Short Sales vs. Bank Owned?
June 20, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
My, what a difference a year makes. In late 2008 lenders, as well as industry giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac dominated both the active listings and sales statistics with their foreclosure inventory. Rumors abounded about an additional looming “shadow inventory” of foreclosures which would further destroy our already decimated marketplace. The oncoming “foreclosure tsunami” [...]
Should You Buy A Short Sale Listing?
March 21, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
It depends. There are definite advantages to buying a short sale listing. There are also definite disadvantages. And there are some possible additional disadvantages – depending on which agent you have.
We will take these up – one at a time.
Advantages: Price and Condition. If the transaction is handled correctly, you can usually get much more [...]
Ugly House Photos
January 17, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
A friend of mine and fellow John Hall & Associates agent, Leif Swanson was recently featured in the Arizona Republic. What prompted me to post it is it is regarding his blog, Ugly House Photos. As there are so many readers here who really like to see these ugly house photos, I wanted to pass [...]
A Late Christmas Gift For You
December 26, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
I haven’t been blogging much lately (for some months) and needed an easy one to get myself started again. The gift to me is being able to post this here now. The gift to you is a really (really really) cool book from Seth Godin you can download for free, here.
I think you will [...]
Calling all crafty parents and kids!
October 18, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Milestones is hosting a Craft Fair & Bazaar on Saturday, November 7, 2009
from 9am ~ 12pm
We are looking for vendors with all types of items:
Scrapbooking, Clothing, Accessories, Home décor, Sports Memorabilia, Jewelry or Art.
If you have an interest in being a part of MILESTONES CHARTER SCHOOL Craft Fair & Bazaar Please contact:
Jamie (Mrs. [...]
Market Stats Update
August 30, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
For the past five or six years (very much unlike my first 20 – 25 years in the real estate business) the price of Phoenix residential real estate has been front page news and sometimes even national news. What you will see here aren’t the glaring headlines – that all sound so much better than [...]
Foreclosures Surge?
This was just now posted on AzCentral with the headline, "Foreclosures surged in July. This is what passes for "reporting" by most media about the real estate market. June foreclosures were 5,149. July’s numbers (per the article) were 5,316. A difference of 167 foreclosures or 3.24%. And that is being called a "surge".
I wonder [...]
Stage Your Home for Under $50
July 7, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Thanks to Lani at AgentGenius for passing this little gem along.
Cheap, Quick Fixes to get Your Home Sold Faster
8,000 Reasons
June 11, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
After a false start, details of the new program that allows home buyers to use the first time home buyer tax credit at closing have finally been released here. Here are the major points:
The program can only be used on FHA-insured loans. VA, conventional, and other programs are not included.
The credit cannot be used [...]
How’s The Market? An Interesting Update
I am often asked the question, "How’s the market?" by home sellers, home buyers and various local and national reporters. Answers like, "Good" or "Not very good" – which are the type of sound bite answers TV and radio interviewers seem to thrive on – don’t really honestly answer the question. Our market varies by [...]
