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Phoenix Real Estate Blog: Whose Fault Is It If Your Home Doesn’t Sell?

September 15, 2008

A recent column in the Wall Street Journal’s “House Talk” posed the question: No sale — a bad agent or a lousy market?  The person who wrote in with the question said that he’d been having trouble selling his 12-year-old home (it’s been on the market almost three months).  His listing contract with his current [...]

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Phoenix Real Estate Blog: Government Takes Over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

September 11, 2008

So it happened.  On Sunday the government officially took control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government sponsored mortgage giants that together own or guarantee nearly half of the nation’s mortgages.  From the New York Times: “The Bush administration seized control of the nation’s two largest mortgage finance companies on Sunday, seeking to [...]

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Greater Phoenix Real Estate August Market Update II: Foreclosure Sales Still a Good Deal

September 9, 2008

Let’s see what’s gone on in the Scottsdale and Phoenix area real estate markets this past month:
Scottsdale
The number of homes resold in Scottsdale in July decreased 12.5%, but that’s after a 33.3% increase in June; July’s 385 homes resold is still 17% above May.  Median prices in Scottsdale decreased, too, 10.2% to $450,000.
The condo and [...]

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Greater Phoenix Real Estate August Market Update I: East Valley Home Sales Volume and Prices a Mixed Bag

September 7, 2008

Welcome to the sixth monthly edition of the MyPhoenixMLS area-specific market conditions update.  Today, I’ll post market conditions reports for the East Valley, including Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, and Mesa; in my next post I’ll describe market conditions in the Scottsdale and Phoenix markets.
Chandler
After five months of increases, the number of homes resold in Chandler decreased [...]

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Greater Phoenix Area Real Estate Market Update

September 3, 2008

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It’s here again: time to produce my monthly Phoenix area real estate news video for Realty Times. [...]

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Phoenix Real Estate Blog: US Housing Market’s Pain is Our Foreign Neighbors’ Gain?

August 11, 2008

“We live in a global marketplace. While all real estate is local, not all property buyers are,” said the National Association of Realtors in its recently released 2008 Profile of International Home Buying Activity.
According to MarketWatch, “This new research indicates that international buying activity in the U.S. is widespread. NAR estimates that between 150,000 and [...]

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Phoenix Real Estate Blog: Good News, Bad News in the Mortgage Market

August 6, 2008

So do you want the good news first or the bad news first?
Well, the good news is that the rate of default on subprime mortgages across the nation is starting to slow.  According to a New York Times article, “The problems with mortgages made to people with weak, or subprime, credit are showing their first, [...]

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Greater Phoenix Real Estate July Market Update I: East Valley Home Sales Up for the Fifth Straight Month

July 28, 2008

Welcome to the fifth monthly edition of the MyPhoenixMLS area-specific market conditions update.  Today, I’ll post market conditions reports for the East Valley, including Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, and Mesa; in my next post I’ll describe market conditions in the Scottsdale and Phoenix markets.
Chandler
In Chandler the number of homes resold increased in June for the fifth [...]

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Greater Phoenix Area Real Estate Market Update

July 26, 2008

It’s here again: time to produce my monthly Phoenix area real estate news video for Realty Times. Read on for a snapshot of what went on in the Phoenix area in June. 
Did you miss my last Realty Times news video?  You can check it out here:  http://realtytimes.com/REUv/BobStahl
Enjoy!
 
RT: What specifically happened last month/quarter in this [...]

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Phoenix Real Estate Blog: Is do-it-yourself buying really made easier by the Internet?

July 22, 2008

An article yesterday in the Boston Globe suggested that the wealth of information available on the Internet has made using a real estate agent when buying a home less necessary.
Actually, I should be fair.  This is what the article said, exactly: 
“Many buyers still prefer to work with a real estate agent, of course – [...]

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