This is promising news to me and I’m excited by the opportunities that the current market is presenting real estate buyers and investors. Over the next weeks I’ll be working on my goals for 2023, and I think adding at least one new rental in the Sacramento area over the next 12 months will be one of those goals. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions or interests you have as they relate to real estate.
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The hypothetical rental I was considering at the time was a three-bedroom, two full bathroom home with 1,600 square feet of living space on a 0.16-acre sized lot in an average neighborhood. The median price for a detached single-family home in February of 2021 was $440,000. Rent rates were estimated at $1.25 per square foot, which put our generic home at $2,000 per month.
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For the first time in recent memory, our local real estate market did not experience a slow down over the winter. The limited inventory of available homes ensured that prices continued to climb and days on the market remained brief.
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I decided to write about Kelman’s outlook because I agree with a lot of what he had to say. What he described on the national stage is what I’m seeing here locally in Sacramento. The incredibly low interest rates, which as of this morning were at 2.5% for conventional and 2.25% for FHA, make right now a really good time to buy your first home or your forever home. The incredibly low rates also make it a really good time to invest in 2-4 unit residential income properties. But the stiff competition in the market for single family homes has caused me to personally take a step back from buying / investing in those as rentals.
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There may be some minor relief for area buyers that have long ago grown weary of the constant competition with each other over our limited housing supply. Summer has ended, the school year has begun, and traditionally these two factors have resulted in a slowing of overall buyer activity.
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