Uzi's Blog

I'm attending this later today in Scottsdale...will tell you all about it.  Basically a commentary of what has transpired on Wall St. that has led to the mess we're in today and the outlook for real estate at this time...stay tuned

Whoa! Is this a coincidence or a new trend.  Today as I was searching through the ARMLS (Maricopa County, greater Phoenix housing) I came across two new listings in two different parts of town that were not flip, short sale or REO but good old fashioned traditional equity sales (I checked tax rec...

I live here and I love it.  I work here unless business beckons from other parts of greater Phoenix.  I'm sponsoring Palm Valley in localism so I figured time to start a What's new in Palm Valley section. Palm Valley, AZ residents, drop me a line, share with me what's new and upcoming or any idea...

In the past few weeks I've had several occassions where I've called on the availability of a listing and received a text message back from the listing agent.  I'm cool with that.  I like my iphone and I enjoy texting.  Then twice in the last 3 weeks I've had a scenario where from availability to ...

finally!!! I'll spare you the dry details of why I've been m.i.a from here despite one previous attempt a few months ago.  In the blogs ahead I'll touch back on the last 20  - 22 months as necessary but to be brief, no I didn't quit, I was and am still doing deals although maybe not as many, I do...

ok, so we lose Marion and Banks let's see that's at least two new homes on the luxury market and we're getting Shaq - but...wait a minute, we're talking Shaq - do we even have a house large enough for him and I don't mean his size I mean his ego??? Afterall Shaq has that over 60000 sq ft house in...

I just wanted to invite everyone in Arizona to a huge OPEN HOUSE bash at Marshall Ranch today.  The idea was the brainchild of Nancy Carpenter with Carpenter realty.  She got many of us with listings here in Marshall Ranch/Mission Groves to hold a joint OPEN HOUSE today from 11am - 3pm.  So if yo...

The cost of a new home in Chandler will increase by $6000.00 when the city's new Impact Fees goes into effect, according to a report in the Arizona Republic.  The increase to $19,538 from $13,587 on a single-family home is among the Valley's highest. Those in favor say Chandler needs the money to...

So I get a letter in the mail yesterday confirming a zip code split for Goodyear.  As of July 5th of this year, the area encompassing Goodyear city limits north of the I-10 will have a new zip code: 85395, whereas the areas south of the TEN will continue to remain 85338.  I just moved in August a...

Looking to buy some "hot" land? Have a few million to drop? Well, there are some auctions you may want to consider.  Today's AZCENTRAL article on land parcels near Desert Ridge highlights some upcoming auctions that will be of interest to future developers and investors.  The article also sheds l...