Mercantile, a downtown Phoenix salon and vintage clothing store

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Mercantile is gaining some new energy as they come into their 2nd year of business. It was originally a hair salon, but now they offer well priced vintage clothing. A recent article in the downtown devil should add even more exposure to this downtown business. Since I’m a guy, its hard for me to say [...]

2012 Coronado Historic Home Tour Wrap Up and YouTube Video

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This past weekend the people of Phoenix were treated to the 2012 Coronado Historic Home Tour. This is an annual event and this year the homeowners of Coronado Historic celebrated their 25th year providing a look at homes in Coronado Historic. The day was simply perfect with bright blue skies, a light breeze and lots [...]

Downtown and Phoenix Short Sales Are Getting Easier

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Those of us who help homeowners short sale their homes in downtown, N. Central and other parts of Phoenix are finding the process to be more streamline and easier. The banks have better systems in place and are finding short sales to be preferable to foreclosure in many ways. Foreclosures often cost lenders and investors [...]

Coronado Historic District Home Pictures, Phoenix AZ

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We take a lot of pictures of homes in Phoenix’s 35 historic home districts. We’ve been asked by several people to post some of the pictures so we are posting a number of pictures of the Coronado Historic District homes in this post. Since Phoenix’s Coronado Historic District contains hundreds of homes, we can’t include [...]

Pictures of Homes in Willo Historic District in Phoenix AZ

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A number of people have asked us to upload the pictures we’ve take of historic homes in Phoenix AZ. This is a pretty big project and we’ll be starting with some of our favorite pictures from the Willo Historic District in downtown Phoenix. Willo Historic is considered to have some of the finest examples of [...]

2012 Windsor Square Historic Tour Information, Tickets and Photos

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It is an exciting time for those of us who love historic homes as the 2012 Windsor Square Historic Home Tour is about to occur. Windsor Square Historic tour only happens every other year so if you miss the 2012 event you’ll have to wait until 2014 for the next one. This year’s Windsor Historic [...]

Windsor Square Historic District History, Information and Homes for sale Phoenix, AZ

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Windsor Square Historic District is often overlooked when talking about historic homes and districts in Phoenix AZ. That is a true shame as it is a delightful neighborhood filled with a variety of homes and a wonderful sense of community. Windsor Square is located to the north of the other 35 designated historic districts in [...]

Homes for Sale Windsor Square Historic District, Phoenix AZ

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You may have noticed that we love historic homes and many of our clients and friends do too. If you are looking to see what’s for sale in the Windsor Square Historic District, we have the latest information for you. Windsor Square is located in N. Central Phoenix on the NE side of Central Avenue [...]

Tapestry on Central Condos, Information, Pictures, and What is For Sale

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A Brief History of Tapestry On Central, AKA WilloWalk. Tapestry on Central Condominiums in downtown Phoenix has seen more that its share of ups and downs. Those of us who hung out in downtown Phoenix back in the 1990’s and early 2000’s remember a courageous development called Willo Walk. It was a large condo project [...]

Thanks to Our Clients Who Say we are the Best Real Estate Agents in Phoenix

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The past two years as real estate agents has been pretty interesting. Lots of twists and turns in the market and significant changes due to foreclosures and short sales. It has taken all the knowledge gained from 30+ years experience and a massive number of continuing education classes to understand this whacked out market and [...]