tucson home buying: Is Now A Good Time To Buy A Home? - 08/04/08 10:35 AM
Our Federal government has stimulated the market with the recent tax credit. Now is a great time to buy. Those who ignore this opportunity will be throwing money away. Does this mean Buyers should throw caution to the wind? By no means should any home buyer ignore due diligence in buying … (2 comments)
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tucson home buying: Tucson Real Estate Preliminary May Sales Report - 06/03/08 08:40 AM
Will we exceed the predicted sales of 1,035 for May? We will know in a matter of days. The good thing is sales are continually increasing, which is good news for Tucson real estate. Bad news for those who wait for woulda, shoulda, coulda. Read More
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tucson home buying: How should you communicate with Internet prospects? - 05/20/08 07:13 PM
Who has the best answer to the question, "How should you communicate with Internet prospects?"
Everybody has an opinion on this topic. What really works, not in theory or concept, but, in practice? Personally, I think asking questions of a prospect is a turn off. I like to start out with … (3 comments)
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tucson home buying: Home Searching On The Internet - 05/18/08 10:20 AM
Internet Real Estate BuyingAnyone you talk to will tell you that a vast majority of home buyers start searching for a home on the Internet. In today’s world of technology the “Duh” factor comes into play when it comes to buying and buying smart.
Estimates are as high as 80% of … (5 comments)
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tucson home buying: Tucson Real Estate - Should I Buy or Should I Wait - 05/10/08 08:26 PM
Almost daily someone asks me, “Should I buy a home now or should I wait for the market to change?” The answer is, “Now is a great time to buy a home.” Why?Home prices have remained stable in some areas and dropped below levels before the housing market frenzy in … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: Tucson Real Estate 2007 In Reflection - 12/31/07 05:51 PM
Granted the real estate market for Tucson took a big hit over the past year. November 2006 predictions didn’t come to light. I even stopped trying to predict mid year. It just got too crazy. Doom and gloom sayers latched onto the declining market like a cancer to an open wound. … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: What Do Tucson Homes and Foreign Dollars Have In Common? - 12/27/07 05:44 PM
Since my earlier article Everything Canadian Home Buyers Want To Know About Tucson Real Estate I have been seeing more about foreign investment in American real estate. It goes beyond Canadian buyers. It makes perfect sense for Foreign Investors as well as second home and vacation home buyers to look … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: DUI Laws In Arizona Are Tough - 11/01/07 10:11 AM
The thresholds and punishments for first time DUI offenses are as follows (second time offenses are drastically worse): Standard DUI: BAC over 0.08 (three drinks for most men and two drinks for most women) Mandatory jail time of 10 days - No plea bargaining (second offense - 30 to 90 … (3 comments)
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tucson home buying: Buying Homes With Pools In Tucson - 10/29/07 06:18 PM
Many home buyers looking for real estate in Tucson look for homes with a pool or room to install a pool. Living in the desert a pool is comforting to relax in at the end of a long hot day and on weekends. A swimming pool is definitely an asset … (2 comments)
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tucson home buying: Tucson Real Estate October 2007 Mid Month Home Sales Report - 10/26/07 09:01 AM
Looking at the Tucson real estate sales from the first of October to the 20th gives a healthier picture than September’s mid month report. Positive news for the market. Closed real estate sales rose from the 385 in this time frame in September to 403 for October. A step in the right … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: Buyers Wanted - September 2007 Tucson Home Sales Below Averages - 09/26/07 08:49 AM
I do not like doom and gloom, however, reality is reality and honesty is the best policy. If September’s first 20 days of real estate sales in greater Tucson is an indication of the full month, sales will be much lower than anticipated. By August 20th there were 592 recorded sales in the … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: What To Look For When Buying Tucson Homes - 09/16/07 08:14 PM
As a Realtor® our role changes week-to-week, day-to-day, hour-to-hour. One of the most important roles is helping buyers to view homes that may or may not meet their needs. I like to tell the Buyers I work with, “I’m going to tell you what I’ll tell you. I’m going to tell … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: Who Wants To Know How To Search From Homes In Tucson? - 09/03/07 10:03 AM
One of the reasons I came to Long Realty is that I got tired clients telling me that they found X property on the Long website. Now I hear, “I love your website. It is so easy to find homes.” As easy as it is to find Tucson real estate … (3 comments)
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tucson home buying: Full Service Brokerage Benefits - 08/07/07 01:01 AM
Previously I commented about the different levels of service. When shopping today at Wal-Mart I thought about the comparison between Wal-Mart and full service brokerages. At Wal-mart you can stop by McDonald’s to eat, shop in the grocery store, pick up medicine at the pharmacy, pick up plant food and garden … (2 comments)
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tucson home buying: So You Want To Save Money Buying A Home? - 07/18/07 02:59 PM
Home Buyers are always looking for the best deal. What an incentive to stimulate the market. Fortunately I am with the largest real estate company in Southern Arizona. A one stop to get all you need company. From July 15, 2007 through September 15, 2007 Long Mortgage is offering a killer … (2 comments)
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tucson home buying: 7 Steps To Buying A Home - 06/30/07 01:17 AM
Buying a home in Tucson Arizona may be slightly different than buying a home in other parts of the country. However, the basics are similar. Home buying is not complicated when you set up pillars of support and take seven steps to a successful purchase. I have prepared 7 steps to … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: Tucson Real Estate - Home Buying 107 - 06/29/07 09:30 AM
Tucson Real Estate The final step in buying a home is Close of Escrow (COE). This is where everything comes together.
