Mesa, Arizona Real Estate - Teri Ellis - Homes Arizona Real Estate

The real estate market in the Phoenix, Arizona and Mesa, Arizona valley is going through more twists and turns as more short sales and foreclosed homes come onto the market. Unfortunately, many buyers are competing against cash buyers – and losing.  The old saying, “cash is king” is true in this ...

Memorial Day is truly a day to celebrate our young men and women serving our country! We recently traveled to Chicago to celebrate the graduation of our number two grandson from the naval academy in Great Lakes.  He wants to be a navy seal. It was a special experience, and I wanted to share a few...

HAVE YOU RECEIVED ONE OF THESE? I've included the exerpt of an email I received this past weekend - twice – purportedly from the IRS! Ask yourself: would you respond? Should you respond? The  answer is a resounding NO!!! (Did you notice the misspellings? How about “u” instead of “you?”) Technorat...

I always appreciate knowing this information, so let’s clean out our garages, our storage sheds and take the “stuff” to the appropriate places for disposal. Common hazardous waste and other items can be disposed: from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 14, 15 and 16 at Desert West Park, 6602 West Encanto Boul...

Budget cuts due to the slowdown in the national and local economies have created the  necessity of reducing library hours at 15 Phoenix, Arizona public library locations as follows: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Eight li...

How neat it is to get to know - and feel I already do know - so many people across the country - all due to Active Rain connections! There are so many of you that I would feel completely comfortable calling if I were to be in town – and I have – to get together for lunch or for a visit. Before jo...

It's happening here in Phoenix and Mesa Valley of the sun. Our numbers are going down, and our solds are going up. We are down to 7,995 listings under $100,000. The investors and new home buyers have flooded our market keeping all of us hopping. It is common to see 18+ bids on the homes under $10...

Those of us living in the Valley of the Sun know just how much we rely on our air conditioners to keep us cool in the summer. SRP is offering rebates ranging from $200 to $400 for customers who replace existing heat pumps or air conditioners with “qualifying”  high-efficiency central cooling syst...

Check out this awesome post by Rene....be sure and click on the links he provided. They are awesome...figure out whether you're left or right brained! Guess which one I am according to this test? ;-) This morning I really hit pay dirt. I was combing over SEO blogs as part of my research for an ar...

It appears as though our Phoenix, Arizona market is adjusting. I’ve been keeping track since January 1, 2009 (and before), and posting updates weekly.  If you will recall, in January, we were up to almost 60,000 active listings. Things are changing.  Inventory stats of all listings in our MLS are...