I love it when the FBR Open comes to Scottsdale! I’ve experienced this annual golf tournament from a number of perspectives, and every year, it just keeps getting better. I guess that’s why it’s called “The Greatest Show on Grass”. In my past life with AT&T, when this tournament was called the Phoenix Open, I entertained [...]
From the monthly archives:
January 2009
A couple weeks ago I spotted an interesting trend on one of the charts at the Cromford Report. You can see on the chart below that investors have been purchasing an increasingly larger percentage of single family homes over the past several months, to the point that they are on the verge catching up to (and potentially [...]
Last week I was contacted by a bank to prep and list their foreclosed properties. It’s been quite a rush of activity to put our team together, and get all work done that is necessary. For now, it appears that most of the homes I will be listing and selling are located outside of Scottsdale. [...]
photo credit: gsloan The 2009 P.F. Chang Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and Half Marathon is finally here. For those who have been diligently training for the big party race, you have a really good idea of where you will be and what you are doing Sunday morning. From all that I’ve read, this year’s event is bigger [...]
Many times you will find a condo that’s been listed in the MLS system that indicates that it qualifies for FHA financing. However, not all condos that have this designation in the MLS have actually gone through the approval process, so it’s worth the extra step to verify through the U.S. Department of Housing and [...]
Saturday, I wrote about the overall increase in home sales in Phoenix, and promised to give you more detail. What I discovered in researching that blog post was that many cities in metropolitan Phoenix have been seeing these increases for months. I’m in the real estate business, I keep up on statistics fairly well around the [...]
In reviewing the Cromford Report this morning, I stumbled on the fact that the Scottsdale zip code, 85258, is experiencing the least stress in today’s real estate market. While it’s still in the Caution zone, compared to other areas of Scottsdale and the Phoenix metropolitan area, the area that’s home to McCormick Ranch and also, [...]
