Real Estate in spring 2015 is off to a great start! Home sales in the Phoenix & Scottsdale Metro Area continue to increase & listing volume is trending lower than recent years: (3/11/15 Cromford Report)

March 11 - The number of active listings for Greater Phoenix (excluding UCB) is …

If you are still looking for a sign that Phoenix real estate is making forward progress, following an initial spike in pending sales after Super Bowl XLIX, check out the latest numbers:

While the news outlets, like the AZ Republic and Phoenix Business Journal, continue to report that the market …

The headlines over the last few days have been quite loud about the rent increases we've seen here in the valley. Yesterday, the Cromford Report's Daily Observation read:

"February 23 - The single family rental situation on ARMLS is getting silly. There are now only 2,196 single family …

These are some insightful statements from the Cromford Reports for today (6/28/14):

"One of the more surprising things about the market this month is the relative scarcity of new listings. Over the last 4 weeks we have seen 5.5% fewer new listings added to the ARMLS database …

If you are a last-minute planner like me, you haven't thought about making plans for Memorial Day (it's this weekend, FYI) let alone book anything. Never fear, here are a few options to make sure one of the biggest long weekends of 2014 will be a good one …

I thought this was a great chart from the Cromford Report published on Saturday, 5/3/14:

"Let us examine the contract ratio by price range to see which sectors are warming up and which are cooling off. This is for single family detached homes and compares May 1, 2014 …

1. Not having to answer to a landlord.
2. Paying YOUR mortgage & expenses beats paying someone else’s
3. Being able to tap into your home equity in case of emergency.
4. Appreciation (MORE MONEY!) if/when you’re ready to sell.
5. Not having to move because your landlord booted you.
6. Being able to …

I hate standing over a pot... ALL DAY. If you like chili, but don't want the wait, try this one. My family loves it and asks for more. 15min and done!

Taken loosely from Ortega's Quick & Easy Recipe:  (I apologize in advance because I don't …

Plan on selling your home this spring in the Valley of the Sun?

After a year or 2 of record low inventory, things are changing. Namely, more people are deciding the time is right to sell their home too. With a myriad of new listings coming on the market, how …

Anyone who knows me knows I'm no product girl. In fact, I rarely mix business with pleasure, or beauty or... well, you follow me. But, anyone who lives in the Valley of the Sun knows that at some point or points during the year, it gets so dry that …