Archive for September, 2007

Bad credit has supplanted terrorism as the gravest immediate risk

need cach bankruptcy in your future

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about three articles that appeared in the “Arizona Daily Star” Business Section. The links to those articles are in the right navigation. The post is on the Tucson AZ Real Estate Blog “Tucson it is way past time to get real about personal finances.”
Then we got [...]


Tucson There is always another sub-prime lender somewhere

bad credit idea

And Always someone who will borrow
Remember connecting those dots I mentioned last week. Well it is time to connect them.
You were thinking the sub-prime lender market had dried up. Don’t believe it for a minute. It might not be called sub-prime and it might have a new face on it, but [...]


Tucson Homes a “Guys Point of View”

small front door window

When we are out showing homes to prospective buyers we divide the tasks. Barbara works very close with the buyers showing the home and finding out what features of the home they like and which ones they don’t particularly care for.
Always making a mental list of the likes, dislikes, the must haves and the [...]


Tucson Meet Animoto

Animoto

It is the weekend in Tucson and there are a lot of fun things to do here as I’ve mentioned before. Some will be out to the movies tonight. Possibly catching the latest movie 3:10 to Yuma where the star is a train but I’m not sure it ever shows up. I [...]


Tucson a Retirement Town

school 15 mph

That Depends On If You Are Retired

I ran across this question this morning from someone who’s husband grew up in Tucson and wants to get back closer to his family. They are currently living in Canada. It was obvious from the wife’s comments that her understanding of Tucson was it is where [...]


Tucson Arizona Home Prices and Statistics

This week we have been taking a look at the Arizona home prices in the 2nd Quarter of 2007 based on a report from The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversite. Specifically the Home Price Index as reported in the Arizona Daily Star.
Here is the quote from the article:


Hurricane Henriette Rips Through Tucson

hurricane henriette

The Hurricane Henriette that ripped through the Baja pennicula and caused havoc in Sonora, Mexico made it way into Arizona in the night. Of course it had no where near the winds by the time it got here, and it was more like 3/10’s of 1 percent of a hurricane but it still [...]


Arizona Home Prices Drop – Really! NO NOT Really!!

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It was reported in the Arizona Daily Star on August 31, 2007 in the business section article titled “Arizona Home Prices Drop for the first time in 16 years” I’ve written two in-depth posts on this article at Tucson AZ Real Estate.

Arizona Home Prices Drop
Arizona Home Prices Drop According to Who?

I just want to [...]


Arizona Home Prices Drop – According to Who?

Home Price Index Second Quarter 2007

Or should I say what data set?
Today we continue talking about article in the Arizona Daily Star last Thursday “Arizona Home Prices Drop for first time in 16 years” I’ve been digging into this article and specifically the report it is based on even more since yesterday. It appears there is even more [...]


Arizona Home Prices Drop First Time in 16 Years

three tenths of one percent

Welcome back from the Labor Day Holiday. We hope everyone had a great weekend and will have a great first week in September.
Tucson was greeted last week with this nice headline for all of us to read and enjoy as we headed out of town for cooler locations over the Labor Day Weekend.
However, [...]


Tucson AZ Real Estate Keeping In Touch

Sun Lite Lanterns

It is Labor Day 2007. This is Tucson and it is HOT! I made a decision not to focus too much this weekend on articles in the paper or national news because, well because who wants to read that stuff on the weekend. I’ve been researching most of the weekend for posts [...]


Tucson Sand Trout Fishing Labor Day Weekend

Tucson River Front Property

Sometimes we get requests from people that are relocating to Tucson from out of state, or even out of the country. Some of the request are fairly easy to meet.

We want a good view of the mountains
We want a place near a hospital
We want a place bear a lot of golf courses
We want a [...]