Davis CA Real Estate Blog

There have been many negative stories about the current real estate market.    It is important to note that there have been areas  holding steady and not seeing much of a decline in value.  Davis is one of these places, but other areas close to downtown Sacramento are also holding there own inclu...

This house is really the only example of Prairie Style architecture made famous by Frank Lloyd Wright in Woodland.  Built in 1916 and designed by architect John Hudson Thomas this house was considered radical for the area when it was first built .  The surrounding homes are mostly Victorian and t...

With the housing market dragged across the news these days, many people are interested in looking at bank-owned properties.  Last month in the Sacramento market over half of all the closed sales were REO (Bank owned) homes. I have created a direct link to Woodland REO Homes  As of today, 2/26 the...

The Davis Green Home and Garden show will be at the ARC pavillion at UC Davis on March 15th and 16th.  Being Davis, the home show will have a "green" compenet, ideas and companies to improve your home.  The home show website is a bit sparce but if you are looking to make improvements to your hous...

I just found out that the second annual Davis Souper Bowl is later this afternoon, Sunday February 24, 2008 at the Davis Senior Center.  This is a chance for local restuarants to compete to see who makes the best bowl of soup in Davis.  The event is sponsored by the Davis Food Co-Op and the proce...

I saw a couple of stories about Randy Pausch this afternoon here on the rain and I quickly googled to see if he was ok.  Randy has a fatal diagnosis of pancreatic cancer but is making the most of the time he has left.  For people following his story, it has been six months since he was told he li...

As it takes longer and longer for homes to sell the average number of days on market increases.  In many areas at least in California, it had been common for properties to sell in less than 30 days.  Four to six months is more typical in many areas in the current market and may be even longer if ...

Tomorrow's stage of the Amgen Tour of California will pass through downtown Davis on its way to Sacramento.  Downtown will have streets closed off temporarily to allow the riders a clear path through town.  It is exciting to see a world-class bike race pass by your office.  Tomorrow's race will s...

Michael Lyon, CEO of Lyon Real Estate was interviewed by Sacramento's Fox 40 TV about the foreclosure market in Natomas and the greater Sacramento market.  He is predicting based on economic data, a spike in foreclosed properties to enter the market this summer.  Now is a good time to get educate...

This Saturday, February 2 the Explorit Science Centerin Davis will be among 25 Sacramento area museums to be open free of charge.    The Explorit Science Center at the main site, 2801 Second Street as well as the Mace Park Branch will be open.  This is the 10th annual Museum day, there were 79,00...