Posted on 22 May 2009. Tags: home selling tips, real estate, Scottsdale
Home selling is mostly common-sense. However, it is such an emotional decision, that it often hard to follow your mind and instead follow your heart. These are the 5 most common mistakes that sellers make when trying to sell a home. Price your home right. Not what you want or need, but what the market [...]
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Posted on 16 April 2009. Tags: az real estate, home buying, phoenix, Scottsdale, tips and advice
I call Arizona’s last 10 years the real estate ‘gold rush’ …. where for the first time home buyers thought of getting rich and making money on their own and a place to live was secondary. yes, a lot of money was made; and lost. However, let’s remember the Top 5 reasons to buy a [...]
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Posted on 06 March 2009. Tags: real estate, Scottsdale
Ok, ok, …. Maybe good news for the metro Phoenix area real estate and the housing market is pushing it a little. And I don’t at all want to sound happy or overjoyed as area residents in Scottsdale, Tempe and Desert Ridge home values, and people’s net worth slightly deteriorate. However, after everyone catches their [...]
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Posted on 15 January 2009. Tags: lease option, lease purchase, phoenix, real estate, Scottsdale
Phoenix and Scottsdale area lenders are tightening their lending practices. It is increasingly more and more difficult for home buyers to get loans. Now 100% loans, or ‘majority financing‘ is a very limited option, buyers and sellers have to be creative to get real estate transaction closed. There are 2 strategies that may work; The [...]
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Posted on 08 December 2008. Tags: buy vs rent, fixed mortgage, new mortgage, phoenix az, Scottsdale
As a Phoenix AZ real estate agent, we are conditioned that buying is renting. I understand that there are several questions to ask yourself: Bottom line; each person’s individual situation situation is unique.Ask yourself these 5 questions, …so you can decide if now is “Not” the right time to buy real estate. Will you be [...]
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Posted on 28 November 2008. Tags: AZ, declaration of hardship, foreclosure, hardship letter, loan modification, phoenix, real estate, reo, Scottsdale, short sale
Phoenix AZ real estate and Scottsdale real estate has been declining in value. As a result, lenders have been less willing to loan money to refinance homes. Thus, foreclosures numbers are rising and banks are taking possession of real estate called lender owned real estate (REO). In order to combat growing inventory of bank owned [...]
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Posted on 24 November 2008. Tags: AZ, foreclosures, phoenix, real estate, Scottsdale, zero interest rate policy, zirp
Phoenix AZ real estate is near the top of the list of price declines. Not a great title. In fact, a recent RL Brown report shows that most parts of greater Phoenix AZ real estate have now declined past 4 year lows, retracing all the gains of 2004-2005. Scottsdale AZ real estate prices and Phoenix [...]
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Posted on 23 November 2008. Tags: 30 year fixed mortgage, AZ, fountain hills, home buyers, Investing, paradise valley, phoenix, real estate, Scottsdale, short sale
As a Scottsdale AZ real estate agent, I interact with real estate buyers and sellers. As a result, you can imagine the range of emotions I hear on a daily basis. If you are a Phoenix AZ real estate owner or real estate investor, the emotions range from shock to sadness to anger. I am [...]
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