According to official stats published by the Arizona Regional MLS, which covers all of the Greater Phoenix area, the residential housing market continues to show good momentum. While overall trends remain positive, we’re still seeing some up and down ‘bouncing’ from month to month.
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Continued Signs of Improvement in Greater Phoenix Residential Real Estate Market
October 6th, 2009 · No Comments
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Customer satisfaction high among Phoenix new-home buyers
October 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
According to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 New-Home Builder Customer Satisfaction Study, Phoenix has one of the highest levels of overall customer satisfaction, along with Orange/San Diego, CA, Sacramento, CA, Inland Empire, CA, and Tampa, FL.
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(Foreclosure) Buyer Beware!
October 1st, 2009 · No Comments
As if there weren’t enough risks and potential pitfalls in purchasing real estate foreclosures, I’ll add another one to the list: angry former homeowners!
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Realtor Representation and New Home Builders: What’s the Deal?
September 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Walk into any model home center in Arizona and you’ll see a the following phrase posted prominently on the door:
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Looking for an ‘incredible’ Phoenix real estate agent??
August 31st, 2009 · No Comments
There’s a great directory service out there called “Incredible Agents.”
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Investor money is back in Phoenix real estate
August 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Phoenix real estate analyst R.L. Brown reported last week that more than $500,000,000 (yes, five-hundred million dollars) was spent by ‘pure cash’ buyers of metro Phoenix real estate in July. That figure excludes mortgage money and down payments!
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Builders resume construction…
August 17th, 2009 · No Comments
In perhaps the strongest sign yet that the bottom may indeed be here, several homebuilders have resumed construction of projects that were formally abandoned prior to completion.
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Has Phoenix real estate hit bottom?
August 13th, 2009 · No Comments
As always, opinions are a dime a dozen. Even the most knowledgeable ‘experts’ on our housing market are divided on the status of our market. Most believe that we’ve either hit, or are very close to hitting, the bottom. Some have speculated that there’s a huge number of foreclosures that are still working through the system that will act to reduce prices further.
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Purchasing a home in Arizona with a VA Loan
August 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Today’s guest article comes from Brandon Laughridge and our friends at MortgageLoanPlace.com and covers the topic of VA Loans.
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Further proof that there’s never a dull moment in Phoenix real estate sales…
August 6th, 2009 · No Comments
I spent 2 days this week showing properties to a couple of Canadian investors. On our second day, we found a great condo in a really nice community close to the PV Mall.
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