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Knowledge is power. In that spirit, the MyPhoenixMLS Phoenix Real Estate Blog covers everything that's Phoenix-area real estate, with the goal of helping buyers and sellers navigate the market.

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2008 

A recent article in the Arizona Republic about “jingle mail” – when homeowners simply mail the lender back the keys to the home and walk away rather than struggle to pay the mortgage – got me thinking: are there any situations in which walking away is really a better choice in the long run? Are ...
04/25/2008
According to a recent U.S. News and World blog post, Arizona ranks fourth among the top 10 states in terms of foreclosures per household in March.  The list, which was actually compiled by Real Estate Bloggers, is: While 1 in 139 homes in foreclosure is surely very high compared to historical le...
04/25/2008
A recent survey by Zillow.com found that U.S. adults spend about 40 hours shopping for a home, 15 for major home improvements, 10 for a car, 8 for a mortgage or home loan, 7 for a vacation, five for a computer, and about four for a television. What’s wrong with that picture? Let’s take a look:   ...
04/23/2008
Phoenix made national headlines last week as a homebuyer takes his new home’s seller to court over a really obnoxious next-door neighbor. Here’s the gist, from Good Morning America’s segment on the story last Wednesday: Glenn Melton purchased a modest home in Phoenix in 2005 for his college-aged...
04/23/2008
They say that art imitates life.  It’s certainly true of newspaper cartoonists – not the kind you see in the “Funnies” section, but the kind you see on the editorial page.  They take often serious topics and bring out the humor – however dark – in them.  Sometimes, it’s just what we need. That’s...
04/23/2008
I know I’m a little late to the game, here, but I’ve been meaning to write a post about a great article in the New York Times for a while now.  It’s from March 19, but it’s so good I’m going to write about it here anyway. So the article is called “Can’t Grasp Credit Crisis? Join the Club.” It’s ...
04/10/2008
In my last post, I wrote about how the reality TV show, Flip This House, on A&E, got me thinking about fixer-upper homes and the potential they have to bring real anguish to the lives of people who buy them looking to get rich as real estate “flippers.” Of course, savvy fixers and flippers can ma...
04/10/2008
Have you seen the reality TV show Flip This House on A&E?  I’m not really plugging the show, but it’s got me thinking about fixer-upper homes and the potential they have to bring real anguish to the lives of people who buy them looking to get rich as real estate “flippers.” Next Saturday, the sh...
04/10/2008
Let’s see what’s gone on in the Scottsdale and Phoenix area real estate market this past month:   Scottsdale The median sales price of single-family homes in Scottsdale decreased in February to $513,750 from $545,000 in January. In North Scottsdale – including DC Ranch and McDowell Mountain Ranch...
04/08/2008
Welcome to the second monthly edition of the MyPhoenixMLS area-specific market conditions update (okay, that was a mouthful).  Today, I’ll post market conditions reports for some of the East Valley cities; next we’ll look to the Scottsdale area and then we’ll look at Phoenix.    Chandler In Chan...
04/08/2008
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Knowledge is power. In that spirit, the MyPhoenixMLS Phoenix Real Estate Blog covers everything that's Phoenix-area real estate, with the goal of helping buyers and sellers navigate the market.