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Redding Real Estate:Newer The Home, Higher The Value!
February 9th, 2010
By Brad Garbutt
A local appraiser points out that homes 5 years of age or newer have the highest average value on a cost per square foot basis. The average price of a newer home is $286,172 or $155.9 per square foot. The average of homes 6 years or older drops precipitously to $116.7/square foot. All homes sold [...]
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Should Shasta County Restaurants Be Graded?
February 4th, 2010
By Brad Garbutt
A local reporter blogged recently about how disgusting the health department report was for one of his favorite Redding restaurants. I blogged about a solution that would cost little or nothing for the county to implement. I believe Shasta County residents and visitors alike would benefit from this simple program already in place in many [...]
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Do Our Local Hospitals Use The Pronovost Checklist?
February 3rd, 2010
By Brad Garbutt
March 2010 Consumer Reports featured an article detailing a recent study on bloodstream infections contracted during hospital stays. A simple checklist system, called the Pronovost checklist, has been found to dramatically reduce infection rates when implemented and followed by caregivers.
One key element allows nurses to make doctors follow all the steps without fear of retaliation. Have our [...]
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Why Are there Fewer Homes For Sale in Shasta County?
February 2nd, 2010
By Brad Garbutt
California’s Unsold Inventory Index declined to 3. 8 months in December compared to 5.6 months in December 2008. This index is an important barometer of the overall condition of the real estate market because it indicates how long it would take to deplete the supply of homes for sale at the current sales pace.
Economists believe [...]
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Redding Foreclosure Activity Update
January 28th, 2010
By Brad Garbutt
The number of bank-owned properties (REO’s) listed for sale in Redding/Shasta County is on the rise. Currently there are 174 active REO listings on the Shasta Multiple Listing Service. This number is up significantly from last year when just over a hundred were available on any given day. Nearly a quarter of the 400 pending home sales [...]
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Is Your Taxable Property Value Too High?
January 21st, 2010
By Brad Garbutt
Proposition 8 requires county assessors review property values used to calculate property tax bills when the current value drops below the base year valuation. Some California assessors have waited for property owners to request a new appraisal while others, including our elected assessor Leslie Morgan, have taken the initiative to examine thousands of properties purchased after 2002. Leslie Morgan and [...]
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Local Housing Agencies Launch Foreclosure Assistance Program
January 20th, 2010
By Brad Garbutt
Shasta County, along with the cities of Redding, Anderson and Shasta Lake have landed a grant of $1 million to assist home buyers wishing to purchase a foreclosed home in designated neighborhoods. Most of Shasta Lake is eligible for the program as well as Anderson Heights and Ravenwood subdivisions in Anderson. The program has been dubbed [...]
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Cal Fire Warns Of Big Weather Change
January 14th, 2010
By Brad Garbutt
Things are changing out in the Pacific which, if it comes to fruition, could dramatically change the dry weather pattern the Redding area has seen thus far this winter. According to weather forecasters at Cal Fire, the high-latitude block that has kept storms away has collapsed. Also, a powerful branch of the jet stream has developed [...]
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