January 25, 2014 @ 9:00 amEnds:March 1, 2014 @ 4:00 pm Place:Schnepf Farms Park area & orchards, 24810 S. Rittenhouse Road, Queen Creek, AZ 85142 The Peach Blossom Celebration was created so that you could enjoy the beauty of the farm while hundreds of trees are dotted with Pink and white blossoms. Once a year over 80 acres of fruit trees start blooming at all different times and Continue Reading
Archives for January 2014
6 Things Sellers Need to Know Before Listing Their Home
In a market where home inventory is low and demand is soaring, sellers may think that their home will move in mere minutes–and at a price that defies even the loftiest expectations. When left untethered, these dreams of big prices and warp speed sales can spell disaster–and major disappointment. Here are six simple points sellers need to know before putting it on the market. 1. Staging Continue Reading
Little Progress in Phoenix New Home Building
Higher home prices, a construction labor shortage, and tighter lending guidelines are among the factors keeping the home building market from a robust recovery. Patrick Breen/The Arizona Republic Higher prices, along with several other factors, are among the challenges to the recovery of metro Phoenix’s new-home market. The median existing home price in the region is now $178,000, Continue Reading
Valley MLS Inventory
Check out these stats! This graph and chart will show you how many active, sold and new listings there have been in the east valley from January 2012 to December 2013. Sales are down from this time last year and months supply of inventory is up. MLS inventory Continue Reading
Check out these January ARMLS Stats
As members of the Multiple Listing Service, we are privy to some great local statistics each month and I thought I would share this month's data as it gives a year in review perspective. COMMENTARY by Tom Ruff of The Information Market 2013: Year in Review The end of the year only comes once. That's why we can't pass up the opportunity to focus on how the market fared in 2013. Below you Continue Reading
Costco Pricing code
Did you know there is actually a “Costco Price Tag Code” ? If you know the code, you know if you are getting the “best” deal on that particular product! The key to the code is not the dollars but the cents. Those last two digits of the price tell you everything. A price ending in .99 is much different than one ending in .97 or .49. Check it out… Price ending in .99 – the product is full Continue Reading
Open House in Sun Lakes this Saturday, 1/18/14 from 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Come check out this beautiful home this Saturday, January 18th from 10:30 am - 2:30 pm. For more information, please contact us at 480-240-9724 Ext. 1. Property Address: 24220 S Stoney Lake Drive, Sun Lakes AZ 85248 Continue Reading
Storm Brewing Over New Mortgage Rules?
DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Qualified Mortgage rule, which took effect last week, could greatly restrict mortgage credit and stall the housing recovery, lawmakers and mortgage industry leaders said during the House Financial Service Committee’s subcommittee hearing Tuesday. Subcommittee Chair Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, Continue Reading
Top 10 Phoenix area Luxury Listings
Here are this weeks top 10 luxury listings which are located in the Metro-Phoenix, Arizona area. Stay tuned for the next installment! 10696 E WINGSPAN WAY Scottsdale, AZ 85255 / 29,700 square feet plus a 4228 square foot guest house on approx. 17 acres / 8 Bedrooms / 10 Bathrooms / 10 car garage 5850 E Glenn DR Paradise Valley, AZ 85253 / 16,370 square feet on over 8.5 acres / 6 bedrooms / Continue Reading
Phoenix area will be among the fastest growing metro regions in 2014
A new national report predicts the Phoenix area will be among the fastest-growing metro regions of the country next year, posting figures well ahead of the more-plodding gains forecast by Arizona’s economists.The report, released Monday for the U.S. Conference of Mayors, suggests the housing industry will again lead the Phoenix area’s relatively rapid growth in 2014. It predicts 3.3 percent growth Continue Reading
