Put me in touch with the listing agent.... - 04/29/07 05:44 PM
Put me in touch with the listing agent....by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Here's an interesting scenario. I get a call asking me about one of my listings. But - its not my listing! Its another agent's listing who also works for my firm. I request the caller send me
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Latest Clemente Ranch Statistics - 04/27/07 08:07 PM
Latest Clemente Ranch Statisticsby Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Please find enclosed the latest statistics for The Clemente Ranch subdivision. Clemente Ranch is located in the 85248 subdivision just east of Dobson Rd. It is bound on the south by Queen Creek Rd. and on the north by Germann Rd.
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Latest Park Promenade Statistics - 04/27/07 08:00 PM
Latest Park Promenade Statisticsby Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Please find enclosed the latest statistics (active, pending, sold) for the Park Promenade subdivision. Park Promenade is effectively located at the southwest corner of Ray Rd. and McClintock Rd. Data courtesy of ARMLS. Thanks for Reading :) Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler Realtor®http://www.homesphx.com
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Latest Dawn Statistics - 04/27/07 07:57 PM
Latest Dawn Statisticsby Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Please find the latest market statistics for the Dawn subdivision. Dawn is located off of Ray Rd. between McClintock Rd. and Rural Rd. in Chandler (85226). Data courtesty of ARMLS. Thanks for Reading :) Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler Realtor®http://www.homesphx.com
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Latest Carrillo Ranch Statistics - 04/27/07 07:54 PM
Latest Carrillo Ranch Statisticsby Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Latest market statistics (since 1/1/07) for Carrillo Ranch (located off of Rural Rd., between Chandler Blvd and Ray Rd in 85226 Chandler). Data courtesy of ARMLS. Thanks for Reading :) Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler Realtor®http://www.homesphx.com
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Latest Carino Estates Statistics - 04/26/07 11:06 PM
Latest Carino Estates Statisticsby Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Carino Estates is a subdivision that has much to offer a potential buyer and their family. Feel free to look my recent blog post about this subdivision. I would like to update recent statistics on this beautiful subdivision with data (from
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Latest Arden Park Statistics - 04/26/07 11:02 PM
Latest Arden Park Statisticsby Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Just thought I'd update everyone on the latest statistics in Arden Park from 1/1/07. Its a beautiful community - I invite you to look at my previous posts on this subdivision! Data per ARMLS. Thanks for Reading :) Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler Realtor®http://www.homesphx.com
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Latest WILD TREE Statistics - 04/26/07 11:00 PM
Latest Wild Tree Statisticsby Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Wild Tree is a lovely little subdivision (~ 250 homes) bound by Chandler Blvd. to the south, Rural Rd. to the west and McClintock Rd. to the East. I just thought I'd share with folks the latest statistics for Wild Tree (since 1/1/07)
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What % of leads result in closed transactions? - 04/26/07 10:56 PM
What % of leads result in closed transactions?by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate We get leads, or prospective clients from numerous sources. Referrals. Websites. Active Rain. People we meet at the grocery store. Off for sale. It is the goal of many agents to get as many leads as possible.
