Buyers

Nov. 6, 2015

Buyers: BEFORE you meet with your agent... (ME!)

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Buying a house is fun, exciting and liberating!! But you also want to buckle down and know what's happening and you're doing too. We agents do a TON for our clients, but being armed with the right info to help the process (and yourself) along, you can actually …

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Oct. 21, 2015

October 2015 Phoenix Metro Real Estate Snapshot

I've been saying that our Metro Phoenix residential real estate market is still very strong. Here's a quick overview so you know exactly what that means. Check out this infographic from the Cromford Report for all the latest! Then call or email me with any questions!

October 2015 Cromford Infographic

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Oct. 19, 2015

Video: September 2015 Phoenix/Scottsdale Real Estate Recap

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It's Fall!!

FINALLY- we get back to truly awesome weather 70's and 80's as far as the eye can see. And the sunsets in the fall... to die for!! (I took this one from my front …

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Oct. 19, 2015

9 Points Home Buyers Must Know About the New TRID Rule

home.sweet.homeOn 10/03/15, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) implemented it's new rule affecting all home loan disclosures. It will allow consumers more transparency and a better understanding of the loan terms & process and hopefully prevent mass amounts of borrowers from defaulting on loans which they had little …

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Oct. 7, 2015

Buying a home? Take notes. Then compare them.

Buyer likes & dislikes listThe other day, I went to one of my listings to check on it. When I got there, I was saw that a buyer had left their notes behind. At first, I was impressed that the buyer actually took the time to think about all the things they wanted in …

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Sept. 16, 2015

September 2015 Phoenix Metro Real Estate Snapshot

I've been saying that our Metro Phoenix residential real estate market is still very strong. Here's a quick overview so you know exactly what that means. Check out this infographic from the Cromford Report for all the latest! Then call or email me with any questions!

20150915-Phoenix Metro Infographic

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Aug. 25, 2015

Metro Phoenix Rental Market Shows No Signs of Weakening

The rental market in our area continues to amaze me... Good rentals under $2,000/mo can be hard to find. This spring, even seasonal rentals were hard to find.

Cromford Chart- PHX Metro Avg Lease $/SF

Apparently all the people who aren't eligible or aren't ready to commit to a mortgage or a long …

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Aug. 11, 2015

ARMLS: 15,631 Active listings in Maricopa County (and Still Falling?)

It's been exactly 2 months since I posted "ARMLS: 16,586 Active listings in Maricopa County (and Falling?)". Since then, active listing counts  decreased by nearly 1,000 (5.8%).

Active Listings in Maricopa County- 8/8/15

But why should I care? What does this actually mean?!

Let's consider simple economics, assuming conditions stay unchanged …

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Aug. 11, 2015

Gains Starting to "Trickle Up" in Phoenix & Scottsdale Real Estate

Summer has been very good to sellers this year in the Valley of the Sun. The growth that initially took shape with the "starter" range close to our median area price of $220,000 is moving through the "move-up" range ($300-500K) and flowed nicely into the lower rungs on the …

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July 6, 2015

Metro Phoenix Condo Market Sizzles in 2015

How about that condo market... During the recession, this segment was hit hard and took a long time to recover, coming back more slowly than it's single-family cousin. Today, as those affordable options become scarcer for the demographics fueling the continuing market recovery ("Millennials" & "boomerang buyers"), condos are …

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