At COE all the instructions from the buyer, seller, lender, listing agent, and selling agent come together into what is called Closing Documents. The offer, counter offer, buyer inspection notice, … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: Housing Market and Predictions - 06/25/07 11:14 AM
Predicting the housing market is a combination of subjective and objective evaluations. It's like looking into a crystal ball.
Subjectivity
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search In reason, subjectivity refers to the property of perceptions, arguments, and language as being based in a subject's point of view, and … (1 comments)
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tucson home buying: Housing Slump - How Is It Effecting Tucson? - 06/21/07 04:48 PM
Tucson Real Estate Holding Its Own
With our nation looking at a housing market slump, Tucson is feeling the pinch, but not as bad as most areas. What has helped the Tucson market is the 2,000 or so people moving here every month. Which helps rentals as well as home sales.
In the Arizona … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: Tucson Real Estate Home Buying 102 - 06/10/07 09:31 PM
Congratulations you made it through Home Buying 101 - Choosing A Lender. Now that you have a loan you are ready for 102 - Choosing A REALTOR®. When buying real estate in Tucson, a good lender and a good REALTOR® are important.
Choosing A REALTOR®.
Finding the right REALTOR® can make all the difference … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: Tucson Real Estate - Home Buying 101 - 06/10/07 09:32 AM
Home Buying in Tucson
As in many parts of the country home buying in Tucson requires some preparation, studying, learning and application. I am asked all the time by buyers, especially first time home buyers, what do I need to do? This is the first in a series of articles I am providing to … (1 comments)
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tucson home buying: April Home Sale Update For Tucson - 05/20/07 08:21 AM
I reported Who Else Wants To Know About Home Sales In Tucson? on May 11th about the available statistics at that time for homes sales in the Tucson area. Better numbers are in. Actual home sales were 1,329. Though lower than I anticipated, when compared to previous years, excluding the frenzy years, … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: You Can Sell Homes In A Buyers Market Tucson - 05/17/07 06:14 AM
You Can Sell Your Home In A Buyers Market Tucson
What can you do? With a significant number of homes falling into foreclosure the selling of your home only gets more challenging. If you think foreclosures don't effect you think again. Buyers are salivating over the deals they will get from short sales … (2 comments)
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tucson home buying: Who Else Wants To Know About Home Sales In Tucson? - 05/12/07 12:04 AM
Home sales may not have been as high as I predicted. But, Tucson's real estate sales for April remained higher than sales prior to the frenzy of 2004 and 2005. Good news, January through March sales were higher than reported. How close are my predictions? January 966 predicted, 971 sold; February 1,047 predicted, 1,022 sold; … (2 comments)
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tucson home buying: Price, Price, Price. What Are Some Sellers Thinking? - 05/06/07 09:30 PM
Attune to location, location location, is pri$e, pri$e, pri$e. The Tucson real estate market is overwhelmed with overpriced homes. Two examples, first is a home I showed my clients yesterday. Lovely homes, well maintained, great location. Everything in this gated community in Oro Valley is selling for an average of $153 … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: Housing Recovery 2007 - Tucson - 05/02/07 03:55 PM
Housing Recovery Likely This Year; Timing Unclear was the headline for an article in the Arizona REALTOR® May Issue. What does this mean to the Tucson real estate Market? Tucson has always remained stronger than most parts of our fine nation. I have been watching sales daily and they have been on track with … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: Home Sellers, Buyers, and Realtors Beware of Zillow's Zestimate - 04/25/07 11:23 PM
Zillow seemed like a good thing for Realtors in the Tucson Real Estate market. Allowing Realtors to assist Sellers in getting their home before more Buyers when Zillow announced Q&A. Being reasonable, I thought I would give Zillow a try. Maybe things had gotten better. I ran one home for a while to test it. No Zestimate came … (3 comments)
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tucson home buying: Starter Home With No Garage - 04/25/07 04:35 PM
Ideal starter home. Newly constructed TEP Energy Efficient Guarantee. Stained concrete floors, heat pump, hoc/trowel interior, recessed lighting, A/C, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths with laundry closet for full size appliances. Constructed by AZ Roc licensed General Contractor. Contractor and manufacturer warranties convey. This property is 823 Lot A.
For More Information … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: Starter Home With a Garage - 04/25/07 04:30 PM
Ideal starter home. Newly constructed TEP Energy Efficient Guarantee. Stained concrete floors, heat pump, hoc/trowel interior, recessed lighting, A/C, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths with laundry closet for full size appliances. Constructed by AZ Roc licensed General Contractor. Contractor and manufacturer warranties convey. This is 823 Lot B. For more Information on … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: Tucson Real Estate Market Remains Strong - 04/24/07 11:53 AM
While going through my real estate reading this morning I read that the National Association of Realtors reported an 8.4% decline in the sale of homes for the first quarter. So, the first thing I did was to jump into the Tucson Multiple Listing database and check our local numbers. Chicken Little, … (0 comments)
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tucson home buying: 10 Things Home Buyers Should NOT Do - 04/22/07 05:05 PM
As Home Buyers you have read, heard and digested everything available about what to do. What about what NOT to do?
Here's 10 Things Not to do:
Buy a house on emotion. Who cares that the one across the street sold for $200,000 less. This is your dream home and you are … (4 comments)
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