tucson: Tucson, growing on the outskirts...
- 12/22/14 11:57 PM
The Tucson-Phoenix area will become a mega region bridged by Casa Grande. When traveling Interstate 10, one can see how both Tucson and Phoenix are burgeoning. Tucson has expanded out to Marana and beyond and Red Rock has become a bedroom community for Tucson. Half way between Tucson and Phoenix, Casa Grande is seeing more houses go up as well as an active adult community. On the south side of Tucson, Vail has become its own community and has considered breaking off from Tucson. Traveling further south on I-10, Sonoita and Elgin, Arizona Wine Country, are growing as well as Corona … (2 comments)
tucson: Get out of the Cold...Arizona CRS is offering Resorts and Second Home...
- 02/10/11 02:02 AM
Are you an agent looking to get out of the cold and wintry weather and need a good reason to leave snow, sleet, ice, and chill? Arizona Chapter Certified Residential Specialists is kicking off the educational year February 22 and February 23 in Tucson with the two day class, Resorts and Second Homes. With temperatures now in the high 60's and low 70's, Arizona is definitely a second home state and considered to be a "resort" state. Now is the time for second home buyers to flock to the state to purchase resort homes at pretty much rock bottom … (2 comments)
tucson: Tucson Gem and Mineral Show...Education is a Big Part Too
- 02/09/11 12:48 AM
The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show is not only a feast for the eyes, it is also a smorgasbord for attendees with the variety and abundance of classes offered during the two week period. The theme of this year's show at the Tucson Convention Center is "Minerals of California" . Experts will speak about California minerals and these lectures are for the true professional mineralogists and gemologists. This show begins Thursday, February 10 and runs through February 13. Doors open at 10 am. It is at this show that specimens from private collections and museums are exhibited, including minerals from … (0 comments)
tucson: Millions of Beads at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show...
- 02/07/11 01:03 AM
Professional beaders from around the world flock to The Gem and Mineral Show in Tucson every year. An array of strands in assorted colors and sizes line the tables where people scrutinize the pieces, matching one color with another, or combine separate beads to determine whether they are aesthetically pleasing side by side. The artists see in their mind’s eye what they will create. Talk is sometimes animated, at other times, silent…the silence of quiet deliberation. The translucency of the faceted beads or the opaqueness of the cabochons is given undivided attention, as well as the weight and the type of … (1 comments)
tucson: Millions of Beads at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show...
- 02/07/11 01:01 AM
Professional beaders from around the world flock to The Gem and Mineral Show in Tucson every year. An array of strands in assorted colors and sizes line the tables where people scrutinize the pieces, matching one color with another, or combine separate beads to determine whether they are aesthetically pleasing side by side. The artists see in their mind’s eye what they will create. Talk is sometimes animated, at other times, silent…the silence of quiet deliberation. The translucency of the faceted beads or the opaqueness of the cabochons is given undivided attention, as well as the weight and the type of bead. … (0 comments)
tucson: Buy and Hold, Make A Killing, U of A Economist Says of Housing Market
- 01/29/11 01:20 AM
"How can you afford not to buy a house now? Just hold it for five years and you'll make a killing," Marshall Vest, Chief Economist at the Eller School of Business, told a group of Realtors Thursday. The investor activity in Arizona is ratcheting upwards. Vest sees that job growth is forthcoming, "we need job growth to solve our problems in Real Estate," he said. Unemployment in Arizona is 9.4%, in Phoenix it is 8.4% and in Tucson, 8.3%, but Yuma is 23.2%. "We are now at the 1982 level of manufacturing and at the 1983 level in construction." He … (0 comments)
tucson: It's True...Numbers Don't Lie...Tucson Prices ARE UP!
- 01/24/11 02:09 AM
A contrarian doesn't wait until national magazines and newspapers let the world know prices are on the way up. Trend analysis is the tool used and is important for those people who want to "get in on the ground floor". The buy low, sell high mentality can't wait for Time or Newsweek to announce home prices are up; by that time, the floor has risen considerably. Sheer logic tells us this is true, think about the lead time needed for a reporter to first realize prices are on the way up, then gather information to substantiate the claim, write the story, then the editor … (0 comments)
Standing stately in Saguaro National Momument West and East are thousands of tall heavy Saguaro cacti with their arms reaching out or towards the sky. They are often pictured on postcards with captions like, "Welcome to Arizona" and the creamy white flowers which become a fruit are the state flower of Arizona. The Saguaro blooms in May and June and the fruits become the basis of wine and jellies. The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum sponsors fruit gathering outings where visitors learn how to harvest the fruit with the long and unweildy Cactus puller. Fruit is usually harvested … (0 comments)
tucson: Giving Back to the Tucson...CRS and Hearth
- 01/19/11 08:45 AM
The 23th annual Founder's Day Luncheon, celebrated by the Arizona Certified Residential Specialists (CRS) and the Hearth Foundation, is a commemorative event open to the community at large. Founder's Day celebrates the founding of The Hearth Foundation by members of CRS and the Tucson Board of Realtors®. Articles of incorporation were filed with the State of Arizona November 12, 1987 with the mission of establishing housing for homeless women 18 years of age or older with children 12 years or younger. Since that time, Hearth has broadened its scope to include homeless women caring for children and has embraced the community at large, not … (0 comments)
tucson: One of Five Top International Mineral Museums...Here in Tucson...
