flagstaff real estate: Things to Do in Flagstaff This Weekend! - 08/01/08 12:37 AM
It's always a great weekend in Flagstaff, and this one will be no exception. There is some rain in the forecast -- probably in the afternoons, so bring some rain gear for outdoor events.
I'm going to be resting up between trips this weekend (and catching up on my real estate … (3 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: How Will the Housing and Economic Recovery Act Affect Flagstaff Real Estate? - 07/31/08 02:49 PM
Like many, you are probably hearing bits and pieces of news about the Housing and Recovery Act that became law this week. There are a lot of "bits and pieces" -- it's a big law that covers lots of topics, from financing to foreclosure relief to vacation home tax issues. Over the … (1 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Flagstaff listing report for the second week of July - 07/14/08 10:55 PM
In the last week, there have been 67 new listing in the greater-Flagstaff area. Fifteen homes went under contract and sales closed on 16 homes. This snapshot is according to the database maintained by the Northern Arizona Association of Realtors® Multiple Listing Service and reflects a search for all homes with … (4 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Maximum Seller Buy-Down? What does this mean? - 07/13/08 09:02 PM
This week I received a flyer from one of the local Flagstaff lenders with whom I work -- another technique for her to drum up business, I thought. Then I took another look. It was really an old technique for selling homes, but maybe one I'd forgotten about.
The strategy, in … (11 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Things to Do in Fabulous Flagstaff This Weekend! - 07/11/08 07:03 PM
There are always too many things for one person to do in Flagstaff during a weekend, but that means that there are things to do to appeal to nearly everyone. Come on up and enjoy summer in the cool mountains of Northern Arizona!
One of Flagstaff's great assets is Northern Arizona … (2 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: One-Third of the Way Though July in Flagstaff - 07/10/08 10:43 AM
Here's some data on the Flagstaff residential real estate market for the first ten days of July, based on downloads from the Northern Arizona Multiple Listing Service, which contains most, but not all, sales with the greater Flagstaff metropolitan area (Flagstaff and its surrounding unincorporated communities - anything with a Flagstaff … (2 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Looking for real estate news to write about or think about? - 07/08/08 12:32 AM
The Phoenix Real Estate Guy just pointed me to Monday's news release from PMI Group Inc. TPREG has links to the summary report and to the appendix for 381 metro areas -- including little Flagstaff city up here in the Arizona mountains -- a much less risky place to buy real estate … (4 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: 25th Anniversary of KNAU in Flagstaff -- An event in Flagstaff - 06/15/08 02:19 PM
We have a wonderful NPR radio station in Flagstaff, Arizona. This week, I was privileged to attend a small reception with other underwriters and supporters at the station to learn the latest and to celebrate the station's 25th anniversary. (There will be many more celebratory events throughout the year!)
I got … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Flagstaff Real Estate and Community News - 05/26/08 04:47 PM
Flagstaff Real Estate and Community News records my thoughts for the general public and my clients about living and selling real estate in beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona. Here's last week's collection of blog posts:
Regarding the Flagstaff City Elections:
Flagstaff Record Turnout Predicted
Flagstaff Voters Choose Change and Experience
Regarding the Flagstaff … (3 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Sidetracked - 05/19/08 09:31 AM
Love 'um or hate them, we can't live without computers. Mine froze Thursday afternoon. There went the resolution in my last blog. It was all I could do, scrambing with borrowed desktops, to keep up with escrows, responding to critical email, and advise my team about selling homes. No investigation of … (5 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Fun Things to Do In Flagstaff -- Real Estate Week in Review - 04/25/08 08:02 PM
Another week, another Flagstaff home listing. The good news is that there are some offers under negotiation, too. And, we had a closing for a buyer, so those sellers are moving to another home. Not a bad week for a Flagstaff real estate team, I guess.
The weekend will be busy … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: This Week's Flagstaff Homes for Sale - 04/24/08 06:31 PM
‘Tis the season for cabins in the woods. Here is a great one newly listed: 665 Kwa Ovi, MLS # 130493.
It's also that time of year when students need to line up housing for next year. We've got a great Riordan Ranch condo with two bedrooms plus cave for just $165,000. … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Real Estate News: Make It Local - 04/19/08 06:03 PM
My clients read and watch the real estate news closely, but they don't always correctly understand what it means to them. I try to explain what I hear and read regularly in my blog so that it makes sense in the context of the Flagstaff home market. Listening to the national … (7 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: This is my day off - maybe? - 04/11/08 01:25 PM
The bug person told me to take the day off. Actually, she told me to take a hike. (?) It's beautiful today, so maybe I'll do that. Later. Right now, I'm blogging. And trying to get price changes. And trying to get roofs fixed. You know -- the life of a real … (4 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Ok, Maybe She Didn’t Know - 04/03/08 11:44 PM
That I hate bugs! They give me the creeps.
