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Phoenix Real Estate Trends: Rising Short Sales

March 10, 2010

The Obama administration, which has struggled to implement effective programs to help homeowners in trouble, has introduced a plan for homeowners who can’t be helped by a loan modification or refinance.  The program will pay homeowners $1,500 to do a short sale rather than let their homes go into the foreclosure; it also includes a [...]

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Weekly Market Update for February 1, 2010

February 1, 2010

I like to start off with the numbers so here we go:
Right now there are 41,127 properties for sale in the MLS.  That’s up about 2000 from last month at this time and down nearly 8000 since last year at this time.  So in the past year, we’ve sold off much of the excess inventory [...]

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Bob Stahl Realtor and MyPhoenixMLS.com In The News: ‘Walking away’ not immoral, prof says

January 31, 2010

This post is from the Arizona Republic, Sunday January 31, 2010 Edition.
He expands defense of homeowner in default
By J. Craig Anderson – Jan. 31, 2010 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic
Arizona law professor Brent White says the only thing standing between many “underwater” homeowners and a better financial future is a misguided sense that walking away from [...]

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Phoenix Real Estate of Affairs: Strategic Mortgage Defaults

January 29, 2010

I’ve realized, as strategic defaults have blown onto many a front page recently, that I’ve been blogging about strategic mortgage defaults in the Phoenix real estate market long before “it was cool.” Check out the Phoenix Real Estate Blog Strategic Default Timeline.

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REALTOR.com® Featured Blog on the Value of Homeownership

January 28, 2010

On Tuesday REALTOR.com® featured a blog post I wrote called “Beyond Motherhood and Apple Pie: The Value of Homeownership.” With all the talk of people choosing to walk away from their homes because they owe more than the homes are worth (“strategic defaults,” which I’ve written a lot about) I got to thinking about the underlying value of homeownership.

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Phoenix Rent-to-Own Agreements 101

January 25, 2010

I’ve written a lot about homeowners who owe significantly more than their homes are worth and decide to default on their mortgage – to cut their losses and walk away.  That decision has a big impact on a person’s credit score – whether it’s a series of late payment, a foreclosure, or a short sale, [...]

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Phoenix Real Estate Blog: Upcoming Events

January 20, 2010

If you’re a regular reader of the MyPhoenixMLS.com blog, you know that I write often about the Phoenix real estate market – what has happened, what is happening, and what is likely to happen in the future.  If you like that kind of thing, there are two upcoming Phoenix real estate market forecast conferences this [...]

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Phoenix Real Estate Economist Elliott Pollack Says the Glass is Half Full

January 15, 2010

In its fourth quarter 2009 forecast the Greater Phoenix Blue Chip panel found good reason to be optimistic about residential real estate in the coming year.  Phoenix real estate economist Elliott Pollack reports that “Single-family permits are expected to be up almost 38 percent in 2010 and another 41 percent in 2011. The 2011permit forecast [...]

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Phoenix Short Sales and Phoenix FHA Loans – What You Need to Know

January 11, 2010

Last Fall I wrote a series of blog posts on what was then a new trend of “strategic defaults” (it’s now being reported everywhere, including recently in the New York Times magazine).  I talked to my friend Matt Maret, a Phoenix mortgage banker with Bell Mortgage, and he said that the FHA would guarantee a [...]

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Phoenix Real Estate Market Update For 1/4/2010

January 4, 2010

Real estate in Phoenix Arizona market news for 1/4/2010.  Sales nearly set a record in December.  Foreclosures and short sales still a majority of the market.

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