Typically, when I work with a homeowner who is ready to sell their home, I prepare what the real estate industry calls a Comparable Market Analysis (CMA) that shows the active, pending (under contract), and recently closed sales. Homes, typically in the same area, of comparable size and age, are compared with the house that [...]
From the monthly archives:
October 2010
Okay! The hot, summer weather is finally behind us. Check out this forecast for the next seven days. Sunny, high’s in the high 70′s and low 80′s, low’s in the 60′s. Perfection!
I just represented a buyer who used the FHA Streamlined 203(k) loan program to purchase a 3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch in South Scottsdale. The house was over 50 years old, and had been maintained, but the buyer wanted to update the kitchen, remove wall paper, and replace some of the flooring before moving in. [...]
I just ordered a decal for my car that looks like this: The funny square bar code is called a QR code and if you take a picture of it on a phone with a QR reader, it will take you to the mobile version of my blog (AtHomeInScottsdale.com). I believe both the iPhone and [...]
Baby, are you down, down, down, down, down? (Yes, this post is really about Scottsdale real estate!)
My son and I trade recommendations for songs to download to our iPods. This morning, one of his suggestions, with the lyrics, “Baby, are you down, down, down, down, down?” was rolling through my head, and I was reminded of how long it’s been since I really focused on the market report side of the [...]
I discovered this cool new tool from Altos Research last month, and then rediscovered it today. Each pin on the map represents a Scottsdale zip code. You can click on it to get an up-to-date chart of median home list prices for each of the Scottsdale zip codes. If you’d like to subscribe so that [...]
