The real estate market is stable in Phoenix & Scottsdale.

Home sales in Metro Phoenix under $300K are very strong. Above that, things are improving in spots. The overall market favors sellers, but that's more to do with supply and demand than anything else. We started to run short on inventory ...

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On 10/03/15, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) implemented a new rule affecting home loan disclosures. Here's what sellers need to know. 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 ...

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%).

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

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

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 ...

"A picture is worth 1,000 words..." I agree with this statement, but tend to think that numbers say a whole lot too.

We are more than half way through 2015 and the latest numbers show real estate in the Valley of the Sun is still going strong across most ...

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 ...

The "Big Picture"

A lot happened between May and June. It's 2A and I'm working on this long-overdue blog after a solid month of listing and selling. June is turning out to be another good month for real estate in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area. Even if you're ...

Just about 3 years ago, nearly to the day, a few of my blog posts started with ARMLS: Active XX,XXX listings in Maricopa County. Oddly enough, the changes in our market today are enough to warrant a similar title. No, we're not quite back to levels of inventory ...

Yesterday afternoon I patted myself on the back for negotiating the sweetest deal in the Willo Historic District for some clients. It was on a lot and a half (12,000SF) so there would be room for their boys to play, a future pool addition AND a future home addition ...