If We Thought 2016 Was Good… And indeed, 2016 was a very good year for our Phoenix Metro area real estate communities. Oh, it wasn’t the most sales, or highest price appreciation years on record, but in our view, was even better….
CHANGE IS IN THE WIND 2017 looms ahead like a huge question mark for many people. Now we’ve never claimed to have a crystal ball, but I’ll fill you in on a few things here that we are actually feeling quite confident…
November Sales Report Market Still Looking Good! We trust your Thanksgiving holidays were rich in family, friends, fun, food, and football, – in that order. Ours was, with Cardinal football being the only exception. There’s no real surprise in November’s sales numbers….
Realtor.com just released their national real estate forecast for 2017 and it comes with great news for the Phoenix Metropolitan Area! It turns out that of all metro areas in the U.S., Phoenix is projected to have the greatest growth in total…
A Watery Disaster Our recent deal with Dean and Pam (not their real names) wasn’t going to be a slam dunk, but it was very do-able. They wanted to use the funds from the sale of their current home to purchase their…
Election Aftermath – Effect on Valley Real Estate First let me say this is neither a pro or anti Trump article and I have taken special care to keep it that way. This is simply an analysis of the facts as we…
Yes But Will They Buy? According to this past Saturday’s Phoenix Republic insert (AZ Republic) the Climate Prediction’s Center’s outlook calls for a “warm, dry winter for the Southwest, including the Phoenix metro area. At the same time our country’s neighbor to…
PHOENIX (CONTINUES) RISING Latest Cash Shiller Report Shows Phoenix #1 in month / month appreciation As the story goes,* Jack Swilling, a confederate veteran of the civil war, while traveling through the Salt River Valley in 1867, saw a potential for farming….
If you love old houses like I do, you probably had a few tears in your eyes this week as you drove by 3rd Street and Northern Avenue in north central Phoenix. A house built in 1914 was being demolished. I got to tour it…
September Sales Investment Thoughts The September numbers are in revealing a market that “as a whole” is healthy. The big takeaway for me is the strength of new home sales which are up almost 30% from last year. Normal resales are up…