1511 W. Nancy Ln. - Phoenix, AZ 85041 Benjamin B. Bailey Property Marketing Expert Arizona Premiere Living Windermere West Valley 480/220-8022 Ben@ArizonaPremiereLiving.com Jerry Murphy REALTOR® Arizona Premiere Living Windermere West Valley 602/334-3757 JWMurphy@Windermere.com $149,000 MLS# 294...

07/22/2008

Music lovers unite!

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To all the music lovers out there I invite you to check out mine and my business partner's new blog, www.ArizonaPremiereMusic.com. We welcome comments, corrections, and spirited debate over the topics we post. Click here to view our choices of the Top 11 Double Albums of All Time. Click here for...

07/21/2008

Too Hot to Sell in Phoenix....

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Throughout my real estate career here in the Phoenix area I've always heard other agents bemoaning the fact that the market slows down here in the summer. I've found that statement to be the complete opposite. I and my business partner have had great success during the summer months here in Pho...

07/18/2008

Too big to fail....You betcha!

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The latest Federal bailout of insolvent lending institutions (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) has brought about a lot of debate from both right wingers and left wingers over the intelligence and ethics of such a move. The right says that we should let the free market correct itself. The left says it...

07/18/2008

Baseball and Real Estate...

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After watching last night's baseball game it got me to thinking about the real estate business and an analogy to baseball. The way I feel these days entering into any transaction is like a pitcher climbing the hill to start the game. I go into every game (transaction) with the greatest expectati...

07/16/2008

Does anyone want to make a deal happen these days?!

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Short sales used to and still are the bain of most Realtors existence. Now to make matters the R.E.O.'s have become troublesome to deal with. Where once before we were telling buyers to beware of the short sales and go for an R.E.O., now we can't even dispense this advice with confidence anymore...

07/15/2008

Sometimes realtors make the worst clients...

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My business partner and I do a lot of networking with our fellow out of state realtors. We receive many referrals from these kind soles, and we appreciate them greatly. However, sometimes the realtors themselves are looking to purchase or sell property in our area. This is where things become ...

07/09/2008

Anthem, AZ Real Estate Update June '08

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The market continues to remain hot in Anthem. Here are the lastest stats for the week ending 6/30/08: Active Listings: 491 Homes Pending: 115 Homes sold in last 30 days: 76 (down 10% from May '08, up 77% over June '07) Burn rate (Inventory on market / by homes sold last 30 days) = 6 months supp...

07/02/2008