Phoenix Area Real Estate Blog

Attending my company’s quarterly event last week, I was reminded of the many, many aspects of a purchase contract that we agents take for granted, but that the general public is unaware of. One of those aspects regards the transfer of personal property via the sale.
Section 1g of the standard Arizona Residential Resale Real [...]

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Across all of Maricopa County, there are currently 37,403 single family homes for sale, up by 190 from last week. There are 5496 sales currently pending, down by 86 from last week. And 4725 homes closed escrow in the last 30 days, up by 250 from last week. As a result, broader Maricopa County is [...]

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Catherine Reagor reported in the Arizona Republic today that Arizona lawmakers passed a bill yesterday that will require loan officers and mortgage originators to pass a test, pay a fee, and notify the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions where they are working.
Governor Janet Napolitano still needs to approve the bill, but reports are that she [...]

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Via GeekBrief.tv, which reported they found out about this via TechCrunch, I found out about SpotCrime. SpotCrime has a map based display of crime information, which they are making available for several Arizona cities. The web site allows you to search by reported crime type, which they show on the map, for a given [...]

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Today I had a listing appointment with my newest clients. They are a referral from a recent client (their former neighbor). The young couple is quite internet savvy and mentioned to me they had attempted to rent their home on their own via craigslist and facebook. The former I expected, but the [...]

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By now, you surely must know that George Carlin passed away last Sunday. I am remiss in not getting to post on this sooner, but there’s a George Carlin bit from Comic Relief 1986 that I frequently make reference to while showing houses. Most of my clients aren’t aware of the bit, and [...]

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Across all of Maricopa County, there are currently 37, 213 single family homes for sale, up by 122 from last week. There are 5582 sales currently pending, down by 110 from last week. And 4475 homes closed escrow in the last 30 days, down by 2 from last week. As a result, broader Maricopa County [...]

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