Amador County Real Estate inventory is a little down this month. Today, March 6, 2010 the Amador County Association of REALTORS® MLS shows a total of 362 active residential listings in Amador County, down 6 from last month’s 368.

These listings have a $ 356,173 average listing price, down about twelve thousand dollars from last month’s average of $ 364,182.

The average number of days on market for these listings is 203 days, Not much change from last month’s 208 days.

In the last month Amador County has had 82 new listings and 27 listings have sold.

Today the lowest priced listing is The same 960 square foot manufactured home on a large .30 acre lot in Meadow Pines (Pioneer) It has 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, new carpet, vinyl, paint, and fixtures and even a pellet stove in the living room. This home was listed at $28,000, it has dropped to just $9,950 without the land. Space rent is $490 per month. Water is $34.96 per month Septic is $18.50 per month. This park DOES include children.

The highest priced listing is a big operating vineyard on over 137 acres in “The Valley.” It is offered for $5.1 million. This one has not dropped.

This month five more properties are in a tie for the median priced listing.  All five of these properties are offered at $ 250,000.  A 2/2 in Sutter Creek with 1040 square feet, a .12 acre lot, origanaly offered at $269,000. A split level 3/2 in Pine Grove with 1728 square feet on a 1.17 acre lot. In Jackson, a 3/1.5 log home with 1498 square feet on a .79 acre lot just off highway 88. Amador City holds a quaint 1339 square foot listing on .17 acre with 3 bedrooms ant 2 baths. And finishing up the tie for median price this month, a rustic 1560 square foot 3/2.5 in the trees. On 2.40 acres this home has lots of storage and visiting deer.

At the rate of sales last month, it would take more than 13 months to deplete the current Amador County Real Estate inventory (if no new listings were made). This is often looked at to decide basic market trends. This number is down some from last month’s 17 month’s inventory. Moving the direction I would like to see but not much.

The National Association of Realtors sometimes defines a market with over six months of inventory as a “buyers market”. Up here in the foothills inventory is often somewhat slower to move. Nonetheless, with over a year of inventory, buyers that are ready, willing, and able, should have their pick.

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Today Ione has 57 active residential real estate listings.

The average listing price in Ione is $ 224,541 down about $26k from last month’s $ 249,737.

The average number of days that properties have been on the market is 159 days, down a bit from last month at 178 days.

In the last month Ione has had 19 new listings and 6 listings have sold.

This month the median price in Ione is $245,000. The Listing is a REO (Bank Owned) 3/2 in the Edgebrook area. The home has 2245 square feet of living space and a two car garage.

Ione’s lowest priced home right now is a manufactured home in The Oaks Park. This home is offered at $29,000. And has title issues, seller puts no value on the abandoned home, just the land.

This month the “highest priced listing” in the area is the three bedroom two bath 2084 square foot custom with a huge insulated shop/office. All on 28+ acres. The asking price for this one is $589,000.

One way that the National Association of Realtors defines markets is by months of inventory. If a market has less than six month’s of inventory it is often called a sellers market because the supply is low for the level of demand. Right now Ione has nine and a half months of inventory at the level of sales last month. So using that rule of thumb the Ione market is in a strong buyers market. But that stat is so strongly affected by just a few sales in a market segment as small as Ione. It is only worth paying attention to over time.

Ione has quite a spread of real estate. If you would like to talk about your specific real estate needs, please feel free to email me or drop me a line.

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Right now Jackson, CA. has 73 current residential Real Estate listings , with an average price of $ 301,723 up only a couple hundred dollars from February’s $ 301,509 average. In the last month 6 homes have sold but 14 have been newly listed. Jackson’s listings have been on the market for an average of 232 days.

Jackson’s median price today, offered at $ 255,000 is a 1680 square foot, three bedroom two bath home on 2 acres. With RV access and a big water tank (big savings on insurance) the one shows lots of pride.

We have a new lowest priced home in Jackson, as of today, a 1056 square foot manufactured 2/2 in Rollingwood. It is offered at $ 39,500 without land.

The highest priced home in Jackson is still the 4134 square foot 4 bedroom 4 bath Frank Lloyd Wright inspired Arts & Crafts Style Executive Home on 2 acres. This home is offered at $1,395,000.

