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March 2008 Metro Phoenix Home Sales Trend
You can read my March 2008 Metro Phoenix Home Sales Trend report at www.TempeAgentNews.com . Read More...
March 2008 Tempe Condo Sales
You can read my March 2008 Tempe Condo Sales report at www.TempeAgentNews.com . Read More...
Tempe February 2008 Condo Update
Twenty condos (classified as "Townhouse" and "Apartment Style" in the MLS), closed in February, one less than January. Active listings as of 3/19/08 are at 354, up from January, pushing inventory out to 18 months from 16. This is also Read More...
February 2008 Phoenix Metro Home Sales Trend Update
February had 12,932 new listings, a bit down from January's 15,903. Sold listings moved up to 3,448 from January's 2,912. With fewer new listings and higher sales, we are at least going in the right direction, but still a long ways to go to bring Read More...
The problem with painting all homes with the same market brush
Trulia Voices is a forum for asking real estate questions. Here is a recent question that I thought would be of general interest: “The house I'm interested in sold for $307,000 in 2006. The asking price is now $359,000. That seems to high for Read More...
Maricopa and Pima Counties 2007 4th Quarter Economic and Market Watch Report
The Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS) has published the 2007 4th Quarter Economic and Market Watch Report, available here , along with prior reports. It covers extensive economic and housing data broken down by zip codes for Maricopa and Read More...
Tempe median price bottoming out?
According to the median price charts from Altos Research , it appears that Tempe prices have finally started to bottom out around $300K. Only time will tell if the trend holds. Except for Scottsdale, all other cities being tracked are still heading down. Read More...
Tempe January 2008 Condo Update
Twenty-one condos (classified as "Townhouse" and "Apartment Style" in the MLS), closed in January, in line with December's 22 sales. Active homes are currently at 345, again no real change with inventory remaining at about 16 months. Read More...
Cramer says buy now
Jim Cramer of Mad Money has totally reversed his stance on home buying. His previous prediction for the "bottom" was March 2008. With the recent steep Fed rate cuts, he says it’s time to buy a home now. The last cut "...has made a Read More...
Tempe December 2007 Condo Update
Bit of a late update for December, but here it is..... Twenty-two condos (classified as "Townhouse" and "Apartment Style" in the MLS), closed in December, sharply up from Novembers thirteen. Active homes are currently at 344, not much Read More...
December 2007 Phoenix Metro Home Sales Trend Update
Here's my updated pricing trends chart which now covers all of 2007: December had 8,837 new listings, the lowest increase of the year. Listings typically drop this time of year with many homeowners waiting until the new year to go on the market. We Read More...
Pricing your home to sell revisited
I had a post on my site pointing to a short creative video with a simple message emphasing not to overprice your home when selling. Some in the blogger world viewed the video as insulting to the average home seller. I took my post off to give me time Read More...
Tempe ASU Research Park Neighborhood Impact
The ASU Research Park in Tempe, AZ is home to several technology oriented companies. However, it is also immediately surrounded by several residential neighborhoods. The growth of the park has had both positive and negative consequences. While it aids Read More...
Phoenix Market 2007 3rd Quarter Economic and Market Watch Report
The 2007 3rd quarter "Economic and Market Watch Report" has recently been published by the Arizona Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS). As noted on their site, the reports are normally made available 6-8 weeks after the end of each quarter. This Read More...
Tempe Condo Sales Update
I've been getting a lot of interest in Tempe condos in the last few weeks, so I thought I'd give a separate update on Tempe condos and townhomes. UPDATE: As of 12/5/2007, there are now 12 noted in the MLS as sold in November, still substantially Read More...
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