East Valley

Pets abandoned in foreclosure homes

Central Phoenix

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A shocking number of dogs and cats have been rescued from local foreclosure and short sale homes where their owners have abandoned them, leaving them to starve to death. Your donation of food and supplies will help to save the lives of these homeless pets who have been rescued by Lost Our Home Pet Foundation. [...]

8 December 2010 Read the full article →

Wall Street Journal Quotes The Phoenix Agents

Buyer Help

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To readers who found us via Realtor Heather Barr’s quote in today’s Wall Street Journal article “Bargain Hunters Descend, Cash in Hand”, welcome! We’re glad you’re here and hope you enjoy our blog content. Long-time readers who aren’t Wall Street Journal subscribers might have missed our mention.  The story is behind the WSJ’s subscription firewall [...]

25 February 2009 Read the full article →

More Good News in Real Estate

Buyer Help

Good news in real estate. For a change. Change we can believe in. Whatever floats your boat. As a follow up to my partner Chris’ comments about the recent MSNBC report that real estate is on the rebound, I present the following real-life deal. East Mesa, Signal Butte & Elliot. 1509 square feet. Detached single [...]

30 January 2009 Read the full article →

Scottsdale Condos On Auction Block

Buyer Help

Luxury brownstone condos in the heart of Scottsdale are going on the auction block on February 8. Artesia developer Starpointe Properties called on Kennedy & Wilson Auction Group to handle the sale of 20 condos. They’re using the auction as a sort of Grand Opening, given the current sad state of the real estate market. [...]

27 January 2009 Read the full article →

Bad MLS Photos, The Flip Side

East Valley

I post every once in a while about the truly horrible MLS photos that are out there. Today’s post is the opposite. This is a stunning photo series of remodeled kitchen. This series is a showstopper. I look at MLS photos for hours at a time, every day. By the time I finished this 4-series [...]

9 December 2008 Read the full article →

WalMart’s MarketSide convenience stores coming to Phoenix

East Valley

According to the Natural~Specialty Foods Memo (and later picked up by AZCentral.com), WalMart is poised to open 4 new convenience stores in the Valley, under the name of MarketSide, as part of its new plan to continue its growth and dominance in the food-retail industry. The sites will be former drug stores that were closed [...]

15 January 2008 Read the full article →

Pool Safety – ISR teaches infants to swim

East Valley

Anyone who lives in Arizona knows that pool safety is a hot button – one of those topics you hear about all summer long. Heck, we’ve written about it 3 times this summer alone! (Extra Pool Safety; Pool Barrier Regulations in Arizona; City of Glendale Supports Drowning Awareness with Purple Ribbons). 99% of what’s usually [...]

24 September 2007 Read the full article →

Peoria and Gilbert are fastest growing cities

East Valley

According to the most recent US Census statistics, Peoria ranked 7th and Gilbert ranked 5th among the fastest growing U.S. cities with more than 100,000 people. While we’re all accustomed to seeing results like this (since all parts of Maricopa County have been ranked in one category or another), it’s still great news for the [...]

28 June 2007 Read the full article →

Listing in Gilbert: Spectrum at Val Vista

East Valley

We have a listing in Spectrum at Val Vista in Gilbert. It’s an Amberwood-built home, upgraded throughout, with 2,855 square feet on one level. It’s reasonably priced at $519,900. You can find all the details at www.3015SColonial.com. While this web site’s main purpose is to inform our readers, encourage thought, share ideas, and generally make [...]

28 June 2007 Read the full article →

Gilbert Rated 4th in the US for low crime rates

East Valley

Go Gilbert Arizona!  While reading Time magazine this week, they had a small article rating US cities which were highest and lowest in crime.  Gilbert came in 4th for crime safety according to the article.  Not suprisingly, Flint and Detroit Michigan were two of the highest cities for crime rates (1st and 4th if I remember [...]

14 June 2007 Read the full article →

Whole Foods coming to Chandler and Scottsdale

East Valley

If you haven’t been to Whole Foods in Phoenix or Tempe yet, you’re in for a treat!  Whole Foods is expanding into two new locations this year – one in Chandler on the corner of Ray Rd and the 101/Price Freeway, and the other in Scottsdale at Scottsdale Rd and Mayo.  Word has it that [...]

23 May 2007 Read the full article →

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