Patrick Walsh's (pwalsh) Blog

Every year the Tempe Rotary Clubs organize a card board boat race on Tempe Town Lake. This year was the 9th annual race and dozens of teams competed. Girl scout troop 1386 was sponsored by Patrick Walsh.  If you look closely you can see his name on the middle panel! Way to go girls.... If

Market Recovery:  Are You Ready? After months of doom and gloom, industry-wide panic, and talk of recession, we sure could go for some good news!  In one of my recent blogs, I suggested that the market may have bottomed out in October.  Housing inventory has not increased since then, and at the e...

Will The Media Tell Us?   For the better part of a year now, the airwaves and front pages have been inundated with apocalyptic predictions for the real estate market.  Granted, the market has struggled to stay afloat amidst a flood of foreclosures and a decrease in mortgage accessibility.  Yet in...

Market Watch and 7 Real Estate Indicators: National housing analyst Tim Sullivan of the Sullivan Group has put together a seven-point test to track the market's recovery.  We will be following these indicators closely during 2008 to help keep your finger on the pulse of the Market:   1.         S...

Maricopa County Real Estate Market May Have Bottomed Out in October 2007: Along with my monitoring of Tempe Real Estate market trends, I have been tracking two Real Estate numbers for all of Maricopa County that suggest that the Real Estate slump may have bottomed out in October of 2007. The two ...

Well-maintained contemporary home in great location. Walk to ASU, Daley Park, Downtown Tempe, and some of the best schools in Tempe.Property features 3 carpeted bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Fresh paint, new (2001) ceramic tile and ceiling fans throughout. Expanded family room features Fireplace. New...

For full pdf of newsletter, click here: As I sit here brainstorming about how to "Green Up Your Holidays," I can't help but think of how not eco-friendly the season can be: racing from mall to mall for the perfect gift, creating extravagent home light displays, and of course, the wrapping paper! ...

There is a silver lining to the "dour" Arizona housing market and economic outlook reported yesterday by the AZ Republic. I have to put my two cents' worth into the discussion on the Housing Market after a misleading headline appeared on the front page of the AZ Republic 12/6/07. The headline rea...

On Saturday morning, November 17th, we toured Downtown Tempe Luxury Condos as a group of investors from The Walsh Team's Millionaire Real Estate Investor (MREI) seminars. We first toured the Bridgeview at Hayden Ferry Lakeside complex on the south shore of Tempe Town Lake.  These condos are quite...

For full pdf of newsletter, please click here:It seems like everywhere you turn, green is where it's at. From hybrid vehicles, to new "carbon footprint count" food packaging, there's no question that people are becoming much more aware of their impact on the Earth. In the world of real estate, th...