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Buyer Interest Heating Up in McCormick Ranch Zip Code

by Dru Bloomfield on August 27, 2008

I had a pleasant surprise in my weekly report from Altos Research for Scottsdale, Arizona 85258.  McCormick Ranch and Gainey Ranch are two of the major communities in this zip code.  Median home list prices are rising. The number of houses on the market is decreasing. The time to sell is also decreasing. Still a buyer’s market, [...]

Scottsdale Real Estate: What’s Selling This Month?

by Dru Bloomfield on August 14, 2008

Sometimes it’s challenging to know what’s really going on in the Scottsdale real estate market. The news tends to focus on large areas and general statistics that don’t really give us an understanding for what is going on in our specific town or neighborhood. Chris Butterworth’s post this morning on the Northwest Phoenix Market Statistics [...]

Scottsdale Real Estate: Still a Strong Buyer’s Market

by Dru Bloomfield on August 4, 2008

Market Action is a proprietary Altos Research statistic that tracks where the market.  Tilted to the buyer or the seller.  Index under 30 indicated a buyer’s market. From the chart for single family home activity, it’s easy to see that we have been stagnated in a buyer’s market for over a year, and that since [...]

Walking Downtown Scottsdale

by Dru Bloomfield on July 31, 2008

One of the things I like about living in Scottsdale is that I can walk and ride my bike many places.  Scottsdale is filled with bike paths and lane, walking paths, and nature trails.  Today, the City of Scottsdale emailed out these links to walking paths in the Downtown Scottsale area.  Canal Bank Loop 1 [...]

In the Arizona Purchase Contract, you will find a section called the “Swimming Pool Barrier Regulations“.  In the contract: The Buyer agrees to investigate with all applicable state, county, and city swimming pool barrier regulations. The Buyer agree to comply with and pay all costs of compliance with these regulations prior to occupying the homes, [...]

Scottsdale Real Estate Inventory Update

by Dru Bloomfield on June 26, 2008

After the number of homes listed for sale peaked in the spring, we have seen a slight decline, but certainly not enough of a change to get very excited about.   Prices have continued their downward trend, and the number of homes on the market has a direct influence on the pricing.  Not all Scottsdale zip codes are following [...]

Scottsdale Real Estate – Prices May Vary

by Dru Bloomfield on March 17, 2008

I got a call from Misty Williams at the East Valley Tribune this past week for an update on the Scottsdale real estate market.  It’s challenging to cover such a wide-ranging topic in a twenty minute phone call, yet Misty asked some excellent questions and took away the key points of our conversation.  The front page photo [...]