December 2008

Happy New Year

Op Ed

Happy New Year! We’re looking forward to a great new year here at The Phoenix Agents and we wish the best to all our readers. image courtesy of user djayo at Stock Exchange, the leading free stock photo sharing site Heather Barr is a Realtor and a happy workaholic. She eats more than someone her [...]

31 December 2008 Read the full article →

Welcome NorthPhoenixAgent readers!

General Musings

Wow! Thanks for following me and finding me over here at my new home, ThePhoenixAgents. I’ve combined forces with my colleague Chris Butterworth, who is an outstanding Realtor and all around great guy.  In future, all our posts will be here, so I hope you’ll take a moment to update your bookmarks and/or feedreaders. As [...]

30 December 2008 Read the full article →

Welcome ButterHomes readers!

General Musings

And thank you for finding your way over here to ThePhoenixAgents!  I’ve been writing on ButterHomes for more than 2 years (594 posts, to be exact.)  And during that time, I’ve referred you to read the great content Heather Barr writes too many times to count.  Now I’m finally able to give you the best [...]

30 December 2008 Read the full article →

The Phoenix Real Estate Market

General Musings

Some days working as a Realtor is pretty discouraging. Buyers are scared to buy a house now, afraid it won’t be worth what they paid for it on the day they take possession. I’m not sure I can blame them. Cash investor buyers make offer after offer at 50% of list price or less, only [...]

29 December 2008 Read the full article →

Smokey’s Garage Door Repair

Homeowner Help

Friday morning last week I pulled out of the garage, and the garage door wouldn’t close.  I was heading to an appointment, so I didn’t have time to play with it – I simply disengaged the electric motor and closed it manually.  When I returned home after lunch, I spent an hour goofing around with [...]

29 December 2008 Read the full article →

Merry Christmas!

Op Ed

The North Phoenix neighborhood of Moon Valley puts on a holiday light display complete with luminaria.

25 December 2008 Read the full article →

Check Out A Neighborhood

Buyer Help

SpotCrime is an interesting new online research tool for potential home buyers. (If you want the national version of the website, visit www.SpotCrime.com) It’s a map based tool that allows you to see crime reports in your area. The website claims the reports are in real time, i.e. they show up online within 3 to [...]

24 December 2008 Read the full article →

New Light Rail Photos

Central Phoenix

Shot a few quick pics of the light rail trains running up and down Central Avenue late last week. Used my cell phone so the quality isn’t super, but thought y’all readers would enjoy these. . . . . . The smudges in the lower left frame of photo 2 are my dashboard. Didn’t have [...]

22 December 2008 Read the full article →

Buying Foreclosures?

Buyer Help

I was thinking about writing (again) about how buying a foreclosure home can be a great deal, but isn’t always what it seems. Then I found Realtor Amy Jones’s post about the same topic, complete with a picture (below). A picture is worth a thousand words indeed. Go check Amy Jones’s post about foreclosures out. [...]

22 December 2008 Read the full article →

Sunday Stats

Market Analysis & Stats

photo credit to MiamiAmia, courtesy of StockExchange. Click here to see the entire Sunday Stats series, and for historical perspective. This week’s chart is a mess of red and green all over, not following any discernable trend. Kinda like the Valley’s real estate market now. Or maybe the stats chart is feeling Christmasy. Heather Barr [...]

21 December 2008 Read the full article →

Phoenix in Winter

See Arizona

Yes, Virginia, there is winter in Phoenix. People living in the Northeast and Midwest call it “fall.”  This is a picture of it. I took this photo earlier this week, on Central Avenue between Bethany Home and Northern, just a few dozen feet south of Maryland Avenue. Google Maps Street View has a nice summertime [...]

20 December 2008 Read the full article →