Mother Lode Lake Tulloch Area Real Estate Blog

(click image to enlarge) Source: Interesting New Year's Resolution Statistics

It was just over a week until Christmas (last Friday). And as I was leaving work, a coworker of mine said, "Mike, where are the decorations? You're usually the one that motivates us." It was true. The "motivator" part, but moreso, no decorations in the office this year (except for my manger scen...

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They cooked the books(?). And not only that, they were caught(?). The "they" I'm referring to is the National Association of Realtors. In a statement to Reuters, NAR's spokesman Walter Malony comes out and says it... "All the sales and inventory data that have been reported since January 2007 ar...

(click image to enlarge) Source: Real Estate Almanac - History by Year

"The more things change, the more things stay the same." If you've come here expecting a surprise (like the title of this post was meant to hook you in), you're gonna be disappointed. Or maybe you won't be? In any profession it's the "basics" that are most important. And if there's a problem in ...

I was a Catholic school boy in 4th grade. (I was a good boy, too, my mom always says.) That's when it happened. I heard my classmates talking about how Santa wasn't real. "No," I thought. "It couldn't be?" I was devastated. I didn't say a word until I got home. That's when my mom took me in my b...

I've got the latest Mother Lode market numbers for you to look at today. To begin with, you'll notice the overall sales picture including all sales classes. CLICK HERE to view November 2011 compared to November 2010. CLICK HERE to view January-November 2011 compared to January-November 2010. You...

Test Your Knowledge of the Mother Lode Series

If there's anything cool about Christmas time, it's the holiday shows. Do you have a favorite? Frosty? The Grinch? It's a Wonderful Life? A Charlie Brown Christmas? That last one is among the most famous of all. And did you know it was done on a shoestring budget and the network predicted it wou...