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June 2008
Jun. 25, 2008
Let’s see what’s gone on in the Scottsdale and Phoenix area real estate markets this past month:
Jun. 25, 2008
Welcome to the fourth monthly edition of the MyPhoenixMLS area-specific market conditions update. Today, I’ll post market conditions reports for the East Valley, including Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, and Mesa; in my next post I’ll describe market condi
Jun. 23, 2008
It’s here again: time to produce my monthly Phoenix area real estate news video for Realty Times. Read on for a snapshot of what went on in the Phoenix area in May.
Jun. 18, 2008
We’ve been doing it here for a while. Since Phoenix is one of the nation’s foreclosure hotspots (primarily due to the speculator-driven over-inflation of home prices and subsequent overbuilding – for more, check out last year’s blog “What’s be
Jun. 13, 2008
This summer get out there and be entertained with all the activities that the Valley of the Sun has to offer, including festivals, concerts, sporting events, cultural attractions, museums, and much more. Below you’ll find a list of great activities in
Jun. 12, 2008
There was a very interesting blog on Zillow yesterday that talked about how much money the average family has left over every month after paying the mortgage, in different cities around the country. Check out Zillow’s chart:
Jun. 10, 2008
“Everyone working on the site is working for the builder. . .There's not one single person there who's working for the buyer.” That’s advice from a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle.
The fact is that only a buyer’s agent or real
Jun. 5, 2008
An article Sunday at MyrtleBeachOnline.com talked about a new trend in real estate: house swapping. Well, maybe not too new, but growing, according to the article.
Jun. 5, 2008
Sellers are going to great lengths these days to get an edge in the market. They’re now competing with homeowners doing short sales and banks selling foreclosed properties. So what’s a seller to do?
For a complete list of tips on how to sell in a
Jun. 5, 2008
An article today in the “Your Money” section of the New York Times, “Letters from the Home front: A Real Estate Deal Seen from 2 Sides,” by Ron Lieber, offered something I’d honestly never heard of before: a letter from a prospective buyer to th
Jun. 4, 2008
I was struck by a string of articles around the country that summed up pretty well how the foreclosure crisis has spread throughout the housing market:
The Wall Street Journal: Number of Foreclosed Homes Keeps Rising
The Chicago Tribune: Break for sel
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