Where is Payson, AZ, and why should I buy a house there?

Wow! The North-South Highway through Payson has been CLOSED by a landslide for several days. Now if you live in a state with lots of highways, you may not appreciate the situation. Hwy 87 (also called Beeline Hwy) is one of the TWO major North-South routes from the Phoenix and Tucson area to anyt...

We took a mini-RoadTrip last week while our college student sons were on Spring Break. We went to the Grand Canyon, but we also took a day and went to the Grand Canyon Caverns, near Seligman. The Caverns are located on Route 66. We took I40 West from Williams to Seligman, and then Rt 66 to the C...

I'm seeing these pop up on our MLS lately- "will entertain offers between X and Y". I just don't get WHY any Seller would want their Agent to do this. To me, it's like  selling for "x or best offer". Well, who's going to offer x? Why would an Agent with a real, live Buyer bring an offer at the hi...

AWESOME! ENORMOUS! GORGEOUS! UNIQUE! The adjectives just keep coming quickly to mind. You see, we took a trip to the Grand Canyon this week.   Yes, I know...the Grand Canyon is a "cliche" vacation. One tends to forget that cliches become such BECAUSE THEY ARE SO TRUE. If you have never visited, ...

This is a really nice house in one of the nicer neighborhoods in Payson. The house was built in 1989, but the current Owners bought it in 2005 and did a really quality job of bringing it into the present. A 2-story home, it has the main living spaces on the top floor, the better to enjoy the gorg...

I've posted Market Statistics, now, for December, January, and February for Payson. I'm beginning to feel like putting "See last Month". Basically, there are too many homes on the market, at too high prices, too few sales, and things aren't changing. The rental market, however remains good for mi...