by Chris Butterworth on February 12, 2010
in In The News
Opening Ceremonies are tonight at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and I’m looking forward to it. I love the Olympics, and I love getting totally into sports I haven’t seen, read, or heard about in the last 4 years!
Have you seen the logo for this year’s Olympics?
Did you know we have one of those here in Phoenix, standing in front of the Heard Museum on Central Ave a couple blocks south of Thomas Rd?
And from the plaque at the Inuksuk’s base:
William Noah, b. 1943
Inuit from Baker Lake, Nunavut
Inuksuk, 2000
Laminate sandstone
An Inuksuk is a marker that is built in the Arctic by the Inuit people. The Inuit were the first people to inhabit portions of Alaska, Arctic Canada, and Greenland. The Inuksuk has a roughly human shape. The term Inuksuk means “to act in the capacity of a human” and is an extension of “Inuk,” meaning “a human being.” In a part of the Arctic that has few, if any, distinguishing features, an Inuksuk can be an important orienting place marker for a hunter or traveler. William Noah constructed this marker at the Heard Museum with the blessing of a representative of the O’odham, the native inhabitants of the land on which this Inuksuk sits.
Heard Museum Purchase with funds provided by Dr. and Mrs. E. Daniel Albrecht
Your sharing a little trivia Realtor,
Chris Butterworth
Chris Butterworth is a Realtor. He's also a husband, father, writer, amateur photographer, and self-proclaimed tech junkie. And he's an all-around good guy!
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The news media are all shouting this morning, mindlessly spewing more bad news . . .
December Existing Home Sales dropped 16.7%!
Well, yes existing home sales did fall in December. Home sales typically drop in December. December is usually kind of cold and snowy and icy, ya know? Then there’s that whole pesky holiday season which retailers seem to have stretched out from October 1 through February 28. And also there was that federal first time home buyer’s tax credit for $8,000 that was set to expire. We now know it was extended, but that announcement didn’t come in time to help December’s sales numbers.
Here’s what they’re not telling you when they scream “Home sales down; economy back on brink!”
- Existing Home Sales are UP 15% over a year ago.
- The media price of an existing home (nationwide) is $178,300, UP 1.50% over a year ago.
- Housing inventories are down to 3.29 million, their lowest reading since March 2006.
- (this language courtesy of two of our favorite Loan Officers, Mike & Betty Moshofsky of PrimeLending)
Everything is not coming up roses, but neither is the sky falling.
Take your morning news with a grain of salt as well as a cup of coffee. Realize there’s another side to the story your media outlet presents.
Heather Barr is a Realtor. She's a chow hound, a gym rat, and the only political junkie in the USA who can actually keep her political views to herself. Instead, she focuses on educating her clients about the often-confusing world of residential real estate.
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