According to the Cromford Report, the listing success rate Valley wide (the number of listings that sell rather than expiring or canceling) is 63.8% this year, which is encouraging when you consider that last year at this time, it was 41.5% and two years ago it was 29.3% The vast majority of the
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09/25/2009
Buyers of foreclosure have to be quick these days. Some houses go under contract fewer than 90 minutes after they are put on the market, says Brad Geisen, founder of Foreclosure.com."For every listing that comes out, we have 10 buyers," says Cesar Dias, an associate with Approved Real Estate Gro
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08/11/2009
Mortgage applications rose a seasonally adjusted 4.4 percent last week compared to the week before, as rates on fixed-rate mortgages dropped, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Total application volume was up 18 percent for the week that ended July 31, compared with the same week in
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08/05/2009
A couple years ago, the real estate market was so crazy that many buyers were waiving their right to a home inspection just so the seller would accept their offer. But those days are over and in the current buyer's market, the inspection period is once again being used as a time to negotiate pri
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06/02/2009
"Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time." - Bill Gates Each year, consumer technology gets smarter and more advanced. These days, you can control most of your house from a single remote control. New high-tech bathroom faucets allow you to
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04/29/2009
Now more than ever, it's important for our country's leaders to heed yesterday's lessons and make wise choices today for our banking system and the economy. There were several key developments that happened on this front last week - here are some highlights. On Thursday, the Securities and Exchan
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03/16/2009
Between decorating for the holidays, shopping for the kids, traveling to see the relatives and enjoying the festivities, this month can fly by like no other. Taking just a few minutes to make sure your financial house is in order before the year wraps up is time very well spent. Here are a few si
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02/11/2009
Do your homework before home auctionsby J. Craig Anderson - Dec. 7, 2008, The Arizona RepublicSee a 3,000-square-foot home, built in 2005, on the auction block with opening bid set at $50,000. Or a possible rental property, built in 1962, with an opening bid of $10,000. It's enough to make your p
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12/15/2008
The Avalon Team office location has recently changed and we are proud to announce that our new location is the #1 Keller Williams office in Arizona! We have also been nominated this year to compete for the top ranking in "The Arizona Business Journal". We are confident that our clients will revie
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08/21/2008
What is a foreclosure property?The foreclosure process as applied to residential mortgage loans is a bank or other secured creditor selling or repossessing a parcel of real property (immovable property) after the owner has failed to comply with an agreement between the lender and borrower called
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07/28/2008