Each week, my assistant prepares a list of Flagstaff events for the coming weekend for me to blog about. She sends it to me with her favorite picture of the week. Here is this week's picture. Ugh! The photo relates to "Bugs … (10 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: This week I won $50 for doing my job! - 04/03/08 03:28 PM
Yep, that's right. Just by doing what I consider the necessary part of my work as a Flagstaff real estate agent - knowing the market - I won a $50 gift certificate for dinner at Buster's Restaurant in Flagstaff. Pine Knoll Village is a new 55-lot development toward the east edge … (4 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Meanwhile, back in Flagstaff and with the Flagstaff real estate team - 03/07/08 09:58 AM
It's going to be another wonderful weekend in Flagstaff, with great sunny weather. Bring a jacket and enjoy many great Flagstaff things to do, starting tonight. While I've been attending the 2008 RE/MAX International Convention in Las Vegas (see my posts here for the last several days), my mortgage blogging partner … (4 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: A few days in the life of a Flagstaff, AZ real estate agent - 01/11/08 10:13 PM
After a snow-day on Monday (during which I did a lot of work at home), it's been a very busy week. I'm pleased to say that we put another home into escrow today, demonstrating again that homes sell in this market. I've also enjoyed meeting several new potential sellers this week … (8 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Arizona Snowbowl - 01/10/08 08:43 AM
Backcountry Permits Necessary in Winter only
Kachina Peaks Wilderness Access permits, commonly known as backcountry permits, required in winter for access to the Kachina Peaks Wilderness area, are available at the Peaks Ranger District and the Supervisor's Office in winter weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Snowed in here in Flagstaff - 01/07/08 09:04 PM
After a few days of only patchy snow from our last storm, during which the snow play areas had to close, we've been hit with a great storm over the last 24 hours. I've been snowed in, but still accomplished lots of real estate work: calls and e-mails about negotiating contracts … (8 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Parades, Plays, Concerts Fill Anyone's Flagstaff Weekend - 12/06/07 11:15 PM
This weekend will be another filled with fun in Flagstaff. If your in the lower elevations of Arizona, you may not want to visit because it looks like another winter storm is rolling in.
But, that's good news up here because it means the Arizona Snowbowl is likely to keep its … (3 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Flagstaff Wow Week! - 11/24/07 01:41 PM
A busy week in Flagstaff real estate and the Flagstaff community!
I was delighted to win the "Thanks" contest with the sponsored by the Active Rain ECO-All-Stars Group and to have my post of November 21 featured in that group. I was even more delighted with the reaction I got from my … (9 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Attention All RE/MAX Bloggers -- Did you see the Time Interview? - 10/29/07 10:58 AM
I admit that I don't read the RE/MAX.net website as much as I should, but I caught the link to Dave Liniger and Margaret Kelly being interviewed by a Time columnist. What surprised me actually is that I missed the piece in Time, since I read it every week. Perhaps because … (1 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Reflections on California Fires - Renewal Will Come - 10/26/07 08:11 PM
I was working with pictures while doing some marketing this afternoon. The pictures made me think of the devastation caused by the fires in California this week. The neighborhoods that are the subject of my Focus on Flagstaff Communities blog post today back up to Mt. Elden, scene of the devastating Radio … (12 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Sustainability Includes Economic Sustainability - 10/22/07 10:15 AM
In Flagstaff's Daily Paper recently, there has been a running controversy about the alleged conflict between affordable housing and green housing. The charge of some is that impact fees will increase the cost of our already above average homes, making affordable housing in Flagstaff impossible. Also that the green building codes … (8 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Realtors® Interviewed By Flagstaff's Newspaper, Including Yours Truly - 10/09/07 12:43 AM
I thought the local paper had discarded the email where I responded to Reporter Cyndy Cole's questions about the Flagstaff real estate market. After all, I'd sent the answers in a rush as I was leaving town for a four day visit with the grandkids. But, low and behold, the interview … (14 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Smart Growth Code Revisions Coming to Flagstaff - 09/09/07 03:56 PM
But the development is ahead of the law! Flagstaff City Staff has been busy developing revisions to the Flagstaff Land Development Code which will encourage Traditional Neighborhood Development or "New Urbanism." TND is like the old neighborhood you wish you grew up in --- a mix of residential, commercial, park and … (4 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Is Now the Time for Buyers To Buy? - 09/07/07 12:12 PM
The answer is yes, if it is a home they are looking for. If a house or investment, it depends on whether it's a long-term investment and whether or not it can cash-flow. Here are a couple of articles of interest on this subject:
Teri Cullen in today's Wall Street Journal and by … (2 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: A Great Weekend Car Show, Artwalk and Other Flagstaff Fun! - 09/06/07 10:47 PM
The Flagstaff real estate market may not be rockin' but the weekend will be. Flagstaff celebrates the "Mother Road" (Route 66) this weekend with a car show, outdoor movie, live music, art and craft show, beer and food.
