From the monthly archives:

July 2009

The Physics of the Phoenix Real Estate Market

by Dru Bloomfield on July 31, 2009

I had this grand blog relating concepts of physics to real estate and ran the idea by my obliging husband to get his opinion. I started out talking about the difference of velocity (how fast something is going) and acceleration (the rate at which the speed is changing), and then began relating it to the [...]

Scottsdale Schools Continue to Exceed

by Dru Bloomfield on July 30, 2009

photo credit: Dru Bloomfield – At Home in Scottsdale From the Scottsdale Unified School District Community Connection newsletter :  SUSD Outperforms the State on AIMS Tests The Arizona Department of Education recently released the Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) results from the 2008-2009 school year. Once again, Scottsdale Unified School District continues to outperform [...]

Scottsdale Summers are Hot – Be Smart About It

by Dru Bloomfield on July 28, 2009

photo credit: Pink Sherbet Photography No doubt about it.  We have hot summers.  The City of Scottsdale has the following recommendations: Take precautions to avoid health risks – avoid strenuous activity during the hottest parts of the day, stay hydrated, wear lightweight clothing and be aware of heat stress warning signs such as dizziness, weakness [...]

Because Mike Orr covers the ins and outs of Phoenix metropolitan real estate statistics so thoroughly, I will share his July 17th report in total: Each month about this time we look back at the previous month and analyze how pricing has behaved and report on how well our forecasting techniques performed. We also give [...]

Home buyer alert: New lender disclosure requirements

by Dru Bloomfield on July 24, 2009

Important changes are occurring in the lending process.  These intent of these changes is to better protect home buyers, by providing specific timelines for lender actions and disclosures.  However, a home buyer does need to know that loan changes during escrow may have an impact on the closing date. From the National Association of Realtors [...]

Scottsdale Home Sales are Up, but….

by Dru Bloomfield on July 22, 2009

Yes, Scottsdale home sales have been increasing fairly dramatically, up 31% from June 2008.  Over 400 homes sold last month, compared just over 300 in the same month last year.  From the sales graph, you can see, that sales per moth have been increasing dramatically since January.  However, the late winter and spring months are [...]

What does Twitter have to do with real estate?

by Dru Bloomfield on July 20, 2009

My husband got a kick out of telling me I was in the paper yesterday.  I knew the article on Twitter and real estate blogging might be coming out since I’d been interviewed a few weeks ago, and I’d met the photographer at one of my rapidly dwindling listings, but I still was taken by [...]