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There has been a lot of confusion about the First Friday schedule this summer and the Roosevelt Row’s Phoestivals. In a nutshell, First Friday will happen as it always has on the First Friday in July, August and so one. Roosevelt Row’s Phoestival will take a vacation during the months of July and August. Below [...]
I was out showing homes this weekend and revisited a place worth of note. As Realtors, we appreciate a good remodel as we are saddened by some of the remodeling mistakes we often see… luckily 307 E. Verde in the Hacienda Historic District is not one. The home recently received a fine updating with exceptional [...]
Many of our readers know we are very involved with people trying to sell their home by short sale. We have a dedicated short sale site, Short-Sale-Phoenix.com and have written dozens of articles on the subject including our newest about how some lenders and PMI companies use lies, mistruths and threats to intimidate homeowners into [...]
Have you heard the good news? Ten Phoenix historic districts have been added to the National Registry of Historic Places. With their addition, homeowners can apply for a reduction in property taxes. YEAH… we like lower taxes especially when it can be as much as 45% less. The new additions to the National Registry are… [...]
A BIT OF YAPLE PARK’S HISTORY: Yaple Park Historic district is a history lesson of 20th century Phoenix told through houses and buildings. Yaple Park roots date back to 1899 when James & Sue Yaple purchased about 30 acres of land below the Grand Canal between what is now 7th and 3rd Avenue. The Yaple’s [...]
44 Monroe, the exclusive condo tower in downtown Phoenix did go to trustee sale and the documents were recorded on June 1, 2010. Many wonder when 44 Monroe condo units will be available for purchase and at what price. To be honest, no one currently knows. 186 of the 201 units were purchased by Corus [...]
It’s time to get your Irish on and do what any good person from the northern island would do… drink beer and listen to good music. You can do this at the 4th Annual Bloomin’ Beerfest. James Joyce fans know what this event is about… others should read Joyce’s Ulysses with special focus on Leopold [...]
Robert Melikian, owner of the San Carlos Hotel, offered a presentation yesterday of his new book Vanishing Phoenix. The talk, hosted by the City of Phoenix, gathered a standing room only crowd as Melikian took us on a tour of great buildings and homes lost over the years. Rob’s talk was an amazing history lesson [...]
We like to think our downtown Phoenix home search tool is second to none. It offers map based searches and allows you to search based on a variety of features and benefits including “walk score.” We have set up the search engine to provide several niche searches for your convenience. The information is real-time and [...]
The Phoenix Historic Coalition has named 12 properties to their new Endangered Places list. The LIST was developed to bring focus and attention to historic properties that need community help. As Steve Procaccini, Coalition board president says: Despite significant progress in the recent past, Phoenicians, native-born and new-to-town, need to understand our heritage is still [...]
