Rates and Financing

Balance is good, especially in local real estate markets. Sure, if you’re a homeowner, you’d like to see the scales tilt towards a seller’s market, which we’ve been experiencing for several years now. And if you’re a buyer you want to see…

For the monthly period ending October 15th, the market is currently recording a sales $/SF of $162.00 averaged for all areas and types across our local MLS. This is up 0.2% or 37 cents from the $161.63 that the Cromford Report measured…

This past Saturday, my clients, found a home online in the Scottsdale Country Club for sale that they wanted to see. The listing agent was holding an open house so they went to view it – and really liked it. It was…

A Quick Introduction into Home Renovation Purchase Loans A problem that many buyers are having is the lack of upgraded homes in their price range. There just isn’t a lot out there right now! One of my clients experiencing this problem right…

I’m not perfect. Never have been. Never will be, including professionally. I make mistakes. My lovely, patient, and often long-suffering wife Karen knows this better than anyone. I am also seldom inclined to speak ill of fellow professionals. As my wise parents…

We’re all aware, and no doubt we’re all guilty (at least once 😉) of making statistics validate our personal agenda, and the temptation to do so for local real estate trends is great. Naturally as a local real estate professional, we want…

If we’re a property owner, we cheer the decreasing inventory of homes for sale, knowing that as buyer demand remains constant or grows, prices rise. On the other hand, if we’re a prospective buyer in this same market we lament the continued…

How should we view our home? Should we see it as a long term financial investment? Or should we see it not at all as financial but as personal – as in a shelter from the literal and personal storms that just…