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Why First Impressions Matter More Than Ever in Today's Placer County Real Estate Market

This week I spent the morning at one of my upcoming listings while the photographer was capturing the home.

As I watched the drone fly overhead and the Matterport camera scan each room, I couldn't help but think about how much selling a home has changed over the years.

Growing up, I watched my parents build their real estate business in the early 1990s. Back then, marketing a home was much simpler—and much more limited.

Many listings didn't include photos at all.

Buyers relied on a written description, local knowledge, newspaper ads, and often a drive-by to decide whether a home was worth seeing in person.

Today, that seems almost unimaginable.

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Over the past two weeks, I’ve gotten a very clear reminder of how competitive parts of our market have become.

I’ve written offers for two separate clients on three different homes—and in every case, we ran into multiple offers:

  • A home in Springfield at Whitney Oaks (Rocklin) – 2 offers

  • A home in Roseville near Oakmont High School – 6 offers

  • A home in Rollingwood (Fair Oaks) – 2 offers

We successfully secured the Fair Oaks home, passed on the Springfield property, and were just barely outbid in Roseville.

At the same time:

  • Another client was interested in a home near Rocklin High—it received multiple offers before they were ready

  • Another was interested in a home in Orangevale with a great pool…

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