Every home owner knows that given the opportunity, owning a home can quickly eat up your free time. To make your space feel like your own and increase the value of your investment, homeowners need to perform periodic maintenance beyond the usual cleaning and tidying. From routine yard work, patching and small repairs all the… Read More
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Gilbert, in Your Price Range? Price Reduced on this Great Home!
You can move right in, but the new lower price on this Gilbert 2-story reflects the updates that will make this house your dream home. New carpeting and an updated master bath are already done for you and the interior is freshly painted. The main level feels spacious with vaulted ceiling and dramatic staircase. The… Read More
Thinking of Retiring in Arizona? 8 Hot Tips to Find the Perfect Place!
Thinking of Retiring in Arizona? 8 Hot Tips to Find the Perfect Place! Author: Bill Salvatore Arizona is a wildly popular choice for retirees. Indeed our 300+ days of sunshine, mild winters, endless amenities and master planned Active Adult communities provide the ideal environment for taking full advantage ones retirement. Purchasing a home specifically for… Read More
My Home, Gilbert AZ – Affordable and Award Winning
Last week I read an article on AZ Big Media that put Gilbert, Arizona in the top 10 cities to buy an affordable home. As a Realtor and a long time Gilbert resident, this was news to me, until I read the criteria. I was also surprised to learn that our next door neighbor Chandler… Read More
Do Renters Now Prefer the Suburbs?
Recent Zillow research confirms there is some validity to the theory that renters are choosing the suburbs over city life. Similar to home prices, rents are rising everywhere, but more so in areas immediately surrounding many major cities. It only stands to reason that communities where rents are increasing are the ones that are most… Read More
Be Prepared for More Indoor Time This Winter.
As a result of the widely available COVID 19 vaccine, lifestyle limitations have lessened considerably, but they haven’t completely disappeared. We’re all still likely to spend more time than usual inside our homes this winter. Some of us are still doing all or a portion of our work from home. There are pockets of COVID… Read More
Re-Imagine Your Home Office With Color
Working from home? While you’re probably enjoying the convenience and perks of a remote work situation, you may also be seriously reevaluating your home-office design. As a matter of fact, a home office has become one of the top requests on Home Buyers wish lists. A few tips for designing your home work environment: Lighting… Read More
When Howie Met LuLu – Phoenix Zoo Rhinos Now on Speaking Terms
A visit to the Phoenix Zoo is always an amazing adventure. Among many other things, we’ve enjoyed a birthday party for the Painted Dog sisters (better known as the Spice Girls), Pelicans in the lagoon monitoring Zoo Lights at Christmastime from atop illuminated columns, the unmistakably vocal Gibbons performing gymnastics on ropes and Palm trees,… Read More
Don’t Miss This!! 4 Bedroom, Arizona City Home For Sale!
Immaculate and updated, this lovely four bedroom home is truly not to be missed! Desert landscaping is easy care and lush, including two giant pineapple palms providing privacy for the shady, north-facing front patio, and fruit trees in the large back yard. The master bath is updated, beautiful and stylish. Tile flooring throughout the home,… Read More
Luxury Home Sales Soar in Arizona, and The Jeters List Tampa Waterfront Estate
The Arizona luxury home market is booming. AZBigMedia recently reported that a 14.5M home in Paradise Valley, a region Northeast of Phoenix and just North of Scottsdale, set a record for the highest per-square-foot expenditure ever in the Phoenix Metro area at $1,566.55 per square foot. According to the post, “the 9,256-square-foot custom home sits… Read More