From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Arizona Farms and Orchards

by Dru Bloomfield on July 14, 2009

photo credit: Laurel Fan My insurance agent, Rick Cocita, who I met through the Arizona Real Estate Investors Association, mails me a postcard every once in a while with sport schedules and the like. Last week he sent me a list of Arizona Farms and Orchards.  Since so many people are focused on eating healthier, [...]

Sunday Morning in Scottsdale – Chasing the Sunrise

by Dru Bloomfield on July 12, 2009

Some people chase rainbows, others chase tornadoes.  Me, I go for sunrises. Today, I grabbed my camera and jumped on my bike, to snap a few.  This is from the east bank of Sandpiper in McCormick Ranch.   Reflection of the morning in McCormick Ranch – looking east from Sandpiper to through the golf course to [...]

4th of July Tribute: Star Spangled Banner

by Dru Bloomfield on July 4, 2009

I give my thanks to the many men and women who created and built this great country and continue to preserve our freedoms. We are a nation of diversity, as demonstrated by the many ways our Star Spangled Banner is interpreted and shared. From the Star-Spangled Banner YouTube Singing Contest Played on a Louisville Slugger [...]

Scottdale Real Estate Market Improves

by Dru Bloomfield on July 2, 2009

Altos Research has a proprietary market action index they use to track the real estate market.  Looking at Scottsdale’s action over the past year, it shows that real estate is on an upward trend.  Sales are up. Inventory (number of homes for sale) is down.  Prices are still dropping.  All of these aspects of the [...]

I can always count on Mike Orr at the Cromford Report to make his way through the numbers and make sense of what is really going on in our Phoenix real estate market.  Here’s his review of the Yahoo News post that I blogged about yesterday, “Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale Real Estate in 2012?” : Business Week Forecasts Phoenix Home [...]