We currently (3.29.2009) have 47,466 active listings within our MLS (Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service) – of those 10,425 are short sales and 10,415 are foreclosures.

March 2009 to date total closed – 6,306 homes;     4,241 bank owned;     611 short sales;     1,457 other    

Feb 2009 total closed – 5,449 homes;     3,580 bank owned;     494 short sales;     1,375 other

Jan 2009 total closed – 4,703 homes;     3,084 bank owned;     433 short sales;     1,186 other

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3.15.2009     48,907 – active listings;     12,379 – under contract

3.22.2009     48,665 – active listings;     12,900 – under contract

3.29.2009     47,466 – active listings;     13,647 – under contract

March 2009 –  Closings to Date  - 6,300+

Feb 2009  -  total Closed – 5,449   

Jan 2009  - total Closed – 4,703

We are seeing a decrease in our supply and an increase in our demand, as with anything, supply and demand is the driving force behind pricing.   Good indicators that quite possibly we are on our way up!  

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to purchase a home at bottom pricing with interest rates at their lowest on record! 

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Sunday it was announced that he would be speaking at Dobson High School – that’s five miles from my house… I had to find out if, how, when, one would go about getting in to see him speak. I read Sunday night that they would be giving out 300-400 tickets to the public, at the school, starting at 10am Monday – first come, first served. After hearing people had already started lining up… I was up and at Dobson High School at 2:30am, bundled up for the chilly 44 degree temperature.

When I got there, people were lined up as far as I could see… where did I fall in line? Was I under that magic number? Talking to those around me, found out that some guys were coming around numbering hands, so no late comers would be able to cut in line. I got my ‘unofficial’ number at 5:30am – #463… if it was meant for me to be there, then, 463 would be good enough for a ticket – I’d have to wait and see.

10am, they started the ticket process, 20 people in at a time – one ticket per person. Name, address and phone, written down for each ticket. We moved up quickly, not knowing for sure where exactly the cut off would be – we heard everything from 200–600 actual tickets being given out – shortly before 11am, I got my ticket!

Walking back to my car, past where I had spent the last 8 hours and an additional 800+ people had lined up hoping to get tickets – it started to sink in what I had just done… Never in my life had I stood in line for anything… not a concert ticket, not a sports ticket – and I am a major sports fanatic… nothing, ever! Now I have a ticket to hear the President of the United States speak in person, to a limited number of people, on a topic so important to me.

Ruth Lamb – BuyerTours Team, Homesmart

ruth@phoenixpowersearch.com