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Scottsdale Real Estate: How did 2008 compare to 2007?

by Dru Bloomfield on January 1, 2009

    Scottsdale home buyers are starting out 2009 in a real estate market that is tilted very heavily in their favor.  If you click on the chart above, you will get a full-sized version of the report,  that’s a bit easier to read.  Single family home prices (excluding condos) have fallen and are now stagnated, and it’s [...]

Scottsdale Home Sales Prices Drop

by Dru Bloomfield on December 8, 2008

Mike Orr at the Cromford Report continues to publish some of the best real estate sales data around for the Scottsdale and Phoenix areas.  Today, I’m preparing a contract for a buyer and wanted to make sure I really had my finger on the pulse what sales prices have been doing in the area surrounding the home [...]

Missing the Signs: How to know when it’s time to buy

by Dru Bloomfield on October 27, 2008

So, is the market coming? Or going? I ran the First Responder Run to help the Arizona Autism Support yesterday, planning to run a 5K. Turns out that the 5K and 10K routes shared the same path and I missed the turnaround. Oops! As time progressed, I realized my mistake and decided to flip around, [...]

I just got back from Las Vegas, where I attended the 2008 BlogWorld and New Media Expo.  All I can say is WOW!! Being a Realtor, a good one, requires that I keep up on the latest trends, not only in the real estate market, but also in business.  These days, businesses are discovering the [...]

Using Both Sides of Your Brain to Buy a House

by Dru Bloomfield on September 16, 2008

photo credit: wadem As human beings, we have two sides to our brain.  Simplistically, I call them the thinking and feeling sides.  One side we use to crunch numbers, and the other we use to enjoy an aesthetically pleasing (or not) piece of art.  When I work with home buyers, I remind them to use [...]

Buyer Looking for a 3 bedroom home in South Scottsdale

by Dru Bloomfield on September 12, 2008

Everyone is looking for a change in the local real estate market.  Yesterday, I got a call from a TV reporter asking if I was taking buyers to look at homes in the afternoon, as she would like to interview us.  The gist of the interview of the buyer was to be, “Why are you buying [...]

A Bit More Positive News – Scottsdale Real Estate

by Dru Bloomfield on September 3, 2008

Scottsdale single family homes have been selling faster than new homes were listed for the past three months.  We are beginning to see the increased activity that typically comes in the fall season, too.  More homes are being listed, yet they are selling at a higher rate than they are coming onto the market.  The [...]