scale Issues” and “Economic Aspects of Urban Form”....

Ready for some good news about the real estate market? I should think so. Especially after continually being barraged by bad news in the press about the market and the overall economy. Well, economy or no economy, bad news or good news in the press, the real estate market in and around the Sacra...

Last week, the Federal Open Market Committee announced that it would whittle its key interest rate by 50 basis points down to 1.00%. The last time the Fed funds rate was this low was June of 2003. Informa Research Services, Inc., asks, "Is this a terrible trick or a splendid treat for consumers?...

It finally came. The falling leaves, the cold winds, and, yes, the rain. I am sitting in my office, looking out onto the wet streets here in Midtown Sacramento. One thing we don't get a lot of here is a change of seasons. Only weeks ago, our temperatures were still hitting the 90s. And one week ...

You are thinking about purchasing real estate in your favorite community. You studied the neighborhood. You like the amenities it has to offer. You like the house, floorplan and all. There will be some minor changes and updates you'd like to make to the house. But in the grand scheme of things, i...

Upcoming Changes to Freddie's Credit Requirements These credit changes will be published in the November Guide Bulletin and will be will be effective for Freddie Mac settlements on and after February 2, 2009: Revise requirements for minimum Indicator Scores by: Establishing minimum Indicator Scor...

Here is a fun photo of Toronto's smallest house. At just over 300 square feet and only 7 feet wide, this house really is a good example of wise use of space. At the beginning of the last century, the builder that had built the attached building had left an alley space beside it. But, when the cit...

  Yes, there is an art, but it is the book I am talking about here. One of my biggest pleasures is the buying and reading of books. So, I have decided that when I have found a good book (or a tidbit from a good book) I will include it here if it is particularly useful to understanding real estat...

With all that is going on in the market lately, it is nice to take a break and watch something cool. Check out this building (yes it is a real building--the city hall building in The Hague, in fact).From Today and Tomorrow:Last weekend was TodaysArt Festival in The Hague (The Netherlands). The fe...