Archive for June, 2008
Please Don’t Pet the Cactus
When people come shopping for a home in Tucson for many it is a memorable experience. It is very interesting the kinds of preconceptions people have of Tucson. Some think it is all brown and desolate, kind of like death valley with houses.
Tucson Real Estate Absorption Rates May 2008
Here is the absorption rate table for showing April and May 2008 Absorption Rates. As you can see some areas are doing quite well while others are still struggling to get under the 11 months of inventory mark. However, it appears overall we are moving in the right direction. Down from the 10,000 + active [...]
Tucson MLS Statistics for May 2008
The May 2008 Tucson MLS Statistic are out. Released to the public in June 10, 2008. Big Thank You to the timely nature in which the report has been released. The overall picture shows some gains some declines but overall it very good picture of the Tucson Real Estate Market. While we are seeing sale [...]
Tucson AZ Real Estate A Real Bargain
Tucson AZ Real Estate is a Bargain when you take all things into consideration. Oh, did I mention the incredible sunsets?
Tucson Night Blooming Cereus
One night this past week I had the opportunity to photograph a Night Blooming Cereus cactus. Each bud only blooms for one night. They start to open just before sunset. The cactus I was photographing had 3 opening the same night and a single bloom the following night. It is only the third or forth time this cactus has bloomed in 17 years.
Tucson Rain Water Harvesting
The Tucson Monsoon season is just 10 days away (now that we have an official start date of June 15, 2008). This yearly period in nature brings about a renewed interest in Rain Water Harvesting.
Tucson MLS Closed Transactions Pass 1025 for May 2008
Just a quick update on how the Tucson Real Estate Market faired for May 2008. It looks like Average and Median Sale Prices are going to be reported lower than April. Pending contracts appear to be up, New listings down slightly and Active listings under 9000 for the month.
Tucson Needs Nurses
Nursing Shortage in Tucson. The article stated that our existing nursing population is ageing and we need an influx of new nurses to fill the ranks of those retiring and to help with the influx of new citizens to Pima County.
Tucson MLS Website for IE Browser Only
I use the Firefox Browser for almost everything, except when I need to access the Tucson MLS system. It won’t really work with Firefox. Sometimes it will come up, but for the most part it isn’t functional.
Tucson MLS Statistics for April 2008
April was a good month for real estate in Tucson so far we have 1008 Residentail sales recorded for the month. Looks like this will be the final number as well.
Skype for the budget minded and hearing impaired
Last week I was part of a conference call. Many of you probably don’t know this but I’m hearing impaired. I got a bad cold when I was 27 and the virus destroyed some of the nerve endings in my left ear which left me with a major hearing loss and a very loud ringing sound that never goes away.
A Tail of Two Tucson Real Estate Articles
Two articles, same author, same newspaper, Tucson Real Estate the topic in both. But different styles in communicating the information. I decided to talk about this with “The Dog”.
