Archive for October, 2006

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There are 24 featured communities listed in the Tucson MLS Public search.  We have made it easy to search any of these 24 communities on a new Tucson Community Search Page we have just made available on our web [...]


New-Home Price Decline Biggest in 35 Years | Tucson Listen Up!


This was the headline that swept many of the nations newspapers on Friday October 27, 2006  Here is the link to the story in the “Arizona Daily Star”
Now Let’s Unbury the Bone.  Instead of reading the headlines and panic, let’s take this apart and see what it means for Tucson.
Where does this story originate, is [...]


Tucson MLS Statistics October 2006


I know people are wanting to know what the real estate numbers are for October here in Tucson.  We all do, but the month isn’t over yet and the statistics aren’t released until the 15th of the following month, (if we are lucky) it was the 19th of October before we got September’s numbers.
The most [...]


Seller Incentives in a Buyers Market


Wednesday October 25, 2006 Page 14A ”Tucson Citizen”
cartoon by Jim Borgman
  
              
We are seeing more and more seller incentives as the Tucson Market Cools and Inventories rise.  The good news for sellers in September, fewer new listings and appreciation of about .5% in sales prices.
I read last week of a seller incentive of a new maserati with [...]


Tucson Housing Market September 2006


I know a lot of people are interested in the Tucson Housing Market.  Just this morning our people have come to our web site and blog with search phrases of “tucson housing market 2006″, “tucson housing market”, “tucson housing market september 2006″, “tucson house market”, “tucson home prices september 2006″ and “real estate sales statistics [...]


Days On Market (DOM) Not a good gauge of anything.


Days On Market (DOM) When we take clients to see homes they often ask us “How many days has it been on the market?”  If it has only been on a few days, the reasoning goes they probably won’t be willing to take an offer that is a lot lower than their asking price.  However, [...]


Is Tucson Running out of Water? | Tucson Water Resources


We get quite a few people asking us if Tucson is going to run out of water.  I usually respond with something like, “Have you been to Tucson lately, there isn’t any water here, even the mosquitoes carry bottled water.” We do have some mosquitoes this year because of the good monsoon.  I consider the mosquito population [...]