The Economy is Fine (Really)
There is commentary in the Wall Street Journal today which is getting a lot of attention on the net.
I’ve said many times in the past the media tends to be about 6 to 9 months behind reality. The numbers for 2007 come out and everyone jumps on the “Recession” band wagon. Well folks, [...]
Tucson News Year Resolution
Since this blog focuses mostly on Tucson Real Estate News I opted for the News Year Resolution.
I’ve made the same resolution for more than 30 years. It has served me well and I’ve never had an issue with keeping it. So it will be my resolution again this year.
“I will only make 1 [...]
Tucson AZ Real Estate Says Goodbye to 2007
We bid the year 2007 goodbye. It was a good year despite what the media has done to make Real Estate the Domestic whipping boy for the year. We expect that mantle will not be passed on anytime soon in 2008. But we will be here to help interpret and provide a guide to what the data actually says and the medias masterful representation of the facts to help sell newspapers and spread a Grinch like atmosphere across the country.
Somebody’s buying homes
Is there anybody out there buying homes? Not according to the national media, then who are these people with new sets of keys and a shiny new mortgage they can afford?
Tucson Real Estate are you Ready for SOME BUYERS
We found out a couple of days ago SOME BUYERS are still able to get loans. Whew, that’s a relief. I wonder if I should start going back into the office?
But the only thing we know about these “SOME BUYERS” is “They have to have a good job, good credit and cash,” So just [...]
Tucson Real Estate In the News
Tucson Real Estate in The News is our first blog. It was started to provide information about Tucson real estate, the Tucson real estate market and Tucson real estate trends. There is analysis on the Tucson MLS Statistics each month and links to newspaper articles in the local and national news that pertain [...]
New-Home Price Decline Biggest in 35 Years | Tucson Listen Up!
This was the headline that swept many of the nations newspapers on Friday October 27, 2006 Here is the link to the story in the “Arizona Daily Star”
Now Let’s Unbury the Bone. Instead of reading the headlines and panic, let’s take this apart and see what it means for Tucson.
Where does this story originate, is [...]
Tucson MLS Statistics October 2006
I know people are wanting to know what the real estate numbers are for October here in Tucson. We all do, but the month isn’t over yet and the statistics aren’t released until the 15th of the following month, (if we are lucky) it was the 19th of October before we got September’s numbers.
The most [...]
Seller Incentives in a Buyers Market
Wednesday October 25, 2006 Page 14A ”Tucson Citizen”
cartoon by Jim Borgman
We are seeing more and more seller incentives as the Tucson Market Cools and Inventories rise. The good news for sellers in September, fewer new listings and appreciation of about .5% in sales prices.
I read last week of a seller incentive of a new maserati with [...]
Tucson Real Estate Search Engine
We see people coming to our site and blog searching for information about Tucson, Oro Valley, Marana, Vail on subjects like, property taxes, water resources, condo conversions, new construction and sam hughes. Yeah, Sam Hughes, I think a teacher somewhere has students writing a paper on Sam Hughes. But Sam Hughes is the topic for another [...]
New Blog Begins for Tucson Real Estate
This is the first official post besides Hello World! at install of Wordpress and a one liner called First Post that I just deleted. The Tucson Real Estate market is changing quickly.
It seems almost everyday there is something in “The Arizona Daily Star” or “The Tucson Citizen” that seems like a scene out of “Chicken Little” [...]
UnBury The Bone
Our Dog used to take a nice juicy bone and after the initial chewing he would bury it so he could find it again later have another good chew. Newspapers like to Bury The Bone, they take all the dirt and show it first and talk about it, but buried somewhere in the story is [...]
