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

Each year, since 1996, SRP provides a great mower recycling service for existing customers. This year, collections were scheduled - BUT HAVE SINCE BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL 2010, at the SRP PERA Club, 1 East Continental Drive, Tempe, Arizona.   I received a call from SRP today telling me that this eve...

I like numbers. I keep track of numbers – especially when it comes to our MLS. As of March 19, 2009, between 1:50-2:00 p.m., there were the following Active and Pending Listings in the cities listed below. In January of this year, our inventory of active listings across the board (including Singl...

Those of us who are social butterflies – and you know who you are – may have the key to avoiding dementia!  (This is according to a study following more than 2200 women ages 78 and older for four years - by Kaiser Permanete). The study further indicates that the more “socially” engaged you are, t...

Today, March 17, we are celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Everyone is wishing each other a “Happy St. Patrick’s Day, or St. Paddy’s Day.” I remember as a child, always making certain that I wore "something" green - including a ribbon on my underwear. ;-)  Okay, I wore a green barrette too. ;-) I am ...

A new voting concept in Phoenix, Arizona! Wow, that sounds like a great idea. Although we typically mail in our  ballots, I do like some of the ideas proposed giving voters more days and more voting sites to cast their votes.   Some of those Benefits would include: 1 - Voters could cast ballots a...

The City of Phoenix offers many services that are useful and necessary for its growth and its stability. Recently, Phoenix announced that it is  implementing the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) which addresses abandoned and foreclosed houses within the areas of greatest need. Expected to...

I do like to share with my readers what our inventory looks like and how many properties have been sold, so that buyers that are putting off purchasing a home until "later," may decide that "later" is now. With the new incentives offered by the Government of $8,000 in Arizona, and before the bott...

Many cities are struggling and having to trim off millions of dollars from their budgets - all due to the slowdown in the economy. In addition, as we all know, they are also forced to reduce and eliminate services and programs and lay off personnel. Making your purchases in your city will help in...

I think we’ve all heard about two different numbers when it comes to housing tax credits. Many home buyers  are confused as to how this works. The condensed version? The first housing credit is $7,500, and it has to be repaid; the second one is $8,000 and doesn’t have to be repaid. BIG SAVINGS OP...

We all use them. Those little cards that attach to our key chains? Well, now, the Phoenix Public Library customers  can carry their library cards on their key chains and/or in their wallets. The colorful new library card comes in both credit card-size and a new key tag size. New customers will re...