- 01/21/10 12:31 AM
A quiet sheet metal worker quiety assembled specimens of minerals during his lifetime as an avocation, and donated the extensive mineral collection to the University of Arizona. Hubert C. Monmonier was instrumental in putting the Arizona Mineral Museum on the international platform, donating a collection conservatively valued at eight million dollars, according to Mark Candee, curatorial museum specialist. One of the top five mineral museums in the world is located on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson at the Flandrau Science Center on the lower level. The Mineral Museum is 115 years young and originally was housed in the Geo-Science and … (0 comments)
tucson: What's the Draw to Tucson?
- 01/13/10 12:04 AM
As I have said on my website, Tucson is a city with a small town feel. It is impacted by the University of Arizona and Pima Community College. The city has a collegiate atmosphere and because of both schools, Tucson is a big sports town. Basketball and football are huge sport for both the men's and women's teams, but baseball is also good winter-spring sport, both spring training for major leagues as well as college baseball. Biking is not just a sport, but a means of transportation for many individuals. Tucson is one of the premier cities which emphasizes biking as a mode of … (2 comments)
tucson: Association Fees???
- 01/07/10 12:20 AM
So what about the nasty little pesky association fees which can add anywhere from $20 to your monthly payment to upwards to $300 or more. Most master planned communities have association fees as do many Active Adult communities, and of course gated communities. When purchasing a property, remember that Association Fees go up, they very very rarely come down. Every $6.00 at a 6% interest rate for 30 years can buy another $1,000 in property. So if the Association fee is $180 a month, a home $30,000 more than the home being considered -without an association fee - costs the same amount. People … (2 comments)
tucson: The NEW IMPROVED Tucson Diet
- 01/01/10 01:30 AM
My friend Jennie and I went to an early dinner last night at Texas Roadhouse to celebrate the end of 2009. By all signs, 2009 was not the best year. We both bogged down in all the economic jargon, the poor real estate market, the March dive of the stock market, the rhetoric of another "Great Depresssion," and the profound sadness of people losing homes while we worked harder to try and accomplish loan modifications and/or short sales. What better way to drown these sorrows than in a huge baked potato swimming in sour cream and butter? And a little steak as … (2 comments)
tucson: KUDOS to Tucson from AARP...
- 07/28/09 01:01 AM
AARP has named Tucson the number one place to live for the "active adult" community, alias the "mature adult" community. Looking to a simple life, Tucson garnered top kudos over all other places in the nation. And indeed, Tucson is a grand place to live. I willingly traded months of grey, drizzly weather...and shoveling snow for a couple of months of "dry heat". Early mornings are perfect for a meandering walk and after dusk lends itself to upbeat outdoor concerts. Tucson has integrated culture which makes it a vibrant community, blending it's history as a part of Sonora Mexico prior to the Gadsden Purchase, with that of Native American … (0 comments)
tucson: Six Months of Real Estate Statistics ... Part 2
- 07/14/09 02:20 AM
Don't believe what people say. Look at the empirical evidence. The stimulus package was signed into law by President Obama on February 13 of this year. Human nature attests when people do not know or understand what is transpiring , they often do nothing. This certainly has been true of the real estate market since the August presidential conventions. Once the stimulus bill passed, the Tucson market began to emerge from hibernation---not because of the stimulus bill, but because people understood government action. The chart below shows the total unit sales for each month between January 2009 and June 2009. There is … (0 comments)
tucson: The Tucson Winter Monsoon...
- 12/23/08 02:28 AM
The tiny beads of water dance on the orange plastic wrap which encloses the morning paper. Although it is nearly 9 am, the dark grey skies look like Connecticut (from where I migrated) on a day which bodes snow. A gentle rain, actually what I would call a sprinkle, dampens the earth. This is a day to stay home and do paperwork, catch up on phone calls, and not drive around town for whatever reasons. These days are like snow days back in Connecticut when the glistening snow and ice weighs down the tree branches and sparkles like a million diamonds. … (0 comments)
The Tucson-Phoenix area will become a mega region bridged by Casa Grande. When traveling Interstate 10, one can see how both Tucson and Phoenix are burgeoning. Tucson has expanded out to Marana and beyond and Red Rock has become a bedroom community for Tucson. Half way between Tucson and Phoenix, Casa Grande is seeing more houses go up as well as an active adult community.;)
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