Chris Butterworth

Interesting Articles 2-7-12

- This and That

Here are a few recent articles I found interesting enough to share.  I hope you enjoy them. Housing Policy Changes – a quick look at some of the changes coming in the next few months with regards to federal housing policy, specifically distressed housing.  by Calculated Risk. **note – I offered the Fed a suggestion [...]

7 February 2012 Read the full article →

What will 2012 bring?

- Forecasting

Will the Phoenix area housing market recover in 2012? That’s the big question. Listing inventory is next to nothing, days on the market is trending down, prices are inching upwards, and the tide of bank-involved activity is receding. That all sounds like the stuff of recoveries, no? A couple years ago I thought this is [...]

2 February 2012 Read the full article →

Zip Code Charts are out for December 2011

- Real estate market analysis

I’ve updated and published my Zip Code charts for last month’s activity, December 2011. Email subscribers should have received an email yesterday – let me know if you didn’t get an email or had trouble with any of the links. Anyone else want to see the activity in your own zip code? You can sign [...]

25 January 2012 Read the full article →

What time of day do people search for homes?

- Technology

I saw this on visual.ly this morning and thought it was interesting. If you click through to the site, you can fine-tune the chart to be state &/or computer-type specific. Most interesting stat: almost 20% of all online traffic came via cell phones and tablets. That’s one in five, and the numbers are just starting [...]

19 January 2012 Read the full article →

Maricopa County Sales Charts – December 2011

- Real estate market analysis

Here’s a look at the recent trends county-wide.  I’m pulling a rolling 13-month history so we can see the last year’s trends plus a comparison of this month to the same month last year.. A look at the charts shows a similar story to what we saw in my Distressed Activity post last week; inventory [...]

16 January 2012 Read the full article →

Website Renovations

- Technology

We’ve made some major renovations here at ThePhoenixAgents.com. I’d love to hear your feedback – let me know what you think, especially if there’s something you’d like to see which isn’t there, or if something looks/acts goofy.. What look did we go for? Well, we’re trying to accomplish 3 goals with this design: 1. Less [...]

10 January 2012 Read the full article →

Distressed Activity by Month – December 2011

- Forecasting

** New Charts this month! I’ve got good news and bad news.  I also have a handful of new charts! This post will be a little longer than usual, mostly due to the new charts, but also because there’s more to talk about than usual.. (Click on any chart to see a larger version.) Listings [...]

5 January 2012 Read the full article →

Happy New Year’s – 2012

- Goals

New Year’s Eve (woo hoo!)  New Year’s Day (gowl games!)  New Year’s Resolutions (uh oh.) I wrote extensively about setting and achieving goals a couple years ago. (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4.) But for today, I thought this chart says it all. Happy New Year’s, Everyone.  I’ll see you next year. by [...]

30 December 2011 Read the full article →

It’s Construction Time (again)

Uncategorized

Ahhh. The last week of the year. Time for reflecting on things past and setting goals and direction for the next year. And for our long-time readers, this is usually a good time to revamp our website’s layout & design! Personally, I think it’s been a little stale around here lately, and we’ve both been [...]

28 December 2011 Read the full article →

Merry Christmas!

General Musings

I hope everyone out there had a Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas Chris Butterworth is: Realtor. Analyst. Husband. Father. Writer. Amateur Photographer. Triathlete. Soccer Dad. Big fan of technology, efficiency, and the Arizona Wildcats.

27 December 2011 Read the full article →

Bing uses Google search results..?

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I thought this was interesting. (posted via google+) https://plus.google.com/u/0/110663925268354128146/posts/UBH2RitD1MQ Chris Butterworth is: Realtor. Analyst. Husband. Father. Writer. Amateur Photographer. Triathlete. Soccer Dad. Big fan of technology, efficiency, and the Arizona Wildcats.

16 December 2011 Read the full article →

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