White Mountains of AZ Blog.

For the past few months these excuses are prevalent among the buying public.  I have heard every excuse there is for not buying.  It almost seems like people have wish but not the motivation to buy.  They look for excuses not to.  They look for an excuse not to like a house, focusing only on the ...

Good Sunday Morning Everyone, With all the information available on the World Wide Web about Real Estate many consumers feel they can search on their own and that the Real Estate Agent's help is no longer necessary. Nothing could be further from the truth. While syndication of listing information...

If there is one true statement that can be made about the Real Estate Market, it never stays the same. For the past five years we have been in a buyers market but many buyers couldn't buy for any number of reasons. Today there are more buyers in the market place but the market has shifted again. ...

But I want it....I'm sorry you can't have it.......but I really want it........I'm sorry you can't have it......etc.etc. etc. Does this sound familiar to anyone? It seems many of us have been hearing this a lot lately from buyers who are disappointed or upset because for some reason they are unab...

A couple of weeks ago I posted about the lack of inventory and how few REO's were left in our marketplace.  Today I got the latest foreclosure list from our local Title company and I have a feeling the next wave is getting ready to hit.  I don't think it will be of the magnitude of the last one b...

Hello Everyone, I was listening to the TBWS Daily show today and they brought up a good question.  We have been hearing forever about all the Shadow Inventory the Banks are sitting on and my question is; Where is it?  We sure aren't seeing it in Northern Arizona and from what I understand they ar...

Well, I got up this morning all ready to go to the office and guess what, it is snowing.  Snowing hard too, so not going anywhere for a while.  Have to dig out first and of course because it is Saturday so nary a plow to be seen. Nobody at the County works on weekends so must be no one else does ...

After five years of declining markets many sellers have reached their limit.  I don't know about other places but this year we are seeing a marked lack of listings in our marketplace. That does not bode well for the summer season in the White Mountains. My thinking is that sellers have reached th...

Good Afternoon Everyone, Sometimes I have the overwhelming desire to take Zillow out behind the Barn and shoot it like an old rabid dog! I know online exposure is necessary but I really have a problem with Zillow's zestimates.  I just went on to Zillow to update the pricing on one of my listings ...

Okay, not so much a lesson but a rant.  I swear there are a lot of Real Estate Agents out there who don't know which end of the camara to hold on to when they are taking listing pictures or if they do, they must be cross eyed! I know I have seen this discussion before but I experienced first hand...