Archive for September, 2008
What’s Happening September 30, 2008
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It’s not a bailout it is the Emergency Economic Stability Act
I never prefer the media spin on what is going on, period. The selling of the Emergency Economic Stability Act as some kind of fat cat bailout is [...]
WOW What a Day
I’ve been trying to write about the Tucson Real Estate market in light of the economy. Things are happening very fast on Wall Street and NOT so fast in Congress. I start to write and suddenly things have changed again. We are all waiting; for most of us that is all we can [...]
He Who Would Find Diamonds
He who finds diamonds
must grapple in mud and mire
because diamonds are not
found in polished stones
Tucson Real Estate Market The Fear Factor
Right now nobody wants to write about the Tucson Real Estate market. So why am I doing it? For a couple of reasons. A quote from FDR “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” and Winston Churchill “The Optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.” Churchill’s actual quote [...]
When A Palm Tree Isn’t A Palm Tree
I mentioned earlier this week I was out of town last week at the BlogWorld conference in Las Vegas. While I was there I observed several things that were noted differences from here in Tucson and I’m not talking about the Strip or Gambling.
The terrain looks a lot like Tucson high desert, arid, lots of [...]
Tucson Real Estate Media Bad News
I’ve been out of town in Las Vegas for ReBlogworld and Blogworld conference. I got back late on Monday and turned on the radio to catch up on a little news. I was listening to 89.9 Arizona Public Radio when I heard something like this:
“The Tucson Real Estate Market continues to have more [...]
Technology and Traveling Today
I wrote yesterday I had arrived in Las Vegas for the Blogworld conference. I’ll be participating in the Great Debate this afternoon. I wanted to talk today before I head out about the way technology impacts my part of the business pertaining to Tucson Real Estate.
The Phone Thing
My two year contract on my [...]
REBlogworld In Las Vegas
This morning was an early one with packing up the laptop, cameras, Oh yeah, and clothes to head to Las Vegas for the Blogworld conference and specifically the REBlogworld conference being held tomorrow as a part. I’m participating in a somewhat “debate”, a sort of Point Counterpoint theme for Wordpress Self hosted blogs vs [...]
Outdoor Dining with the Misters
Many of the older homes in Tucson use a system called Evaporative Cooling. Sometimes they are referred to as “Swamp Coolers”. The same effect of cooling the air by evaporation is used by many residences and restaurants with outdoor dining.
In the summer it can be in the 100’s and in the fall it can still [...]
Tucson Real Estate Absoption Rates August 2008
Absorption Rates By Area July – August 2008
Area
Aug Listed\
Aug
Sold
Aug
AR
July Listed\
July
Sold
July
AR
Sold YTD
N
716
57
12.56
730
75
9.73
628
NE
446
40
11.15
451
41
11.00
325
NW
1946
254
7.66
1987
241
8.24
1908
XNW
134
4
33.9
124
7
17.71
63
C
965
127
7.59
984
157
6.26
1050
E
445
60
7.41
445
76
5.85
528
S
496
69
7.18
513
65
7.89
473
SE
621
91
6.82
625
95
6.57
713
SW
602
78
7.71
625
62
10.08
529
XSW
295
21
14.04
309
14
22.07
201
XS
524
46
11.39
519
59
8.79
488
W
490
51
9.60
480
47
10.21
373
XW
72
5
14.40
72
5
14.40
43
7,763
903
8.59
7,876
945
8.29
The inventory continues to drop in most areas of Tucson and the months [...]
Selling Your Homes First Impression
Setting the Asking Price
You want to sell your home and move, but you have a few months left before you have owned it the required 2 years to keep from having to pay capital gains. So what do you do. You put it on the market and stipulate that the seller will not [...]
What Are You Passionate About
A Passion for Photography
Many of you that read this blog often (okay, both of you that read this blog often : ) know I’m passionate about photography. I love it more than I ever have before. The digital age allows me to do things I could only dream about in the past. Years ago I [...]
