Most Scottsdale homebuyers – whether they’re fledgling chefs or professional-level dinner party entertainers – see kitchens as a make-or-break room in the home. No matter which camp you fall int...
If you’re like most people who want to sell a golf course home in Scottsdale this fall, you’re not sure about how much decor you should put up, what the best practices are for getting the right lighting, and what staging methods will get y...
Predictions and trends for Arizona real estate in 2017
While it's impossible to predict what the year ahead holds for Arizona real estate, we can look to a number of current trends to make a few predictions. Here are three trends that local r...
Many times we hear that jobs are the key to everything, at least as far as the economy is concerned. And that is certainly something we hear about in the real estate world – job growth increases housing demand. But are jobs the biggest driv...
The United States population is shifting. The 60+ age group is expected to increase by over 20% between 2010 and 2020 alone, according to the Rand Corporation and the Cromford Report. When looking at the 60+ population between 2010 and 2050, th...
Incredible news for the Phoenix area real estate market: our friends at the Cromford Report have recently announced that new home permits reached peaks in July that had not been seen since 2007!
The news is good for both single family h...
Every once in a while, it’s a good idea to look at rental rates across the Valley. After all, we recently talked about the opportunity to rent your home and become a landlord rather than sell it. Let’s take a look and see how rentals are sh...
We’ll make this short and sweet – 2016 Q2 numbers for Phoenix real estate were solid with some trends we haven’t seen for years, setting us up for a strong Q3 and 2016 in general.
The Phoenix real estate market under $500K is holding str...
In our last blog, we looked at average home sizes across the country and how homes are getting bigger as households are getting smaller. So how do we stack up? We’re going to look more closely, dialing in on the average home size in Phoenix a...
Homes are getting bigger, not just in our Arizona golf communities but across the country. Despite the housing bubble and slow comebacks in many markets, the average home size has increased over the last 20+ years. CNN shows us visually how weâ...