The Scottsdale real estate market is definitely improving. While prices are still recovering, the number of sales per year is definitely back to the level of the pre-boom days. The dots in this chart above reflect the number of Scottsdale home sales in the previous 12 months. From cumulative sales of 5,086 in January 2001, [...]
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I pulled up a copy of Scottsdale’s long-term home appreciation chart this morning, expecting to see more improvement than I do here: From a broader perspective, the trend is definitely to the positive, with a few intermittent months of plus-side appreciation, but still running in the negative overall. Sellers need to keep this perspective in [...]
Scottsdale real estate has its own Cyber Monday going on. Quite a few new listings and more than a handful of price reductions over this past Thanksgiving weekend. During the past four days, 45 single family homes were listed in Scottsdale: Scottsdale Single Family Homes – New to Market Listings and 41 price reductions took [...]
Many buyers start off their housing hunting looking to buy a foreclosure in Scottsdale. Getting information from the media or friends, they think that there are a lot of foreclosures for sale in Scottsdale, and that they are going to get a great deal going that route. However, there are a couple challenges with foreclosures [...]
In addition to being named 4th best city in the U.S by BusinessWeek.com this week, the city captured a few more awards for art, innovation, and more. Scottsdale’s landmark Soleri Bridge and Plaza captured two top honors at the Valley Forward Association’s Environmental Excellence Awards. The Soleri Bridge and Plaza captured top spot in both [...]
Business Week asks the question: Which Is America’s Best City? And then ranks Scottsdale as #4, in the nation. And here’s why: A wealthy Phoenix suburb, Scottsdale has the second-best schools among cities we ranked, low unemployment, and a high number of park acres per person. More than half the population has a college degree. [...]
When you start looking for a home, you need to get your list together. Age? Location? Features? Schools? Pool? Use the Internet. Drive neighborhoods. Categorize your “Got to have’s” and “Want to have’s”, because really there is no such thing as the perfect house. Ask someone who has built a custom home, if there’s anything [...]
