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Folsom
Weekly newsletter · Folsom, California · Issue 001 |
Hi Maria, Long weekend ahead. Before you pack the cooler, here's the week in Folsom. Inside: what 53 price cuts are telling us, two open houses you can walk through Saturday afternoon, an honest word about our own listings, and what's on around town this month, from the Harris Center to Lake Natoma. |
The market What 53 price cuts are telling us There are 119 single-family homes for sale in Folsom right now, nine of them listed in the last few days, plus 27 condos and townhouses if you count those. Here's the part I keep coming back to: 53 of those 119 houses have already dropped their price at least once. Nearly half.
Folsom · single-family homes on our site · MetroList A price cut isn't a distress signal. It's a seller saying they'd rather sell than wait. If you're buying, that list of 53 is where I'd start, and I'll send it to you. If you're thinking about selling, it's the best argument I know for pricing it right on day one instead of testing the market and joining the list. What does a house in Folsom ask right now? The middle of the market is $849,000. The average is higher, about $924,000, because the top of the list pulls it up: the 119 run from a $495,000 house up to $2,195,000 in American River Canyon. By our math they average 2,409 square feet, which works out to about $383 a foot. So when someone tells you Folsom is expensive, the honest answer is that Folsom houses are big. And 18 of the 119 have an open house this weekend. I've picked out two for Saturday below. Which brings me to the question I get asked more than any other: what would my house go for right now? Not a national estimate, and not last year's number. Write back with your address and I'll run it against what's actually selling around you. It takes me an afternoon and it costs you nothing.
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On the market with us Ours this week, and a straight answer I'd love to show you a Sierra Pacific Group listing in Folsom this week. I don't have one. We have six on the board right now and none of them is in town, and I'd rather tell you that than dress up a house in Galt as local. Here's what we do have, in case you or someone you know is looking further out.
Three bedrooms and two baths on McFarland Street in Galt, down in the south county. If you know someone who wants a house and a bit of room without the Folsom price tag, send them my way.
Twenty acres up in Grizzly Flats. Land, not a house. For the reader who has been talking about a cabin for ten years and would like to stop talking about it. And four small parcels in Alturas
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Also on the market in Folsom Four I'd go see, two of them open Saturday The top of the canyon, a five-bedroom, and two under $650,000, all listed by other offices. The first two are open Saturday afternoon, 1 to 4. Tap any of them for the whole listing, or hit the button and I'll get you in the door.
Open Saturday, 1 to 4. Five bedrooms and 3,160 square feet on a quarter acre, listed Tuesday. If you've outgrown the house you're in, this is the one to walk through this weekend.
Open Saturday, 1 to 4. Three bedrooms on a court, 1,198 square feet, built in 1993. One of the few ways into Folsom at this price that isn't a condo.
Brand new to the market Wednesday. Nearly 2,000 square feet, built in 2007, and a thousand dollars less than the house above with 700 more feet. Worth seeing both the same day.
American River Canyon, 4,743 square feet, five baths if you count the two halves. Listed Tuesday. It's the biggest house in this group by a wide margin, and the only one in the canyon. Every photo here comes straight from the MLS by listing number, so what you see is the house you tap.
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Mailbag You asked "We've had our house listed since June and just took our second price cut. Should we pull it and try again in spring?" That came in from a reader off Oak Avenue Parkway last week, and I hear a version of it every week right now. Here's my honest take. You're one of 53, and buyers know it. Pulling the listing doesn't erase the history; it comes right back up when you relist. What resets a stale listing is a real change: a price that lands under the next round number, new photos, and a fresh open house. If that's not on the table, then yes, take it off and let it rest. But talk to me before you do either. Ten minutes on the phone beats guessing. Have a question about your house, the street, or the numbers? Send it. I'll answer one here every week, first name only.
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The show If you'd rather listen
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Out in Folsom A country star, a paddle race, and a ghost walk  Friday, September 4, 7:30: Tracy Lawrence at the Harris Center. Thirty years of country radio in one night at 10 College Parkway. If you know the words to "Time Marches On," this is your Friday. Tickets through the Harris Center box office.  Every Saturday, 8 to 1: the Historic Folsom Farmers Market. Rain or shine on the plaza at Sutter Street, and free parking at 905 Leidesdorff. If you're staying in town for the long weekend, this is Saturday morning.  Thursday, September 10, 4 to 8: Passport to Paradise. Historic Folsom's shopping passport night. Pick up a passport, work your way through more than 20 shops, and there's a live DJ and giveaways along the way. Resort wear encouraged, apparently.  Thursday, September 10: the Folsom Grom Race Series starts. Mountain bike racing for kids in fifth grade and under, on a course up to a mile long at Lakeside Church, 745 Oak Avenue Parkway. The littlest riders go at 4:30, second and third grade at 5:15, fourth and fifth at 6. Each race is 25 minutes and each slot is capped at 50 riders, so sign up early. Two more Thursdays there, then it moves to El Dorado Hills in October.  September 11 to 13: PaddleSplash on Lake Natoma. Three days at Black Miners Bar. Friday has a free water safety clinic at 3 and SUP yoga at 5. Saturday is the 5-mile race at 9, a dog paddle and parade at 10, and a free beginner paddleboard session at 11. Sunday has the 8-mile and 2-mile races, a kids' sprint at 11, a first-timers' race at 11:30, and a 100-person paddleboard yoga finale at 4:30. State Parks parking fee at the booth.  Saturday, September 12: Light Up the Dark at the Zittel Amphitheater. The ninth year of Powerhouse Ministries' music festival, with Journey Revisited and The Sky Kings. Food vendors from 5:30, music at 6:30, and it's free. Reserve a ticket anyway so they can plan, and bring a lawn chair.  Saturday and Sunday evenings: the Folsom Ghost Tour. Shadows of Sutter Street leaves the Folsom Hotel at 703 Sutter at 6 and runs about 90 minutes: railroad history, local legends and the stories the town doesn't put on the plaques. All ages, though some of the stories are about how people died, so use your judgment with the little ones. |
That's the week. If one of these houses caught your eye, or you've been wondering what 53 price cuts mean for your own street, write back. I read every reply myself, and I answer them. Enjoy the long weekend. See you on the lake.
Weichert, Realtors® · Sierra Pacific Group, 705 Gold Lake Dr., Suite 250, Folsom, CA 95630 · 916-847-5822 · DRE #01879787. Each office is independently owned and operated. Listing information provided courtesy of MetroList Services, Inc. Listings held by other brokerage firms are identified with the name of the listing broker. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Equal Housing Opportunity. All real estate advertised here is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act. Bureau is a product of Enterprise Real Estate Services, Inc. · Unsubscribe |