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It’s Construction Time (again)

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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 →

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 →

Blogroll Updated

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We updated our blogroll with a few new sites that Heather’s been reading lately. Chris reads far, far too many economics-related sites and we didn’t want to inflict that sort of tedium on our readers, yet.  Find the complete ThePhoenixAgents blogroll here, or scroll down to the last widget in the right hand sidebar. We’re gearing [...]

18 January 2011 Read the full article →

Things to consider when buying a home

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Chris originally wrote this in August 2007. I’m republishing it today because it’s even more true now than it was 3 years ago. In most of the price ranges I call “real-people pricing”, buyers are finding they have to “give” on more of their wishlist than they expected to. This is especially true the lower [...]

1 September 2010 Read the full article →

More Bad MLS Photos

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This text: OWNER HAS TWO DOG! MUST ARRANGE WITH OWNER WHEN SHOW. OWNER DID A OUTSTANDING JOB ON THE REMODELING. KITCHEN REMODELED WITH GRANITE COUNTER TOPS, STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES AND CUSTOM MAPLE CABINETS. BOTH BATHS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED AND REMODELED. THE WHOLE HOUSE HAS BEEN REPLUMBED WITH COPPER PLUMBING AND UPGRADED 1/4′ DUAL PANE WINDOWS. [...]

20 September 2008 Read the full article →

Yet Another Bad MLS Photo

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Granted, it’s a bank owned property. Goodness knows the listing agents who work for the banks are swamped with inventory and don’t have a lot of time on their hands. Often they don’t have access to the inside of the home until days after the photograph’s been taken. But for the love of sinkholes people! [...]

13 September 2008 Read the full article →

Top 10 Ways to Tick Off A Realtor

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The following is a true story about a prospective client of mine, a married couple living in the Midwest. We’ve emailed each other for about 6 or 8 weeks about their desire to buy a foreclosure home in Arizona as an investment. I usually avoid writing about clients and prospective clients online, because it’s just a [...]

6 September 2008 Read the full article →

A Monsoon Hangover – Blooms!

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When is a hangover beautiful?? When it’s a monsoon. One of the gorgeous side effects of the Valley’s monsoon rains is the blooms in the desert.  “In Arizona, we typically experience monsoon storms during the summer. Humidity levels increase, and the season is marked by wind storms, dust storms, and periods of heavy desert rains.” [...]

20 August 2008 Read the full article →

Century Plaza Condos

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Century Plaza is an interesting new hi-rise condo development at the intersection of Osborn & Central Avenue (ZIP code 85012), and there’s a lot for sale there. Pricing goes from the high $200,000′s to $1.5 million, see more info on this below. Originally built in 1974 as an office tower, it was completely gutted and [...]

15 August 2008 Read the full article →

17% of US Homes For Sale are Lender Owned

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RealtyTrac released data for July 2008 that shows that nearly 1 of every 5 US homes for sale is owned by a bank (a.k.a. “REOs”). I’m loving the data-crunching capabilities of the new MLS software so much that I thought I’d check on the percentage of Phoenix area homes for sale which are lender owned.  [...]

14 August 2008 Read the full article →

Fixing Your Credit? Here’s a Great Resource

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I’ve been reading CreditBloggers in my feedreader for a while now and finally (Doh!) it dawned on me that my readers might find the site useful. I’m adding it to my blogroll and linking to them here. Need to fix your credit? Want to understand more about how the credit scoring system works? Want reliable [...]

13 August 2008 Read the full article →

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