Lynn Franklin's (paradisehomes) Blog

It's a fun weekend to live in Butte County!  Part of the reason that I love selling real estate in Paradise and other parts of Butte County is because the community is always offering so much to our local residents.  I can always tell prospective Paradise area buyers just how great of place this ...

Ok, so spring has officially come to Paradise.  Are you ready to put away those insulated winter drapes and bring out your spring/summer decor?  I know I am!!  I even like to add a different piece of furniture to my room or porch with a brightly colored throw pillow.  This year I have a great roc...

Just Listed! Nice 2 bdrm 1 3/4 bath home with a beautifully finished sun porch in a fabulous neighborhood. There is a beautiful rounded rock fireplace as the focal point in the entry and living room, and a custom built-in oak hutch in the dining room. The large kitchen has an eating bar and pantr...

It was a slow week for the Magalia real estate market with no properties closing escrow and only 4 properties going under agreement.  A couple of key things happened though that may interest Magalia area buyers.  There were a number of price reductions (13 of them!!) and the interest rates droppe...

The Paradise Real Estate market had 2 big changes this past week which will positively impact area buyers.  The first was that the 30 year fixed rate mortgages fell again with the average rate now being 5.85%.  In addition to this great interest rate, there were 20 price reductions in Paradise, s...

UNBELEIVABLE 80 ACRES IN THE HEART OF LOWER MAGALIA. GORGEOUS VIEWS, 80 ACRES RIGHT OFF W. PARK AND WOODPECKER. PROPERTY RUNS BEHIND POA HOMES APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE LONG BY 1/2 MILE DEEP. FANTASTIC DIRECT CANYON VIEWS FROM SEVERAL POTENTIAL BUILDING SITES. MOSTLY ROLLING TERRAIN WITH A CREEK, WA...

Today's Paradise real estate market has a great deal of inventory available for prospective buyers to choose from.  As sellers in Paradise, we therefore need to be sure that our house is always in show ready condition both inside and out to keep up with our competition and to keep our house on th...

Happy Spring Everyone!!  I have been looking forwarad to this day for quite some time, as I am sure many of you have!!  I found a cute little quick on msn.com that is all things spring.  Holiday traditions, weather, spring cleaning...you name it!!  I only scored a 3 out of 10.  Yikes!!  I think I...

The Paradise real estate market had one of the best weeks of activity we've seen in quite a while.  There were 7 properties that closed escrow and another 19 properties that went under agreement.  This better level of activity unfortunately did not have any impact on the overall Paradise inventor...

Slowly but surely, things are starting to pick up in the Magalia real estate market.  Over the last few weeks, we have seen a very gradual increase in activity from week to week.  This past week was no different, with 5 Magalia properties going under agreement and another 6 Magalia properties clo...