When it comes to selling a home, almost every Phoenix & Scottsdale seller’s goal is to eek out as much money from a buyer as humanly possible. Not that I blame them, but that desire to maximize profits can sometimes sabotage the primary goal.

For the last ~6 mos, I’ve …

The last 2 years, 2012 & 2013 were much better years than sellers had seen since the housing bust. While multiple offers and sales for over list price were common even though we hadn't regained all the ground we'd lost since ~2006, sellers who had been watching from …

If you're buying or selling real estate in spring 2014, there are a few things you should know.

Our friends at the Cromford Report recently reported a new low on 1/14/14 of pending listings of -42.1% (year over year). This means the number of homes going …

I think now that elections are for the most part over (except where the last of the provisional ballots are still being counted here in Maricopa County), most folks have some expectation of what comes next.  The mortgage interest deduction is likely to stick around, unless it also gets …

Check out the article in today's LA Times here: http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-harney-20120812,0,7914990.story

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act may be extended if the bi-partisan Senate Finance Committee is successful with getting their bill through the Senate and House. The impact of a …

With the sheer volume of homeowners who have either short sold, or lost homes to deeds in lieu of foreclosure or actual foreclosure, there are more renters than there have been in a long time looking for suitable homes to live in.  To add to that, with so many …

Help may be on the way.  If this legislation being floated around Washington to remove the barriers that prevent homeowners from being able to refinance their homes currently at higher interest rate and/or adjustable loans into lower, market-rate loans (currently interest rates hover around 4%). To many it …

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AZ Depart. of Housing is trying to spend $269 million in federal foreclosure-prevention funds by offering homeowners $4,500 & to pay their 3% closing costs to work with their lender & complete a short sale instead of losing their home …

How to Find a Good “Deal” in Today’s Challenging Real Estate Market

When I ask most potential buyers I meet what they want in a home they tell me they want a “deal”- some go a step further and say they want a “smokin’ deal”.  In a market where …