Downtown and Phoenix Real Estate Market Report April 2012

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It’s been rock and roll in the real estate market. As we discussed in the March real estate market and news report, we have a ridiculously low number of homes and condos to offer our home buyers. The April downtown and greater Phoenix real estate report is much of the same. The chart below is [...]

Phoenix Real Estate and Housing Market Report January 2012

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It’s been a rock and roll month in real estate in downtown Phoenix for the Urban Team. Actually it’s been pretty wild throughout Maricopa Country. You may have heard that there aren’t a lot of homes for people to buy these days. We’ve been talking about that very fact since September. Let’s take a look [...]

Summit at Copper Square Condos Info, Pictures, Video Phoenix AZ

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Let’s take a look at the Summit at Copper Square condo tower in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. As is the case with many condo projects built in the first few years of this century, the Summit at Copper Square is a story of vision, hope, fall and comeback. W. Development brought the Summit at Copper Square [...]

December 2011 Real Estate and Home Market Report for Phoenix, AZ

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We are delighted to provide our readers with the December 2011 real estate market report. The information and commentary is provided by our friend and market guru, Mike Orr. We’ve added a bit of our own thoughts as well. The general news is good as home values/prices are on the rise. The biggest challenge to [...]

November 2011 Phoenix Real Estate Market Report

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There is pretty good news for Phoenix homeowners this month. As we predicted in our September and October Phoenix homes and real estate market report, home values are generally on the rise. Below is a bulleted summary based on information from the Cromford Report and other sources the Urban Team turns to for analysis and [...]

Why there are so many short sales and foreclosures in downtown, north central and greater Phoenix AZ

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People still ask us why there are so many short sales in Phoenix and why we believe the trend will continue for years to come. We have a lengthy answer we are happy to offer. However, while taking a continuing education class from Desert Sage Seminars I read a great article Jon Kitchen, the owner [...]

Sell Your Home in Willo and Coronado Historic Phoenix AZ

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Did you read our real estate market update for downtown and greater Phoenix AZ? If you live in Willo or Coronado historic district, as well as other places in downtown Phoenix, there is  good news for people thinking about selling their home. At long last home prices are on the rise and it looks like [...]

Phoenix Real Estate Market News and Opinion October 2011

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I just received a real estate market update. It is based on information from the Cromford Report. Naturally, I’ll add a bit from our experience working in the trenches every day.  Hope you enjoy: Greater Phoenix–Single Family Home and Real Estate Market News and Opinion:  Provided by Old Republic Title and The Cromford Report Market [...]

What is mortgage loan pre qualification or pre approval in Phoenix AZ?

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So you want to buy a home in the Phoenix Arizona area. Getting pre-approved or pre-qualified for a loan is an important first step. There are lots of reasons getting pre-qualified and approved for a home loan is so critical including: Getting pre-qualified for a home loan gives you a sense of how much you [...]

Million Dollar Homes in Downtown and Central Phoenix

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We took some friends downtown and ended up driving though Encanto/Palmcroft and on up Central Avenue. Our friends, who live in N. Scottsdale, were shocked to see million dollar homes in downtown and central Phoenix. Their surprise made me realize that a lot of people are fully unaware of the wonderful million dollar residences in [...]