Prescott Real Estate

Prescott cost of living index is 98 while Arizona’s is 102.  This is 2% less than the nation. I was actually somewhat shocked by this number.  I live in Prescott and it definitely has very reasonable; property taxes, gas prices, healthcare costs, transportation and utilities.   However, the housi...

There are 21 town and cities listed on besterboomertowns.com list of best boomer towns.  Here is the complete list; ·        Aiken, South Carolina ·        Asheville, North Carolina ·        Ashland, Oregon ·        Athens, Georgia ·        Austin, Texas ·        Bend, Oregon ·        Camarillo,...

Many buyer clients come to me looking for a deal.  They assume that bank-owned home is the best deal.  I warn them right up front that a bank-owned home isn’t always the best deal.  Bank-owned homes come with no warranties.  Buying a bank—owned is like buying a car that you can’t take back to the...

I get many questions from sellers about how they should fix up their home before they sell it.  My answer usually surprises them.  I tell them not to make too many assumptions about what a prospective buyer may want.  I tell them that the most important selling aspect of a home is how it conforms...

I like to send my clients to contacts that I can trust will do a good job.  If I have a buyer looking for a lender, my preference is to send them to a mortgage broker instead of a bank.  A bank is limited to only the types of products offered by that particular bank.  A mortgage broker brokers lo...

Rates have been at historic lows for years.  Rates are now around 4% for a 30 year fixed loan.  The Federal Reserve has been on a $85 billion per month bond purchasing program for many years.  Now, the feds are scaling back.  The Federal Reserve will cut back to $75 billion per month and then eve...

Many people began their home searches online.  Many people find real estate websites like Trulia.com, Zillow.com and Homes.com helpful in their home search.  I think these website are helpful for general information.  Problems arise when my clients takes these website too seriously.  Many of my c...

  This is the rest of the top 10; 1.    Asheville, NC 2.    Sarasota, FL 3.    Venice, FL 4.    Beaufort, SC 5.    Ft Myers, FL 6.    Charleston, SC 7.    Austin, TX 8.    Prescott, AZ 9.    Naples, FL 10.Myrtle Beach, SC Prescott consistently beats other towns in Arizona because of its perfect e...

Thumb Butte is one of Prescott’s most prolific landmarks.  At 6,500 feet it rises about 1,200 feet from downtown Prescott.  Geologically, Thumb Butte has been known as a volcanic plug.  A volcanic plug is formed when a much larger volcano’s exterior erodes after millions of years and leaves behin...

Here’s something that may shock you.  Arizona has 19.4 million acres of land covered by forest, Minnesota has 17.3 million acres.  See; http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/ogden/pdfs/arizona.pdf and http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/faq/mnfacts/forests.html    And “no” the forest in Arizona does not include cactus ...