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50 B*****it Jobs - not in Real Estate! - 04/25/07 10:20 PM
50 B*****it Jobs - not in Real Estate!by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate What is a B*****it job? According to the heading of the article in money.cnn.com, we are talking about "Big pay, not much wrk: Least useful gigs in America". So basically jobs that pay pretty well for doing
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Mortgage Insurance - a good thing? - 04/25/07 09:14 PM
Mortgage Insurance - a good thing?by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Most of us are aware of the recent legislation which changed the way the IRS views mortgage insurance. In 06', mortgage insurance became tax deductible. I saw a fairly big rush of lenders and Real Estate Agents make the
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A Realtor tour of duty!! Must Read!!! - 04/25/07 12:40 AM
A Realtor tour of duty!! Must Read!!!by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate The experiences that we real estate agents expeirence often runs the gauntlets. The highs, the lows. The thrills, and boredom. The very abnormal to the downright exhillerating. Well, I don't care what your experience was. The experience of
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$100,000 off?! - 04/25/07 12:30 AM
$100,000 off?!by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate I won't go into the details here, but if you have any interest in SPEC homes that are being offered at $100,000 below original list price - well this create exists in Chandler. This is one of the best deals I have seen
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Mixed-use project planned for Chandler - 04/25/07 12:27 AM
Mixed-use project planned for Chandlerby Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Progress continues in Chandler...this time it looks like plans to make the area around Chandler's airport into a major employment certer are underway with a proposed $150 million dollar project as reported in the East Valley Tribune. The project, to be
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A reminder about pool safety.... - 04/19/07 04:07 PM
A reminder about pool safety....by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Unfortunately, there has been a lot of bad news lately. Recently there were reports of toddlers drowning in pools in nearby Mesa. Another tragedy - this one very easily avoidable. Personally, I don't think families that have children under the
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Interest rates are pretty darn low! - 04/19/07 12:11 AM
Interest rates are pretty darn low!by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Who am I to tell a prospective client, or anyone for that matter, when THEY should purchase a home. Thats a decision to be left to them. I just want to provide any information that I can to assist
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NEW builders in the Valley? - 04/16/07 11:52 PM
NEW builders in the Valley?by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate With record inventories in the Phoenix metropolitan area and slower sales throughout many parts of the country we see reports of builder earnings and profitability suffering. Large number of spec homes sit unsold gnawing away at the bottom-line of builders
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Some really evil people out there... - 04/16/07 02:03 AM
Some really evil people out there...by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate I typically post about Real Estate related matters; however, every so often I have the habit of deviating from the beaten path to discuss other topics. Its my blog and I'm allowed to! So an article I just read in
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Real Estate Transfer Tax - Phoooey! - 04/10/07 12:18 AM
Real Estate Transfer Tax - Phoooey!by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate When I talk with a home seller I tell them approximately what it will cost for them to sell a home using my services. I tell them flat out that it'll cost them about 8% of the selling price
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Record Home Inventories in Arizona.... - 04/09/07 02:16 PM
Record Home Inventories in Arizona....by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate For those who are/were unaware, the inventory of homes for sale in Arizona really began to spike up around late spring of 06', suddenly shooting up to more than 40,000 homes for sale. We have remained well above 40k in
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New Business Park in Chandler - 04/09/07 02:07 AM
New Business Park in Chandlerby Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Chandler continues to grow and expand. I had previously blogged about a date in the future when there will be no more large subdivisions put in Chandler. Something similar is bound to occur, though likely at a later date, with
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Did you register your client at the new home subdivision? - 04/06/07 02:43 AM
Did you register your client at the new home subdivision?by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Real Estate Agents show clients model homes. Real Estate Agents show clients resale homes. Real Estate Agents show clients resale homes. Sometimes the client purchases new, sometimes the client purchases resale. To me, it doesn't
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Another sign the market bottomed out in Q4 06' - 04/04/07 10:48 PM
Another sign the market bottomed out in Q4 06'by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate Various folks in Arizona have been saying that our local market 'bottomed out' around October/November of last year. Various folks suggested increased activity starting around December and recent local statistics are just starting to indicate that
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The sign says 'We Buy Homes' - be very careful.... - 04/02/07 11:45 PM
The sign says 'We Buy Homes' - be very careful....by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate We all know about the subprime meltdown. We know about the increase in forclosures. As more and more people get into trouble with their homes there will be more and more predators out there looking
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Using the Builder's Lender? Pay attention.... - 04/01/07 06:37 PM
Using the Builder's Lender? Pay attention....by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate People buy new homes all the time. They get mortgages on these homes all the time and typically (often incentive-based) they use the builder's preferred lender. This is commonplace. Its also somewhat different than when purchasing resale homes. When
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