Phoenix Urban Real Estate and Events Blog

Home prices are rising fast in some areas.

We can all see the market has changed from last year.  It's actually changed from 6 months ago.  Unfortunately you don't know what next month is going to be until it's past.  Now, the trend is starting to show up the housing recovering is well on it's way in many areas.  Check out these 10 cities that are expected to be some of the most improved cities in the country.

CNN.com Rebouding Housing Markets

 

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Hairspray at the Mesa Encore Theater starts this weekend.

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Vote for a dog park in Downtown Phoenix

Cory Kincaid via Sean D. Sweat

‎$100,000 will go a long way to make our dog park happen down here. Help me out here! Get to the website AND the FB page once per day to log two votes a day for Phoenix in the competition. (Psst - set a reminder on your calendar or phone!)

Vote For Phoenix, AZ

www.petsafe.net

 

Thing to do this weekend in Metro Phoenix

Just click on the link below to find a lot of things to do this weekend.

Things to do

Phoenix Comicon Starts Today

A pop-culture festival for fans of science-fiction, fantasy and horror.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/events/articles/2012/05/17/20120517comicon-phoenix-convention-center-william-shatner.html#ixzz1vnSKeWQa

Summer Concert Schedule

Check out the Summer Concert Schedule. http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2012/05/20/20120520phoenix-summer-concert-guide-van-halen-nicki-minaj-beach-boys.html

People want to live in Urban Centers

Finally, developers are realizing more and more people want to live in Urban Centers. They are starting more infill communities near Urban Centers. Clients have been contact me for years to buy a home in the City and not in the burbs. AZCentral posted this story...

Subdivisions go urban as housing growth shifts

Townhouses and single-family homes are sprouting on old industrial sites in the heart of Southern California cities. In Florida, developers are coveting foreclosed golf courses in urban centers to put up new subdivisions. Builders in Texas are going after available land even near landfills for residential and retail development.

Why are the giants of the building industry, the creators for decades of massive communities of cookie-cutter homes, cul-de-sacs and McMansions in far-flung suburbs, doing an about-face? Why are they suddenly building smaller neighborhoods in and close to cities on land more likely to be near a train station than a pig farm?

A housing industry slowly shaking off the worst economic conditions in decades is rethinking what type of housing to build and where to build it. It's a response to a new wave of home buyers who have no desire to live in traditional subdivisions far from urban amenities.

via www.azcentral.com

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Realtor's have known for a long time that if banks would approve short sales everyone wins. Foreclosures are costly for a bank, the homeowners credit is hurt more and the buyer can get a better price on the home and the home is normally in better condition when they purchase a short sale. Finally the banks are agreeing. BofA is offering up to $30k to a homeowner that short sales their home. CNN.Money has the full report.

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Advice for First Time Home Buyer's.

Advice for First Time Home Buyer's.

The most important thing I think you can do is fix your credit score if it's under 740. You may think you can do that next year but by then, the economy is different and Interest rates could be higher along with property values. Pull out the stops and get it fixed. Then, save up at least 7% of the purchase price for down payment and closing cost for an FHA loan. Once you have these two ducks in a row, contact me to start the search. With a good credit score and the cash to put down, you'll be in a good position to purchase a property.

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