Anticipate a Promising Outlook for Home Sellers in 2017. Home prices continued their climb in September, up 6.3 percent year-over-year and 1.1 percent month-to-month, according to CoreLogic®’s recently released Home Price Index (HPI™) and HPI Forecast. The Forecast projected a 5.2 percent price increase from September 2016 to September 2017, generating $1 trillion in homeowner… Read More
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” ~Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The folks at the Gilbert AZ Chamber of Commerce have a habit of making Christmas mean a little bit more. Thank You… Read More
This video mentions the icon bed (ikon?, eycon?, eykon?, eichan?), something I am completely unfamiliar with and was unable to find during an extensive google search. Anyone have any idea what she’s talking about? I’d be really interested to hear about it if you do. One upgrade that is not mentioned here but one that… Read More
Each of these kitchens is indeed unusual but I think that other than their made-you-look qualities, they have little to recommend them practicality-wise. For the most part, storage in these spaces is limited by the actual design or perhaps a lack of forethought. I do love the idea of the one kitchen that is open… Read More
Millennials faced a challenging job market when they graduated, but as the economy is looking up, Millennials are looking forward. From a lifestyle perspective, buying a home is still the American Dream. From a practical standpoint, Millennials realize the investment value of owning a home of their own. As in anything worth running after, there… Read More
When the TV show “Dallas” premiered, it was was a model of innovation. The first in a soon-to-follow flood of nighttime soap operas, “Dallas” was greedy, promiscuous, raucous drama at it’s finest. The show was famous for highly effective execution of the “cliff-hanger”, and the first to successfully feature a year-long dream sequence. America was… Read More
A Triumph for Both Home Sellers & Buyers – FHA Eases Condo Regulations Condominiums have been a tough sell in the years following the Real Estate crunch. Strict mortgage regulations, as applied to condominium purchases, were getting in the way of many home buyers looking to purchase a condo. The immediate result was falling condominium… Read More
Every area of the country has its unique syndicate of pests. Arizona for instance, is a prime environment for termites. As a matter of fact, there’s a saying in our industry that there are two kinds of houses in Arizona; the ones that have termites, and the ones that will. Staying on top of ground-borne… Read More
We’ve been talking a lot lately about the newest features of today’s New Construction Homes so these 4 things may not surprise you. Some, like universal connectivity and charging stations are now standard fare but others like Geofencing to enhance your security system, are still relatively new and generally just an option. Read on for… Read More
According to Phoenix Business Journal, Realtor.com‘s Natonal Housing Forecast has projected that Phoenix will be the Top Housing Market in 2017 with a a price gain of 2 points over the national average and 7.2 sales growth over 2016. Phoenix is followed closely by Los Angeles, Boston, Sacramento and Riverside CA. Tucson AZ came in… Read More
