7 Simple Ways to Make Your Style More Functional. One of the first things most home buyers note when they’re touring a listings is closet space. 99% of homes in the Phoenix area do not have basements so well designed floorplans incorporating plenty of closet space are always in demand. HINT for Home Sellers: You… Read More
20 Percent Down is Nice, but NOT Mandatory Due to misunderstood government regulations instituted in the past two or three years that were meant to stabilize the housing market, many folks are under the impression that they must have 20% down to buy a home. This is categorically untrue. Not only do 3.5% down FHA… Read More
Location, Location, Location, 4 Reasons Why it’s Essential Maybe the most overused phrase in Real Estate “Location, Location, Location”. Maybe also the most meaningful. You can change nearly everything about a home, except its location, and I always advise my clients of this. As a matter of fact, I’m currently working with clients who were… Read More
Days-on-market have increased slightly for homes for sale in Chandler, Arizona. This downloadable PDF details all Real Estate Market statistics for the week ending June 20, 2016. What would be the best Phoenix area city for you? Check new listings of homes for sale in these cities before you decide! Gilbert Chandler Scottsdale Mesa Ahwatukee… Read More
Best Spring Home Buying Season Nationwide in a Decade – These are nationwide statistics but the Arizona Real Estate Market overall, is shadowing these numbers very closely. ~Bill — — — — — New home sales data released this week showed that sales were 16.6 percent higher than March when comparing the seasonally adjusted annualized… Read More
We research almost everything from electronics to restaurants before making almost any decision, but I wonder if you’ve thought about doing your research on what is arguably one of the most important financial decisions you’ll ever make? Buying a home is major undertaking and yet we often rely on the advice of family, friends and… Read More
The U.S. housing market continued to slowly stabilize with three additional metro areas entering their outer range of stable housing activity: Charleston, South Carolina; Sarasota, Florida; and Washington, DC. This news is according to Freddie Mac’s recently released Multi-Indicator Market Index® (MiMi®). “When we observe MiMi’s annual improvement, it’s clear housing markets continue to recover… Read More
Among the nation’s top 300 markets, a total of 170 or 57 percent have now achieved full price recovery, according to Homes.com®’s September 2015 Local Market Index, a price performance summary of repeat sales in the top 100 markets, and the companion Midsize Markets Report for the next 200 largest markets. By September, 53 out… Read More
Home selling is all about the numbers, but this is hardly a game. Believe it or not I’m not going to harass you about price, not today anyways. The actual numbers in the price of your home matter. In the past, setting a price to end in a 9 was considered a strategic maneuver. Why?… Read More
