Sedona Real Estate Blog

  I feel like it's Christmas -in November.  All through Sedona you see realtors bustling around  with clients, their fingers busy writing contracts, submitting offers, homes being exchanged between happy buyer's and grateful and happy seller's - and all through the air you feel the wonderful, cr...

WHAT IS A SHORT SALE? AND IS IT WORTH IT?THE DEFINITION OF A SHORT SALE 101 - SELLER OWES MORE THAN THE HOUSE IS WORTH AND HIRES A REALTOR TO LIST THE HOUSE AND SOLICIT AN OFFER BASED ON THE CURRENT FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE HOME.  OFFER COMES IN AND SELLER PROVIDES FINANCIAL, OR MEDICAL DOCUMENTA...

WELL, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN GOBLINS AND GHOULS ABOUND.  BUT HEY THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALL YEAR IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.  IN FACT, IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. THERE ARE MORE HOME DEATHS THIS YEAR THAN EVER.  HOWEVER, I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE SEDONA MARKET HAS KEPT IT'S...

Sedona Real Estate Market Overall   The Sedona Real Estate market continues its buying frenzy in the mid to lower price sector.  In this past 3rd quarter alone, our sold volume was up by a whopping 62% from last year, with Foreclosures or Short Sale accounting for 41% of that business.  Even thou...

OK.  SO WHO KNOWS IF THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER'S CREDIT WILL BE EXTENDED.  IT IS SET TO EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2009. SO FOR ALL WE KNOW IT MAY BE EXTENDED OR IT MAY NOT.  IF THE FEDS HAD 1/2 A BRAIN OF COURSE THEY WOULD EXTEND IT - BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.  REGARDLESS, IF YOU ARE A FIRST TIME HOME B...

Bernake said this past Tuesday - Recession is nearing the end. Home Starts are up.  Home solds are up! Home Pendings are up!  Unemployment is still high!  Stability?  Depends on who you talk to - CNN... MSNBC, YOUR FINANCIAL PLANNER, THE CRYSTAL BALL - MAYBE A WEGIE BOARD!  WHO KNOWS.  I do know ...

With a resounding YES! Many of my clients are looking to purchase a condo in Sedona as a second home. And lately, I have been asked the questions... "How is the Condo Market"? Does the upward trend in the home market apply to the Condo Market? I would say yes. The number of Sold Condos are up by ...

In the Sedona Real Estate Market, our market is definitely improving.  We are seeing less foreclosures on the market.  We only have 23 homes that are foreclosures listed on our MLS.  That number also includes condos.  Our active listings are down by 27% from mid year of last year.  Our pendings a...

The Sedona real estate market continues to show signs of recovery with an increase of sales by 23% since 08.  Our pending home sales are up by a whopping 150% (which includes foreclosures and short sales).  However, of those pending numbers - 80% are either a foreclosure or a short sale home - 80...

  For those of you waiting on the fence about the Sedona Real Estate market to continue to drop.  I would suggest you hop off the fence and start to buy.  We are seeing prices not seen since 04.  We are seeing homes coming on the market priced aggressively and having 4 to 5 offer!  We are seeing...