Don's Real Estate Blog

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 - ...

 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 Rea...

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 importan...

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 childrens playgr...

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 of t...

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 i...

Phoenix proper saw many of the same trends as Glendale and Peoria for home values and home sales in the last few years except Phoenix home values actually climbed slightly the last quarter of 2006.    The Phoenix median home value climbed to $223,500 the last quarter of 2006 from $221,675 posted ...

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 undern...

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 home v...

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...