Archive for December, 2008

Tucson MLS 709 Closed Transactions December 31, 2008

Out with the bad air in with the good. Out with the bad air in with the good. Out with the bad Year in with the Good.


75 Degrees in Tucson December 31, 2008

Tucson, Arizona 75 – Iowa City, Iowa 7.5 where would you rather be? This is one of the reasons people want to live in Tucson, especially in the winter. We have great weather. There are lots of people out and about today wearing shorts. YES, I said shorts, and short sleeve shirts too.


Tucson Real Estate Made Interesting in 2008

Everyone and every paper is doing their 2008 in review this week. I’m not big on that stuff, might do one yet, but that’s not what this post is about, at least not from my perspective. I’m reading most of these look backs at the train wrecks of 2008 in retrospective.


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● In an effort to reduce their inventory of foreclosed homes, banks in Tucson offer a free bank-owned home with every new $1,000 savings account opened. (Toasters sold separately.)
There were others but this was one [...]


Tucson Real Estate Absorption Rates November 2008

More absorbent than a rubber duck. Able to hold more water than a grain of sand. Got the idea?
While there were fewer new listing than last year the number of closed transactions in November were the lowest in many years. This resulted in an overall increase in inventory of 8 more homes [...]


Tucson MLS Statistics for November 2008

Seems no one wants to write about real estate these days. Any guesses why this could be? You think it might have to do with the state of the real estate economy? Or is it just those Holiday blues making everyone lethargic.
It wasn’t the fact the figures for November were “Dismal”, which [...]


Twas the Day After Christmas

Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house,
kitty cats were playing with the new Christmas mouse.

Wrapping paper was spread in a tent like heap,
as kitty cats played with their noses buried deep.