Great 4 Bedroom Anthem Home w/Fantastic Pool!!! 3537 W. Spirit Ln. - Anthem, AZ 85086 Benjamin B. Bailey Property Marketing Expert Arizona Premiere Living Windermere West Valley 480/220-8022 Ben@ArizonaPremiereLiving.com Jerry Murphy REALTOR® Arizona Premiere Living Windermere West Valley 602/3...

04/13/2009

Phoenix's Weather...Not too hot to trot.

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I speak to a lot of people around the country and invariably one of the first questions they ask is "how's the weather out there?" This is usually followed up by "how do you guys stand the heat during the summer". Well for those unitiated to our weather, this post is for you. You see I grew up i...

04/12/2009

Home or Away? Which do you prefer?

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I'm not talking about sports here. The question in the subject title is referring to a home office or the corporate, brick and mortar office. In my illustrious :-) real estate career I've tried both. Working from the home office gave me the flexibility to multi-task and cut down on travel time t...

04/11/2009

Short sale checklist...

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Over the past couple of years my business partner have found that the following list of items, submitted to the lender with an offer has streamlined the shortsale process. We also include current comparable properties to support the price. Feel free to use as you see fit. And for more useful in...

04/10/2009

That potential buyer just went up in smoke.

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Home sellers who smoke. This post is for you. I know smokers have been ostracized over the past twenty years or so. Seems these days you can't even smoke in your own home. And I know that some of you don't. Which is a smart move if you ever want to sell your home at top dollar. Having show...

04/09/2009

Phoenix Metropolitan Area Market Analysis 2005-2008

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I often get asked about how far prices have fallen here in the Phoenix real estate market from the peaks of a few years ago. So I compiled an analysis of homes sold over the past four years including the first quarter of 2009. As you can see, our average price of homes sold has fallen an incredi...

04/07/2009

Scottsdale real estate - Market update March 2009

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The Scottsdale real estate market is starting to heat up as well. Scottsdale had been showing some signs of waning under the pressure of the economic downturn from the preceding months and has been taking the hit. That being said, there are still some fantastic bargains in Scottsdale right now....

04/06/2009

Phoenix real estate - March 2009 market update.

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I said it last month and I'll say it again this month. Ummm folks...it is REALLY time to buy here in Phoenix. The Phoenix real estate market is starting out 2009 at a much healthier pace than the previous year. Year over year units sold are screaming past last year's figures, almost tripling Ma...

04/05/2009

Anthem AZ real estate - March '09 market update

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The real estate market in Anthem, like the weather, is heating up . The number of homes actively on the market fell again. We saw prices decrease a bit in March, but still the burn rate is down to 2 months now, so based on that statistic we are entering a seller's market in Anthem. Days on mark...

04/02/2009