Every issue since 2013. Mike writes most of them, Jonathan writes the rest, and nothing has been taken down because it aged badly.
TIGHT FINANCING ADDS TO MARKET DRAG! You’ve seen the mortgage loan ads quoting a certain rate, such as 2.99% on a fixed rate mortgage, but your lender is quoting you 4.00% for that 30 year fixed rate loan. Is your lender gouging…
Where Have All the Buyers Gone? When Will They Return? Where have all the Buyers Gone? Sung to the tune of Where Have All the Flowers Gone… Where have all the buyers gone, long time passing Where have all the buyers gone,…
A Short Sale Miracle – The Rest of the Story or; The Story that keeps on Giving and Taking and Giving! Most residential deals are fairly predictable. Buyer sees home. Buyer falls in love with home. Buyer gets approved for a conventional…
Why Buyers should be getting more excited Well Mike, the real Real Estate guru, is out of town for the weekend and early part of this week, so it falls to his son (me) and squire of the trade to formulate the…
Phoenix and Mesa Prices Stay Up… …that’s the good news. When it comes to real estate trends nationally, Arizona often leads the nation statistically. We’ve seen this happen quite a bit this past decade, where in 2004 we started seeing Phoenix area…
STAYING UP IN A DOWN MARKET 3rd Quarter Sales Report What we saw in toward the end of the third quarter, as I mentioned before, is a drop in supply that helped us get back to a balanced market, not favoring sellers…
Buyer Beware: Arizona HOA’S – You’ll love em or hate em! Part 3: Get Informed First! (This is the 3rd and final article regarding HOA’s – Previously we looked at the advantages and disadvantages of living in an HOA community. Today we…
Buyer Beware: Arizona HOA’S – You’ll love em or hate em! Part 2 This Week: NOT LOVIN It! (Last week we discussed the “Benefits of an HOA!” This week we’ll look at some negatives) HOA’s Run Amok! “Gestapo Tactics!” is the term…
Buyer Beware: Arizona HOA’S – You’ll love em or hate em! Part 1 Do you have a personal experience (good or bad) regarding an HOA that you belonged to (or still do)? Send us an e-mail stating your experience in 100 words…
Buyer Beware: Arizona HOA’S – You’ll love em or hate em! Part 1 When setting up property search parameters for our buyers on the MLS (Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service), we sometimes are asked to filter out HOA’s, (Home Owner Associations). Every…