Here’s another example of how local real estate is. The news keeps reporting on the recovery of the Phoenix Metro real estate market, and it’s true, we have a very active market. However, from the charts below, you can see that, by city, there are some striking differences, particularly in Scottsdale. In the City of [...]
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From Michael Orr at the Cromford Report: The short supply of homes for sale in the Phoenix area is getting more severe. March 29 – The supply shortage is getting increasingly severe as new listings are now being added to ARMLS at the slowest seasonal rate since the current ARMLS database began in 2000. This [...]
Yes, I think the Scottsdale real estate market is insane. And not just Scottsdale, it’s Phoenix, Chandler, Mesa, Gilbert, and all the rest of the Valley of the Sun. I’ve been working like a maniac for the month of March, and have seen so much craziness. I feel for buyers who are totally challenged to [...]
Scottsdale has more than its fair share of beautiful homes. If you’d like to take a quick look at what a million dollars will buy you in Scottsdale real estate, I invite you to my Facebook page for At Home in Scottsdale. If you haven’t “Liked” my Facebook page before, you’ll have that option. Once [...]
Scottsdale has a serious shortage of homes for sale right now. And cash buyers are out in droves. In 2011, 47% of the more 100,000 home purchases in Phoenix were cash transactions. I can talk through the past couple of days with you, just to illustrate the real situations that buyers are encountering. Buyer made [...]
I woke to an interesting post on Facebook this morning, and when I shared it with my friends, a couple fellow real estate agents added their experiences on how quickly their listings are selling. Location, condition, and setting the right price are key, of course! While sellers don’t want to “give their house away”, once [...]
I was recently asked to share my experience with a relatively new national home search database provided to real estate agents who are members of the National Association of Realtors. Named Realtors Property Resource, or RPR for short, the database has an incredible amount of current and historical real estate information available. For me, RPR [...]
