az: City of Glendale has opened new recreation center - 01/31/07 01:31 PM
I would be remiss in announcing that the Foothills Recreation and Aquatics Center in Glendale, Arizona is now open. It is located at 5600 West Union Hills Drive close to the Glendale library - Foothills branch. The Recreation and center has hours of:
Monday - Friday - 5:30am - 10 pm
Saturday … (1 comments)
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az: Choosing a Realtor and Lender – One Realtors Perspective - 01/31/07 01:27 PM
So you're thinking of making the jump into the American dream (home ownership). Are you upsizing or downsizing your home because of your particular family structure or for financial reasons? The information below should help you organize and be better prepared for this endeavor.
Selecting a Realtor - Over the years much … (1 comments)
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az: Arizona State Quarter up to a vote - 01/30/07 12:13 AM
The US Mint has produced five designs for Arizona's state quarter and our Governor has decided that she's going to let the people decide. The quarters won't be released until 2008, but My family and I have recently started our collection of all state quarters so I can appreciate the importance … (2 comments)
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az: Peoria Arizona has several appreciated park additions in the works or in development - 01/30/07 12:07 AM
A new park is set for its grand opening at Vistancia on February 10. The park is 15 acres and adjacent to the elementary school north of the Discovery models. The land is currently owned by Sunbelt Holdings and is being developed to be unique and a step above the ordinary … (0 comments)
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az: New Addition to Peoria Attractions - 01/30/07 12:03 AM
The new Peoria Center for the Performing Arts is near completion and it expected to open February 10. The new Performing Arts Center is at the corner of 83rd and Peoria Avenues and will seat 280. The first production in the new 20,000 square foot facility is "Tea for Three."
Features … (0 comments)
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az: Expectation of New Home Development Reductions - 01/29/07 11:30 AM
Several top home developers met at the Urban Land Institute's Real Estate Trends conference in Phoenix the first week of January 2007. In attendance were representatives from Engle Homes and Meritage Homes to name a few. The consensus is that many of the builders currently have an excess of inventories, … (2 comments)
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az: Harsh cold in the Phoenix area - 01/28/07 11:12 AM
Milder temperatures have returned to the Phoenix area. I'm waiting patiently to see the impacts to our trees and shrubs. As mentioned in prior blog entries our nine Ficus trees have taken a hit. Many are about five years old and probably will make it. If I look very very closely … (0 comments)
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az: Glendale Home Sale Statistics for 2006 - 01/28/07 11:04 AM
Continuing on in my comparisons for the prior years - GLENDALE.
Glendale Arizona showed the same pattern as Peoria - home values stayed relatively stable during 2006 with only a slight drop, but the quantity of home sales did decrease.
The fourth quarter of 2006 saw a drop in the median … (0 comments)
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az: Peoria, Arizona Home Sale Statistics for 2006 - 01/28/07 10:59 AM
I've spent my morning looking at sales data for resale homes in the valley. These statistics confirm what is being said in many real estate news sources - that the quantity of homes being sold in our area has diminished, but that the actual home prices have dipped only slightly. Following are some … (0 comments)
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az: National Association of Realtor update - 01/28/07 10:52 AM
In recent articles by the National Association of Realtors and Wall Street Journal analysts, projections are hopeful that the real estate market decline has hit a "soft landing" in 2006 and that 2007 should see a steady increase in the resale market. Early 2007 should still remain a buyers market in the Phoenix area … (0 comments)
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az: Is The Market Picking Up? - 01/27/07 12:30 AM
Over the past week or so I have noticed an increase in buyer activity. I am beginning to have some serious talks with buyers that appear ready to begin the buying process very soon. In addition, my website is seeing 3 times the traffic I received from Oct - Dec.
Right … (0 comments)
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az: Phoenix, AZ Market Conditions and a nation-wide website link-exchange request - 01/19/07 03:07 PM
At the turn of the New Year my website got extremely busy and the phone began to ring again. I thought this was the start of something great but the last week or so, it has kink of fizzled. I continue to get many hits on the website but converting them … (0 comments)
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az: Is Now the Time to Buy a Home? - 01/18/07 03:06 PM
The magic question... Is now the time to purchase the home of your dreams? I wish I had a nickel for every time I have been asked this question over the last 12 months. During the housing boom of 2004 and 2005, Realtors were screaming for more homes to come on … (1 comments)
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az: Is the Market Picking up - 07/24/06 05:09 PM
Over the last 5 days I have seen a big increase in my web-site traffice and email traffic. I am hopeful that this is the start of the market picking up. Home prices seem to have stabilized and only appear to have fallen back about 10 percent since last october. I … (3 comments)
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az: Open House Today - A Big Flop - 07/09/06 09:05 PM
Yes I did an open house today in Scottsdale for a completely renovated 2000 sqft home with a pool. I stayed for about 4 hours and no one showed up. Not even any noisey neighbors! When you have a house as nice as this thats been on the market for over … (4 comments)
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az: City of Phoenix Relo - 06/27/06 11:21 PM
about a week ago one of my listings accepted a cash contract under the City of Phoenix Relo Program. They require a 20 day inspection and a 45 day close, it takes them up to 2 weeks to get a check to open escrow. I have checked with all the appropriate … (1 comments)
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az: Market Slowdown, Phoenix AZ - 06/27/06 11:02 PM
Over the last 6 months or so the higher end homes seem to be just sitting. The only exceptions seem to be those homes that have that something special about them. There is movement in the homes uder 300k. I certainly hope we get out of this funk in the very … (0 comments)
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