Also this weekend, you can do Flagstaff's First Friday Artwalk, take a ranger-guided … (2 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: What is the largest event of the year in Northern Arizona? - 08/30/07 08:45 PM
The Coconino County Fair in Flagstaff! Come on up for a great weekend of fun. There will be music, dancing, people of stilts, horses, antiques, politics (oh yes!), and all sorts of fun (not to mention food). The list is way too long to go here, but you can read it … (1 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Today's News From Flagstaff, AZ - 08/27/07 12:49 PM
Wake up to the morning news of home sales from the National Association of Realtors® ? Those of us on west coast and Arizona time did. In spite of the hype, it's much the same as it has been for several months. (Maybe even the hype is at a lower pitch … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Marketing Flagstaff Listings Via E-Mail to Flagstaff Realtors - 08/22/07 04:27 PM
A while back, I wrote a post about using Top Producer to advertise your listings: I scream, you scream. Of course, I send copies to all of my clients, and they love it.
I did another flyer by e-mail yesterday and am now headed to Starbucks to buy the contest winners … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Flagstaff Prices Are Falling! (A Bit) (Maybe) - 07/14/07 04:28 PM
Flagstaff Real Estate Market Report
The median sales price moved up slightly, from $293,000 to $307,000. (These numbers include all types of units - single family, townhomes, condos and manufactured homes.) Wait! Didn't I just say that prices are falling? Yes, the median price of homes sold rose in June compared to May, … (6 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Quick Flagstaff Market Report - 07/07/07 06:24 PM
According to statistics of the Northern Arizona Association of Realtors®, the number of homes for sale in the Flagstaff market has continued to rise - breaking the 1000 mark as we crossed into July. The pace of sales increased a bit - a total of 136 homes sold in June. This … (3 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Where was I on my break? - 07/07/07 12:34 AM
San Diego. I wouldn't normally just go to San Diego for eight days. But, daughter and son-in-law were conferencing there. What a great opportunity to baby-sit the four and six year olds and drive to do it instead of fly! The drive from Flagstaff is 8-9 hours (not bad) and is … (10 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Uniquely Flagstaff - Incredibly Functional Home – Minutes from Historic Downtown - 06/23/07 11:36 AM
Beautiful and Incredibly Functional Westside Flagstaff Home - Minutes from Historic Downtown
This unique and wonderful home sits on over five acres and is less than five minutes from historic downtown Flagstaff. A gracious automatic gate opens to an impressive tree-lined drive to the five-bedroom home. Grand entrance to the main part of … (2 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: June Flagstaff Market Report - 06/15/07 09:20 AM
Here is the Flagstaff market report as included in ou client newsletter, mailed earlier this month:
The number of homes listed for sale in the Flagstaff area continued to rise during the month of May, according to statistics of the Northern Arizona Association of Realtors® Multiple-Listing Service. Nine hundred forty-seven homes … (1 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Flagstaff Historic District Update - 06/08/07 09:30 PM
Flagstaff Historic District Update
This past Tuesday, the proposal to declare the residential area between Thorpe Park and downtown an historic district hit the City Council - again. This was the third time before the City Council as those of you following this thread know. The ordinance would establish certain height restrictions … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Home Staging in Flagstaff - 06/07/07 11:32 PM
Home Staging in Flagstaff
I was a little skeptical my self, but I've been offering a home staging consultation to my clients. Most love it and all have gone to work on the list themselves after the report comes in. Here are comments I've gotten from a couple of different sets of … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Old News on Housing Market - What Does It Mean for Flagstaff? - 05/25/07 09:40 AM
Old News on Housing Market - What Does It Mean for Flagstaff?The numbers for existing home sales nationally in April it the newspapers this a.m. See Wall Street Journal: Existing-Home Sales Fell in April As Subprime Lending Drops Off. This news, always three weeks post-mortem, is always kind of a ho-hum … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Timing the Market Is Like a Game of Chance - 05/22/07 06:40 PM
The season is here. Or is it? The streets and restaurants in Flagstaff may be busy, but will the visitors who are escaping the heat in the Valley be in a home-buying mood? Will they give our residential market the jump-start that sellers have been waiting for?
