Home-building trends include big garages, tray ceilings
It was a long stretch of disappointing monthly billings reports from the American Institute of Architects, reflecting the prolonged housing downturn and the reluctance of [Read More...]
Articles by Select Group Real Estate Services
Be Water Smart During Dry Winter
It’s official: We’re headed into another dry year. The recent Sierra snow survey confirmed what local water officials feared: Snow levels are way below normal – just 20 [Read More...]
Water situation is dire, requires action
Plan for a dry 2014 – so parched that extraordinary measures are needed now. California depends on a few winter storms in the Sierra Nevada between October and April for [Read More...]
Buyers Wrap Up Surprising Number of New Home Sales From Thanksgiving To New Year’s
Builders wrapped up 2013 by delivering a surprising number of new home sales for the holidays, normally the quietest time for residential real estate. Sales figures for [Read More...]
Sierra snow survey points to dry year ahead
One month into winter, and it looks a lot like summer all across California. The state is experiencing one of the driest starts to winter ever recorded, proved by the clear [Read More...]
Coffee Bar’s Curiously Effective Blend
Coffee Bar in downtown Redding has a remarkable sense of self. The roasters know where every bean comes from. The décor is streamlined and features a single theme, rather [Read More...]
Potion No. 5 | Chico’s Five by Five Tonics Company
The Old Fashioned, Manhattan and Sazerac have more in common than being popular Prohibition-era cocktails that are making a comeback with the emerging craft-cocktail [Read More...]
New Mortgage Rules: What They Mean For You
It seems so obvious. You shouldn’t qualify for a mortgage unless you can afford it. But in the years leading up to the housing crisis, it was common practice for some [Read More...]
Evolution of MLS Public Websites
There’s a movement afoot among Multiple Listing Service (MLS) executives and brokers to take measures to protect, control and monetize the data surrounding listings. A key [Read More...]
Six Things You Should Know About Heating Your House
1. It’s cold inside Sitting in your overcoat with the thermostat at 78 degrees? You could have a problem. If you haven’t already sealed out wintry drafts, do it [Read More...]
