Debora Nichols's (deboranichols) Blog

  Things you didn't know about Memorial day   I recently read an article that helped me to really understand what it is all about.   Things like, it was originally called Decoration day and that the North and South originally celebrated separate Memorial Days. How about the fact that at 3 PM on M...

I Miss Him Already. His name was “Autry”.  He was such a silly boy, goofy ears and a little plump around the middle.  He drove my dogs crazy.  Always wanting to play.  Always chewing on their ears.   But they have a way of creeping into your heart.  I said I would not get attached.  I liked him,...

A Nasty surprise indeed.  It has been said more then once that this industry is ever changing.  Especially when it comes the Short Sales and Foreclosures.  We never know what the Banks are going to come up with next.  Tony Marriott is on top of it with this one. If your thinking about walking awa...

  Lost Our Home Pet Foundation was started by Jodi Polanski.  She kept running into Realtors that found abandoned pets inside foreclosed homes.  These pets belonged to people that have had to foreclose on their homes or had to give up their pets because of financial challenges.  They have grown o...

Beautiful Sonoran Desert.

  I am buying a "NEW" Home.  Should I do a home inspection.   That is a really good question.  At the very least you should have the building inspected before the application of the drywall.  This enables the inspector to examine the details of the structure, items that would then be hidden by th...

TRAMONTO....April 2012 The Phoenix Market is Hot AGAIN!! The Phoenix Real Estate market is HOT again.  Year over year inventory levels have decreased 53%, from 30,230 in March of 2011 down to 14,175in March 2012.  The median sales price has increased18.1% from $110,000 in March of 2011 to $129,90...

Wordless Wednesday, Beautiful Sonoran Desert    

Tatum Ranch Market Report February 2012 Tatum Ranch is a master-planned community of 3,400 homes and five commercial sites in the northeast corner of Phoenix, where North Tatum Boulevard and Cave Creek Road meet.Tatum Ranch is within the Upland Sonoran Desert life zone, with seven washes or arroy...

The Phoenix Real Estate market is hot again.   Wow have things changed over the last year and even more so over the last 6 months as you will see by the statistics below.  Our inventory has dropped more than 50% in the last 12 months.  Multiple offers and homes selling for more than list price se...