Want to have some fun on St. Patrick's day? Celebrate in Fountain Hills this coming Sunday! Don't miss the Fountain Hills St. Patrick's Day Events. Beer garden, corned beef and cabbage, music and the World Famous Fountain turning green at noon! For more information on this festival and the day's events click here. Want to take a break from the festivities? I have the perfect opportunity for you ”“ Take a tour of a beautiful Fountain Hills home right near the park. You can see the … [Read more...]
Why a Phoenix technology based brokerage matters
A few weeks ago I wrote about why as an agent you want to work with a Phoenix technology based brokerage. Today let's take a look at it more from the consumer side. The market is crazy right now, houses are flying off the shelves. You need to give yourself every advantage possible. First you should read Elizabeth Newlin's post she recently wrote on here about ways to make your offer stronger. I do a lot of listings in the Chandler real estate market, and I see a lot of offers come over. … [Read more...]
Phoenix Homes and Unicorns….What They Have In Common (hint…it’s not Google)
What does the Phoenix housing market and Disney have in common? More than you may think. I had an interesting conversation with my seven year old daughter this morning. She is getting very excited for an upcoming "big trip" to Disney World this winter. She's been hunting down videos about Disney on Netflix, and basically doing any research she can on the computer to order to find out everything she needs to know about the place. In other words, she's your typical consumer - she searches "the … [Read more...]
Phoenix Real Estate Market Update: April 2012
Jay's Note: Here's a nifty little video by Thompson's Realty agent Kristin LaVanway with an update on the current Phoenix real estate market. Writing about market stats is difficult, and boring. Which is why you rarely find stats posts here. How does one make statistics interesting? Kristin does in this video. Hopefully there will be more to come! Here's the video synopsis, in Kristin's words: The real estate market in Phoenix continues to return to a more “normal state” whatever that … [Read more...]
Get an iPad 3! Phoenix Real Estate. Peyton Manning Cut! Phoenix Homes. Elections!!
Pay no attention to the silly article title. It's purely a play on what is making news today. Yep, even the Phoenix real estate stuff, though it is buried under the earth-shattering and life-changing news about "the latest new iPad" (apparently it's real name) and Peyton Manning and a bunch of... people... trying to get elected. While all that is going on, the Phoenix housing market is picking up steam. Just ask anyone currently looking for a home in Phoenix. Just ask any real estate … [Read more...]
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