Phoenix Area Real Estate Blog

We’ve just listed for rent in the North Phoenix community of Dynamite Mountain Ranch, the home at 2453 W Silver Sage for only $1275/month.  This is a great family friendly home near I-17 and Happy Valley Rd.  And keeping with my movie theatre theme today, it’s also close to a Harkins Theatre that’s scheduled to open [...]

[Read more →]

If you haven’t lived in the Phoenix area longer than 10 years, you probably don’t know much about the history of the Cine Capri movie theatre.  The original Cine Capri movie theatre was architected by Ralph Haver, a particularly famous Phoenix area architect known for the Haver Houses near 16th Street and Bethony Home Road.  He [...]

[Read more →]

I’m still waiting for Trulia’s changes to Voices, but this question that was asked today was perfect for what I had planned to write about anyway:
Is central Phoenix an African American area of town?
Already in Trulia Voices, the question has a few answers, many of them asking for the question to be removed.  Honestly, I [...]

[Read more →]

In a few minutes I’ll be driving down to Tucson in preparation for the El Tour de Tucson bicycle ride/race on Saturday, November 17.  I’ll be riding in the 109 mile event, which goes off at 7am near the Tucson convention center.  This is the 25th annual El Tour and the organizers are expecting 10,000-11,000 [...]

[Read more →]

In the last week, Kelley Kohler and Steve Berg each wrote well thought out articles regarding the merits (or lack thereof) of renting a home instead of selling a home, given the current real estate market conditions.  Kelley writes from a Tucsonian perspective, while Steve writes from a San Diegoan perspective, and each singing roughly the [...]

[Read more →]

This morning, Dan Majerle was being interviewed by the guys on 620 KTAR about last night’s Suns game as I was making my morning drive, checking up on listings.  The normal banter was going around about the Suns, their win over the Knicks, fan reactions, etc., when Dan gives a shout out that he’s opening [...]

[Read more →]

There are currently 11 active properties for sale in Scottsdale Horizon. Per ARMLS, the average asking price per square foot for the 11 homes is: $231/sq ft. The bank owned property at 9789 E Pine Valley Rd is back on the market, after having previously been under contract, with an asking price of just [...]

[Read more →]