In Jackson the price per square foot ranges from a low of $29.30/ sq.ft. for a manufactured home without land to $96.02 for the lowest price per square foot “stick built” with land, on up to $715.91 for a special place with 135 acres. As you can see, this is yet another statistic that needs to be looked into on an individual basis. Please feeel free to contact me for details that fit your needs.

Jackson has quite a spread of real estate. If you would like to talk about your specific real estate needs, please feel free to email me or drop me a line.

Remember, you can search Jackson Homes For Sale Free at Mainstreet Brokers!

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Sorry, I’m a few days late with this one, I’ve had a busy week,  Sutter Creek has 38 currant residential Real Estate listings, with an average price of $ 478,702 down $11,000 from Feburay’s  $ 489,576 average. In the last month only 3 homes have sold but 5 have been newly listed. Sutter Creek’s listings have been on the market for an average of 233 days, up a bit from last month’s 220 day average.

Sutter Creek’s $360,000 median price is a two story 2/2 on over a third of an acre. This 1532 square foot home overlooks Highway 49 and might be a great place to set up a business as it is zoned commercial.

The lowest priced home in Sutter Creek as of today is still a 960 square foot manufactured 2/2 in Sutter Terrace Estates. It is offered at $ 85,000 and this one comes with the .08-acre lot.

As of today the highest price home in Sutter Creek is again the three story 5 bedroom 3 bath custom, with rock and log construction. On over 49 acres with guesthouse barn and only 4 miles from town, and with creek frontage, this is really something! Offered at $ 1,450,000.

With the spread of real estate offerings in Sutter Creek the range of prices per square foot is also very wide. Staring at only $ 61.85 for a manufactured home in Sutter Terrace, and going up to $ 537.04 for this month’s top priced home on almost 50 acres. The median is $ 176.63/sqft.

Notice how things just don’t change that fast here in the hills? Much of these stats are the same or very close to last month’s and the month before.

As you see, Sutter Creek has quite a spread of real estate. If you would like to talk about your specific real estate needs, please feel free to email me or drop me a line.

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A sunny day in Sacramento is usually quick to have me hopping out of bed near first light to see what the day has to offer. 

The plan was to drive south-east out of town on highway 16 and then over to highway 49, to delightful place called Daffodil Hill.  I’m really anxious for winter to be gone, and for spring to sprout forth signs the earth is ready to rise anew.  Sadly, after driving the 37 miles or so, a lady near the entrance told me, the daffodils aren’t quite ready yet.  “We hope they will be up and ready by March 12^th” she said! 

So, I performed a 180 turn in the road, and headed back the direction I had come.  Once back on the highway, I decided to head over toward another town, I haven’t blogged about, Ione.

Ione is a little town, which has sat on the skirts of the Gold Rush legends, while many other Mother Lode towns have enjoyed a more robust tapestry of history and legends.

However, there is one astonishing building in Ione, which is worth noting.  Preston Castle is a California State Historic Landmark.  The land for the Castle was purchased in 1890 from Ione Coal & Iron Company.   The castle’s sandstone was quarried a few miles from Ione.  The bricks were created at Folsom and San Quentin prisons.  The cornerstone was set with pomp and ceremony, in late 1890.   The architectural style is described as Romanesque Revival.

The purpose for building the Preston Castle was to accommodate the Preston School of Industry (reform school), in an attempt to rehabilitate juvenile offenders. It closed in 1960 when the school built a new building.  The Castle is now empty, with some action being made to restore it.

As a trivia footnote to the Castle’s history – it was used as the setting for a 2005 movie flick titled, “Bloodthirst 2: Revenge of the Chupacabras” – written and directed by Sacramento’s own news personality, Jonathan Mumm.  

Ironically, a pretty good friend of mine, Bruce Shaw, played the leading role of Detective Steve Andrews. 

For several years, I worked with Bruce at a software development company, where his “day job” was Senior Software Engineer; but his night job “sometimes” consisted of singing wonderful opera roles for the Sacramento Opera Company.  I can still remember his wonderful singing practice runs during break times and lunch.  However, Bruce didn’t sing in the Blood Thirst movie!

The IMDb user reviews rate this movie 3.4 Stars out of a possible 10.  IMDB users state this flick is “Bad, Bad. But surprisingly amusing.”  That is pretty much how I would describe it too.  It would be of the same genre as the “Blair Witch Project” – but didn’t get as much hype and marketing!