Mike Bodeen If you’ve lived in the Valley of the Sun (AKA The Valley) for awhile and you’ve had the chance to drive by, visit, or otherwise know about different communities, you may already be comfortable with where you want to live, even perhaps…
North Scottsdale Sales Activity Zip Code / # Sales in June 2014 / Sales June 2013 / % Change / Sales Price PSF 2014 / 1 Year Change 85254 81 106 -24 $184 / $174 / + 06% 85255 83 103 -19…
When asked by folks about the most important step in the home buying process, aside from the Realtor selection, without question, the most important strategy a buyer can make is to get themselves money ready. As soon as you begin thinking about…
Over the decades, millions of articles have been written about how to buy a house. Many of these articles are excellent. Many are not. Why would I consider writing another? Fair question. Well for one thing, not all these articles are State…
Arsenic in the well – Did we get the deal done? You may recall that a recent blog discussed a home we have in escrow in the Desert Hills area of North Phoenix and that the VA (buyer’s lender) wanted a passing…
Here’s a new one for you, at least it is for me, a Zombie Property. A Zombie property, is any property that has “started the foreclosure process but never been foreclosed and the homeowner has vacated the property.” Zombie properties serve as…
Multi-Family on the Up Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe Have Lion’s Share of New Permits With the sluggish Single Family (SF) market currently in place in the Phoenix Metro area, builders have slowed on SF construction and instead have been focusing on the…
Are Realtor Efficiencies Helping or Hurting Clients? A large local real estate team brought a buyer to one of my listings recently. The negotiations went well, the parties were very amicable, a deal was struck and escrow opened. The 10 day “Due…
Huge Demand for Rentals is Spurring Rent Increases Advice for Would-Be-Renters We’ve shared over the past few weeks how a lack of buyer demand for purchasing a home in the Metro Phoenix area has led to a lethargic (read: S…L…O…W) sales market….
Huge Demand for Rentals is Spurring Rent Increases Advice for Would-Be-Renters We’ve shared over the past few weeks how a lack of buyer demand for purchasing a home in the Metro Phoenix area has led to a lethargic (read: S…L…O…W) sales market….