Frank Yan of Sacramento on Giving Thanks

When Frank Yan was young, living in London, England, Thanksgiving was not a celebration he celebrated. As soon Frank arrived in Sacramento, California at the age of 9 years old, Frank realized that Thanksgiving is a holiday the United States celebrated.

Frank used to think the Thanksgiving holidays was boring. We all eat delicious foods, however we do not receive any presents like we would on Christmas. Now since Frank is older, he had a greater appreciation of the Thanksgiving holiday but the most important is the celebrating with the family, friends, and all the blessings in his life.

It is so very easy to feel as if nothing is going in your way, but remember it’s the trails and tribulations that will turn into something to be grateful for brand new a new lesson and a new opportunity to grow stronger and wiser.

This year in Sacramento, Thanksgiving, Frank is thankful for all the strengths and the all the flaws that come together to make Frank Yan who he is. He has grown so much but yet he still has so much growing to do, and he’s thankful who the people who have been there every step of the way.



Happy Thanksgiving Sacramento and all those around the world. Enjoy this year Thanksgiving with those you love.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Remembering Michael Jackson

Frank never thought he would be remembering about this news, at least not for a long time. For any of us that grew up in the 80′s and 90′s, Michael Jackson meant a lot us. He was the man that, every boy wanted to be like and all the girls loved him. When Frank Yan thinks back of his childhood days, before Frank moved from London to Sacramento some of his fondest memories was watching his music videos on BBC, MTV and VH1, which were so groundbreaking and innovative. It was like watching true art in motion.

Frank remembers when Thriller when it first came out, the whole neighborhood was watching it and talking about it. It was an event. Same with Smooth Criminal, when Michael did the Moonwalk. At school the next day all the kids were talking about how it was a trick done with mirrors and such. Everything Michael Jackson did was pure finesse. That’s the Michael Jackson Frank Yan remembers today.


We are all aware of Michael Jackson’s troubles over his past years, but Frank hopes that people will see his legacy by his work and not his antics off the stage. Michael Jackson touched the entire world. Frank recalls a few years ago being at a talent show at his church in Sacramento, the kids were dancing to Billie Jean, and Frank was thinking, “Wow there is truly no other person that is so universally recognized as Michael Jackson.” Frank thinks that’s the legacy that Michael Jackson should be remembered for, all the lives that he touched and all the kids that he made believe in magic.


Frank doesn’t have many heroes, or people that I look up to, besides to his mother. It’s difficult to find heroes in today’s world. Frank idolized Michael Jackson because he strived to be the absolute best at what he did. He utilized his God given gifts to the best of his abilities to bring music and the entertainment of his dancing. For that, Frank has so much respect for what Michael brought into this world. A bonafide musical genius. A global icon of the world. Whatever you want to call him, he is undoubtedly a legend that people will speak of for years. Frank undoubtedly knows that Michael was ahead of his time in many ways and probably highly misunderstood.


Frank chooses to celebrate Michael’s greatness. The negative aspects have been focused on too much over the past years. No need for that now. No more. When Frank heard about Michael’s passing, Frank was driving from Reno on Interstate 80 back to his home in Sacramento. Frank shed a tear as soon as he found out as Frank grew up listening to one to the worlds best Pop singer. It’s strange because along with the sadness of knowing that Frank’s childhood idol is dead, Frank sort of feels like celebrating his music and feeling a sense of relief. He can rest in peace now.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Home Prices Grown Rapidly Winthin 7 Years

Frank Yan of Sacramento posts a related article: Sacramento Real Estate in 2013

Frank Yan of Sacramento read that home prices in the fourth quarter of 2012 showed a rate of annual appreciationgreater than in any quarter since the end of 2005 the National Association of Realtors®(NAR) said today. There were 133 metropolitan areas in which median prices rose during the quarter out of the 152 tracked by NAR. Prices increase in 120 areas in the third quarter and only 29 one year earlier. Twenty-nine areas posted price declines in the recent period.

Themedian price of an existing single-family home was $178,900 in the fourth quarter, up 10.0 percent from $162,600 in the fourth quarter of 2011. The annual increase in the third quarter was 8.8 percent. In the fourth quarter of 2005 the median price increase was 13.6 percent. NAR uses median price, where half of the homes sold for more and half sold for less, because average prices can be skewed by a relatively small share of upper-end transactions. The median price of a condo/cooperative was $179,900, an increase of 12.2 percent since the fourth quarter of 2011. Condo prices increased in 47 metro areas.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said all the conditions for strong price growth are at play including increasing home sales, record low interest rates, and the lowest inventory of unsold homes in 12 years. "Home sales are being fueled by a pent-up demand and job creation, along with still favorable affordability conditions and rents rising at faster rates," Yun said. "Our population has been growing faster than overall housing stock, so supply and demand dynamics are very much at play." He added that more housing construction is needed to relieve some of the pressure in the market and keep home prices from overheating.

Some of the price increases arise from a smaller market share of lower priced homes. The share of foreclosures and short sales, which usually sell at deep discounts, fell to 23 percent of sales in the fourth quarter compared to 30 percent a year ago.

Fourth quarter existing-home sales rose 5.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.90 million in the fourth quarter from 4.66 million in the third quarter, and were 12.1 percent above the 4.37 million pace during the fourth quarter of 2011. The last time there was a higher rate of existing home sales was 4.95 million in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Theunsold inventory of existing homes was at the lowest level since January 2001. At the end of the fourth quarter there were 1.82 million existing homes available for sale, which is 21.6 percent below the close of the fourth quarter of 2011 when 2.32 million homes were on the market.

NAR's national annual Housing Affordability Index, established in 1970, rose to a record high 193.5 in 2012 from 186.4 in 2011. The index is calculated on the relationship between median home price, median family income and average effective mortgage interest rate. An index of 100 is defined as the point where a median-income household has exactly enough income to qualify for the purchase of a median-priced existing single-family home, assuming a 20 percent downpayment and 25 percent of gross income devoted to mortgage principal and interest payments. The higher the index, the stronger the household purchasing power.

"The housing affordability index shows that the national median income of families was almost double the income needed to buy a median-priced home in 2012, so most buyers are able to stay well within their means," Yun said. Despite rising prices the index is expected to average 161 in 2013, which would be the third best on record.

Existing-home sales in the Northeast increased 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter and are 12.9 percent above the fourth quarter of 2011. The median existing single-family home price in the Northeast rose on an annual basis by 0.7 percent to $228,400.

Midwest sales rose 5.6 percent in the fourth quarter and are 18.3 percent higher than a year ago. The median existing single-family home price increased 9.2 percent to $143,800.

Sales in the South were up 5.0 percent from the third quarter and 13.2 percent from a year earlier. The regional median home price was up 9.1 percent to $160,100.

The West was impacted most by limited housing supplies and had the strongest price increase, jumping 20.1 percent year-over-year to a median of $245,200. Sales were up 5.9 percent from the third quarter and are 5.0 percent higher than a year ago.