At Home In Scottsdale | Your Guide to Scottsdale Real Estate

Shailesh Ghimire over at CTX Mortgage posted yesterday that new home buying assistance funds are available for home buyers in Phoenix, Scottsdale, and …. basically the whole of Maricopa County.
This program has some great features and down payment assistance.
Income limits will work for purchasing in many Scottsdale neighborhoods, too!  Since Scottsdale is a not-targeted area, [...]

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All home buyers seem to be asking this same question in today’s market: 
What’s a good offer?
In the past, the sale price averaged 3-5% below list price, but in today’s real estate market, one would think that these numbers might have changed. 
Recently, I represented a buyer, (we’ll call her Sue), where the home she was interested in was [...]

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HGTV recently aired a special presentation on the 25 Biggest Real Estate Mistakes.  Their list has many suggestions, some that I find especially important to emphasize with both buyers and sellers. Some of the biggies for Scottsdale sellers include:
#2 - Setting Too High of a Sale Price
I’ve written about this in the past (Are you pricing your home through your [...]

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Here’s a helpful home buying vs. home renting calculator from the New York Times web site.  What I really like about this calculator is that it gives you a lot of info with just a couple changes to match your location.  It also gives you a visual look at when you start seeing the savings (if [...]

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“Should I buy now? Or wait, and rent for awhile?” Seems to be the most popular question to ask here in the Phoenix recently. I was asked the same questions a couple days ago by a prospective client.
Many buyers are looking for some strong signal that the real estate market has hit the bottom so [...]

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We’ve all been hearing how slow the real estate market is. Yet, here in Scottsdale and northeast Phoenix, my business continues to grow, and I feel very fortunate.  For me, what I’ve been experiencing with my clients continues to confirm what is in print and on-line everywhere.
Buyers call the shots.  Offers are low, and many buyers are hanging tough on [...]

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Just got a tip from the Altos Research blog that Forbes has put Phoenix in the Top 10 for real estate bargain hunters. 

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Yesterday, I was reviewing the status of  a repair negotiation for one of my clients with one of my assistants, and she made the comment that I protected my buyer clients like a bobcat mama.  I’ve thought about that statement repeatedly since then… and I’m concerned.  Let me tell you why.
I participated in one of [...]

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Yesterday, I got a panic call from a Scottsdale agent whose clients had visited at one of my listings twice and really liked the house, but decided to delay making an offer.   The seller I represented had accepted an offer the day before, and this buyer agent’s clients were mad at her because the house was no [...]

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I love it when I come across something new (to me) that will save home buyers money! 
While financing for buyers with large down payments still seems to be sliding through the mortgage machine, first-time home buyers and other with less that 20% down are having to be even more diligent in their financing search.  Now [...]

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