Sellers continue to be … (2 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: West Downtown Historic District Hearing Coming Up Tuesday - 05/19/07 03:58 PM
May 22 at City Hall, the Planning and Zoning Commission will hold its hearing on the proposed designation of the west downtown residential district as an official "historic district." Readers of this thread will recall that the City approved the district earlier this year and then found they had made a procedural … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Flagstaff Mid-Month Market Snapshot -- Heating Up - 05/17/07 11:19 PM
Flagstaff Mid-Month Market Snapshot -- Heating Up It's heating up in Phoenix and the market is probably heating up here (they seem to go together). Here are the stats on residential properties with Flagstaff mailing addresses as of May 15:Using the traditional homes for sale divided by homes sold in the last … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Flagstaff Market Report - as published earlier this month in client newsletter - 05/14/07 06:59 PM
The number of homes listed for sale in and around Flagstaff leapt upward from the beginning of April to the beginning of May, according to statistics of the Northern Arizona Association of Realtors® Multiple-Listing Service. Listings on MLS increased 153 units of all types (from 739 on April 3 to 892 … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Remember as You Listen to Panic on the Radio - 05/09/07 09:15 AM
"All real estate is local, despite the headlines," says Lawrence Yun, the senior economist for the National Association of Realtors. Nationwide, the median existing-home price fell 1.3%, to $212,800 in February from $215,700 in February 2006, according to preliminary NAR statistics. Quoted in the Wall Street Journal today.
Watch our statistics locally … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Further to yesterday's post -- a comment on the bleak economic news of today - 04/27/07 09:46 AM
When asking "why" about the state of the real estate market, a large and sometimes over-looked factor is the general state of the economy. Indeed, I overlooked it in yesterday's post. This morning's news brings a report of overall slowdown in the economy: Gross domestic product rose at a seasonally adjusted 1.3% … (4 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Why the stall in the market? - 04/26/07 11:08 PM
What is behind the slowdown in the Flagstaff housing market? Fundamentally, of course, there are fewer buyers than sellers right now. But why?
One factor is certainly the slowdown in the Phoenix market. 18 months ago, Phoenix was the number one market in the nation measured by rate of price increase. … (2 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: So, the Market is Down, Down, Down - 04/24/07 09:18 AM
Wall Street Journal news flash this am:
EXISTING-HOME SALES TOOK the biggest tumble in 18 years during March as poor weather struck demand. The median home price dropped from year-earlier levels.
In Flagstaff in April, there certainly have been fewer sales, fewer showings compared even with February and, yes, March. So, will … (2 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Market Snapshot Last 30 Days -- Buyers Come on In! - 04/21/07 12:07 PM
We're in a buyers' market. Right now there is a seven month supply of homes on the market. This means if you put your home on the market today, and no one else listed a home for the next seven months, seven months from now, the buyers available would have nothing … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: April Flagstaff Market Report - 04/14/07 06:48 PM
The number of homes listed for sale in and around Flagstaff, according the Northern Arizona Association of Realtors® Multiple-Listing Service, increased from 683 at the beginning to March to 755 on April 7. These numbers are actually lower than the number of homes for sale last October in spite of … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Flagstaff's Greatest Threat -- Tips for the Next Month - 04/09/07 10:28 AM
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flagstaff real estate: April Flagstaff Market Report - Preview - 04/07/07 04:42 PM
The number of residential units of all types sold in March was 108, up slightly from the shorter month of February when 87 units sold. The average selling price was down slightly from $337,426 in February to $321,592 for March. In March 2006 the average selling price was $390,149 - a … (1 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Model Home for Sustainable Living - 03/22/07 09:52 AM
Worried About the Future? Not with this home, which is a model of sustainable living. Perhaps the most structurally sound home in Flagstaff. The home was essentially rebuilt from the ground up in 1997-98. The home features the most efficient and comfortable heating available and a comfortably unique floor plan, including … (6 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: March Flagstaff Market Report - 03/10/07 10:17 AM
One of the things that I do this time of year is review the National Association of Realtors® "Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers." There are lots of reasons to study this annual report carefully, but here are a few interesting tidbits from the 2006 report (covering the period July 2005-June … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Flagstaff Market Report for February 2007 - 02/11/07 03:47 PM
The market is good. We have nearly twice as many homes on the market as at this time last year, but prices continue to be strong. Buyers have choices. Sellers are retaining value. What could be better?
Multiple-listing-service data is for single family, townhomes, condos and manufactured homes with Flagstaff, Arizona mailing addresses. … (0 comments)
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flagstaff real estate: Annual Flagstaff Report for Year End 2006 - 02/04/07 06:42 PM
The table below should dispel any notion that the bottom fell out of the Flagstaff real estate market in 2006. Given the market news we've heard from other parts of the country, where prices did fall, it also explains why CNNMoney.com identified Flagstaff as one of the hottest markets in the … (3 comments)
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