From the monthly archives:

November 2009

A Long Road and A Lot of Lockboxes

by Dru Bloomfield on November 30, 2009

Almost a year ago, December 31st, 2008, to be exact, I got direct message from a prospective home buyer on Twitter.  And a simple 140 character request turned into a wonderful adventure for first-time home buyers, who are now living in a beautiful house, with the mountain view in North Scottsdale that was so critically [...]

Thanksgiving 2009

by Dru Bloomfield on November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Scottsdale: Where Solar is Easy

by Dru Bloomfield on November 13, 2009

From the City of Scottsdale: When it comes time to install a new solar system, the local permitting process can be a difficult bureaucratic headache.  Or it can be a walk in the park . . . a Scottsdale park. Vote Solar, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring solar to the mainstream, named [...]

Scottsdale Real Estate Update: Holding Steady?

by Dru Bloomfield on November 7, 2009

I’ve been taking quite a few real estate classes over the past several months as I complete my requirements for the Arizona MRE (Master of Real Estate) Society.  Earlier this week, I attended a class entitled, "Listing Property in Today’s Market".  The instructor made a comment that there wasn’t much to comment on regarding the [...]

Homebuyer Tax Credit Extended

by Dru Bloomfield on November 7, 2009

By now you may know that the real estate tax credit has been extended to contracts written and accepted by April 30th, 2010, and also expanded to included move-up home buyers. The National Association of Realtors published this helpful guide for comparing the program that was expiring on November 30th with the one which was just [...]