Archive for May, 2008
If You Build it They will Come
Of course new housing starts are down. It appears they will be that way for some time to come. Just because the “Arizona Daily Star” reports there are 2 bright spots soften otherwise grim economic picture doesn’t mean it is all over and construction is going back to what it was in the past few years. Far from it, it looks like we could never see it again like it was and that is a very good thing.
Tucson Oleanders White And Red
Oleanders are a popular choice for landscaping in Tucson. It can be a bush, a hedge even a tree of sorts. It blooms long through the summer and is hearty against the heat. It tends to be a bit dirty and trashy but even the leaves it drops with flower petals have a beauty of their own.
Tucson Trees Get Haircuts
The monsoon season is around the corner and the trees are getting a spring trim. The Palm trees as well as many others get trimmed, some on a regular basis. This great looking trim can be found in Tucson’s Reid Park. Along with some other well shorn friends.
The barber comes to the tree, there’s [...]
Who Has the Better Credit Score?
This was a question posed:
“Which of these two have better credit scores on average — home buyers with higher or lower incomes?”
Great question, wonder why it took so long to ask it. The answer is:
“Inside the country’s fastest-growing home-mortgage program, the surprising answer is: People with lower incomes have slightly higher FICO scores. That [...]
No Tucson Air Show for 2008
There is now official Tucson Air Show for 2008 but there is a place you can go to get some great shots of aircraft coming in for a landing. Check our Tucson Reid Park Air Show.
Tucson Reid Park Air Show
I had a little time yesterday between appointments so I headed over to Tucson’s Reid Park.
Tucson MLS Time to Raise the Fine
Two months ago the Tucson MLS instituted a $250 fine for status changes entered more than 48 hours after the date of the change. The only time when it is easy to track these violations is at the end of the month when all closed transactions are to be turned in on time for the data pull for the Monthly Statistics Report.
Tucson Pending Contracts April 08
It has been a while since we took a look at Tucson’s Pending Contracts. The last page of the Tucson MLS Statistic Report released each month contains a summary sheet which is very useful for getting a quick snapshot of where the Tucson Real Estate Market is headed in the near future.
Here is a [...]
The Tucson Racquet Club
The Tucson Racquet Club and Fitness center is located at the North end of Country Club. The Racquet & Fitness Club has been a Tucson family tradition since 1967 and it is open 24 hours a day.
Tucson Real Estate Market Are You Nervous
Do you find yourself reading the national and local news wondering what is going on in the Tucson Real Estate Market. Do you assume you know “How BAD it is”. Everyday I see Google searches coming to our sites with search terms like:
Tucson MLS April Closed Transactions Breakdown by Type
Usually we just report the overall averages and numbers of Closed Transactions. Lately I’ve been doing some breaking down of these numbers into Type of Construction. I’m going to go back and look at more of these breakdown from previous months this year. I’ve also started looking for micor trends inside the SFR transactions which [...]
Tucson Mobile Homes Average Price $6728 Sq. Ft.
Anyone working with statistics knows it only takes a single small change to make a LARGE change in the stats.For example: Enter 1 mobile home transaction with the square footage reported as 1 sq. ft. and it will take you from $81 a sq. ft. to $6,728 sq. ft. very quickly. This is for the overall average for all mobile homes sold in April 2008.
