I know you want the listing.I don't blame you. It really is a sweetheart.You want it so much that you started calling my client 3 minutes after he decided to take his home off the market for the holidays. You somehow knew there was blood in the water before I actually entered the cancelation in
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11/30/2007
Maintaining the trend from the last several months, the McCormick Ranch Real Estate Market in Scottsdale, AZ continues to favor buyers. There is a preponderance of active listings, with comparatively few closed sales in November.The data in this report was carefully scrutinized. This is not
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11/28/2007
One of the biggest misconceptions about Arizona is that it is all desert. Ask someone who doesn't live here about our Southwestern home and they will conjure images of tumbleweed, cactus and Wyatt Earp. While it is true that the greater Phoenix Valley features some of the most beautiful desert
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11/26/2007
First and foremost, I'd like to welcome all of our winter visitors to beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Whether you are staying in lush McCormick Ranch, peaceful Scottsdale Ranch, the newer McDowell Mountain Ranch with its desert vistas or any of our other wonderful communities, you are going to ha
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11/22/2007
My life is a mess, and that's a good thing.Sitting in my home office on a slow Tuesday morning, I am safe in the eye of a hurricane. My wife has taken my two year old on his latest Busy Bees Adventure. They are visiting a fire station today. My nearly 8 month old is sleeping semi-peacefully in
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11/20/2007
Let's face it, folks, the Real Estate business has gotten a lot tougher here in Scottsdale in the last year or so. The number of listings is up. The number of buyers is down. Mortgage guidelines have tightened to make obtaining financing more challenging. With the flood of recent licensees wh
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11/18/2007
Most days, I like to provide sound Real Estate analysis and advice here on my blog. Like my fellow agents, I believe that my experiences in this industry make my opinions worth sharing with consumers. Typically, that involves providing answers to common Real Estate related questions.Today, thou
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11/16/2007
You've called the office six times. You don't have a cell phone number. He's got an old pager the size of a Buick that has 17 urgent messages from you on it. Still no return call. You've driven by his house. Talked to his neighbors. Sent smoke signals. You have filed a missing persons repo
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11/12/2007
Welcome to sunny Scottsdale, Arizona. Yes, you there.In the t-shirt, shorts and sandals. Applying 50 SPF sunscreen in the middle of November.You're not from around here, are you?Didn't think so.See, I'm a native of Scottsdale. Want to know how you can tell?I'm wearing three layers of clothing
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11/11/2007
Scottsdale, Arizona, I want to be your Realtor!In this challenging market, there is no shortage of horror stories. Homeowners falling behind on payments who can't refinance because the home is not worth what they paid for it a year ago. Adjustable rate mortgages chasing monthly payment affordab
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11/09/2007
