Sedona Real Estate Blog

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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Barbara Baker Realty - Sedona's Elite Boutique Real Estate Firm - BR543533000
I will devote this blog to the market conditions and various articles of interest about Sedona and the Verde Valley including Cottonwood, Camp Verde, Lake Montezuma, Page Springs, and Cornville.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
  Many seller's in the Sedona Home Market like to price their home for negotiating. - So they can come down in price - they have "wiggle" room.  What they fail to understand is if a home is overpriced, 1) It won't get shown; and 2) You won't get any offers.  There is an old rule of thumb - that i...
10/19/2010
The hard cold facts about the Sedona AZ Homes For Sale Market.  •·         The amount of Foreclosures and Short sales will continue. •·         In the Last Year  -41% of our sold inventory was  a foreclosure or a short sale •·         Since January 10 - 42% of our sold inventory was a foreclosure...
09/19/2010
Sedona AZ Home market and the surrounding Verde Valley markets are getting primed for investors.  Recently, I have seen Sedona properties picked up through a foreclosure, spruced the place up a bite, and relisted.  That is happening more and more throughout Cottonwood and Sedona as prices continu...
09/16/2010
For those of you who can't find a Sedona Home for Sale to buy- why not purchase vacant land?  The land prices continue to march downward and we have over 400 listings to choose from.  Of all the solds - over 60% were either a foreclosure or a short sale.  So let's remember if you don't find the h...
09/10/2010
When someone buys a Sedona AZ Home for Sale many times they want to rent it out until they can totally relocate to the area.  I got the following tips from Ryan Moeller from Bigger Pockets and I want to share them with you. 1. Don't count on Appreciation.  That's a bonus 2. Watch your loan-to-val...
09/07/2010
Well, when the competition in the local paper states that Sedona AZ Home Sellers need to price their homes competitively to sell - I can't take the blame!  If your home is too high, it will not sell. If no one sees your house - it's priced too high.  If you have had more than 10 showings and no o...
09/01/2010
Well  - as the saying goes..."We live in an interesting time" and I think that can be said for the state of the Sedona AZ Home Market Real Estate in Sedona and the National Level.  As we all know, foreclosures continue to bring our median price point downward and yet only represent 10% of the Act...
08/31/2010
Well  - as the saying goes..."We live in an interesting time" and I think that can be said for the state of Real Estate in Sedona and the National Level.  As we all know, foreclosures continue to bring our median price point downward and yet only represent 10% of the Active Listings.  Yet make up...
08/23/2010
Should you buy now or wait?  The sedona home market is showing signs of stabilizing slowly - but stabilizing.  So  I would advise anyone who is looking for the long haul - to buy now.  I don't think prices are going up anytime soon - but the house that is priced well, land that is priced great is...
08/18/2010
I received this following from a wonderful friend of mine who is a local lender in the Sedona Real Estate Market - Lindar Rogers (928) 301-0822 and I would like to share it with all of you.  I was talking to two agents today about how we have come to view our homes as an investment and not just ...
07/20/2010
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