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A drive through property value in Capital Village

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Sometimes when thinking of property value in the Sacramento area, I think of the “steep grade” signs on the side of the road. Most trend graphs for the market over the past several years end up looking something like these signs.

I just finished up an appraisal in the Capital Village neighborhood of Rancho Cordova, and I wanted to give a glimpse of recent sales and listings in the neighborhood and larger market area. There is a pretty clear downturn, which is difficult to swallow for home owners, but prospective buyers have a sweet taste. The graph below includes all property types in Capital Village (fusion, bungalows, reflections, cottages).

What about current listings in Capital Village? Here they are per Sacramento MLS.

It’s very common for a neighborhood to see trends that are similar to the overall city or region, but it’s not always the case. Sometimes a neighborhood can stand out for whatever reason and escape some of the turmoil from the surrounding market. Though in this case, it’s clear that property values in the 95670 zip code have seen a decline over the past several years.

I know, I’ve shared some bad news today about the real estate market. I’m sorry. But stats are stats and my property has not escaped similar stats either (oh, the pain). The one redemptive feature of a downturn in property value is a savings on property taxes. Additionally, a decline in value does not mean the neighborhood is any less unique. Check out a tour I gave of Capital Village in 2009 (It’s discouraging to see so much more gray hair from two years ago).

What stands out to you about the graphs? How might information like this be useful? If you live in Capital Village, what do you love about the community?

If you have any questions, or real estate appraisal or property tax appeal needs in the Greater Sacramento Region, contact Lundquist Appraisal by phone 916-595-3735, email, Facebook, Twitter or subscribe to posts by email.

The trend of sales in Rancho Cordova in Anatolia, Stone Creek and the entire 95670 Zip Code

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What’s the difference between Stone Creek, Capital Village, Anatolia and the rest of Rancho Cordova? Have a look at the trend graph below of all sales over the past three years throughout the City of Rancho Cordova. Houses built before 1990 include territory north of Highway 50 as well as south too. Properties built after 1990 in the 95670 zip code basically include the Stone Creek area as well as Capital Village (most houses were built in the past ten years, though there is one development built in the mid-1990s). Lastly, the 95742 zip code includes Anatolia, Kavala Ranch and Sunridge.

What do you see? What stands out to you about differences or the overall trend?

If you have any real estate appraisal, consulting, or property tax appeal needs in the Greater Sacramento Region, contact me at 916.595.3735, by email, on our company website or via Facebook.

The latest market data for Rancho Cordova

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What’s been happening in the real estate market in Rancho Cordova? Have a look at the embedded document below and let me know if you have any insight or questions. If the font is too small, click “fullscreen” on the tab or visit the document online here.

 

By the way, I used www.scribd.com to embed the file above (a PDF). It’s a great tool to help share and display content online – especially documents. I like that I can simply show readers what I’m talking about instead of saying “download this PDF”. Do you have a use for something like Scribd?

If you have any real estate appraisal, valuation consulting, or property tax appeal needs, contact me at 916.595.3735, www.LundquistCompany.com or via Facebook.

What’s going on in the Rancho Cordova real estate market?

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What’s been happening in the Rancho Cordova real estate market? I’d like to give you a glance below at the overall tend over the past few years as well as some current data tidbits too. Keep in mind that a specific property in Rancho Cordova may or may not fit in with the general trend shown below. 

As you can see, when looking at all sales from 2006, property values have clearly declined over time. There is a very obvious downtrend, wouldn’t you say? Additionally, there is a wide value spectrum too, which represents a big difference in neighborhoods like White Rock, Lincoln Village, Walnutwood, La Loma, Stone Creek, Sunriver, and Anatolia.

Let’s take a closer look at the 95670 zip code in Rancho Cordova(not Gold River – that’s a different market). Sometimes sales in Gold River and Rancho Cordova are grouped together on graphs because they have the same zip code, but that’s not proper in my opinion. Regarding the 95742 zip code, we can take a look at data in a future post if you’d like (just let me know). Overall it looks like there has been a decline in sales prices over the past year, though not as steep of a decline as in previous years. The trend toward more stability is similar to Citrus Heights.

Now let’s put an age parameter on the data to see if there is any difference between properties built before and after 1990. As you can see when comparing the graph above with the one below, newer areas in the 95670 represent the highest sales in the zip code (this would be basically be the Stone Creek area and Capital Village).

Here is a spectrum of price per square foot for all sales in Rancho Cordova (95670) over the past year. Remember though, don’t just take your square footage and multiply it by the average price per square foot. That’s not always the best idea to determine the value of your house. See my previous post entitled “Is price per square foot an accurate way to measure the value of a house?”

Specific Rancho Cordova Real Estate Market Data (95670 zip code):

  • 165 sales over the past 90 days.
  • 89 current active listings
  • 55 current active short sale listings
  • 42 current short sale contingent listings (this means an offer has been submitted already)
  • 39% of all sales over the past year were REO (bank-owned)
  • 22% of all sales over the past year were Short Sales
  • Roughly 61% of all sales were distressed in some regard (REO or SS)
  • Unemployment in Rancho Cordova is 14.6% per EDD (as of 11/2010)
  • Unemployment in Sacramento County is 12.8% per EDD (as of 11/2010)

By the way, here is a video from the Rancho Cordova Historical Society with over ten minutes of old photos and maps of Rancho Cordova.

If you’ve been looking for Rancho Cordova real estate information, I hope this was helpful for you. What do you see in the data above? Does anything stand out to you? Keep me posted if you have any questions or a need for a real estate appraisal or property consulting. I am a member of the Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce, and I do appraisal work for estate planning, probate, divorce, second opinions, FHA, property tax appeal, private loans, bankruptcy, and so much more. Call 916.595.3735, email me, or visit my company website.