I hear this all the time “what should I offer”, I tell my buyers to offer their highest and best offer if they want to buy a house. Recently I had a client that saw a house and it had all the things in a new home they wanted and need. I advised my client [...] Read more
Halloween family fun in Metro Phoenix Arizona
With halloween approaching, many families are not sure where to take their families to have fun and pick out their pumpkin. Desert Botanical Garden at Papago Park, Phoenix offers pumpkin patch, maze,petting for animals, and Pony rides. I researched some great places to take your families out and have fun. See photos of the Desert [...] Read more
Market Trend Report for September
It’s that time again-how did the numbers look in September and what kind of trends are we seeing continue or change? That’s a loaded question right now, with new information from banks on how they’re handling foreclosures and what that will mean for the market over the next several months. But let’s look at September [...] Read more
Banks Freezing Foreclosures
Bank of America announced it is freezing foreclosures in 23 states (but didn’t specify whether AZ was one of them…it’s a safe assumption that AZ is on that list). This comes after the Associated Press reported that BofA mortgage and foreclosure officials had proceeded with some actions without reading forms and documents provided by distressed [...] Read more
What price ranges are dropping most?
If you’ve been receiving my Market Trend Report on Greater Phoenix real estate (incl Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Tempe, Gilbert, Chandler, etc), then you know that prices have dropped-again. Seems that ‘double dip’ is gaining some traction. Greater Phoenix has seen an average price drop of 7.1% in the past 2 months. But which areas have [...] Read more
Hang Your Christmas Lights in Arizona
As I was driving along the other day I wondered where the idea of Christmas lights came from. Each year thousands of people spend countless hours preparing their homes with strands of lights and extensive decorations to ring in the holiday season. So I went on a quest to share the origins of Christmas lights [...] Read more
