Melissa Yost's Blog

I was skimming headlines this morning when I ran across this article: Do your homework before home auctions. The article talks about the same company who's auction I attended a few weeks ago, REDC. It explains 'ghost-bidding' and claims the act could be an audience perception problem. Honestly, w...

After my recent experience at one of the huge local auctions, I have a different perspective about it. I'm still trying to crunch the numbers, but my basic observation is that the deals aren't so smokin' hot. Sure, the winning bid is about 50-70% of the previous value, but did you know that they ...

Realtor.com published an article today stating, "Housing inventories in 29 major metropolitan areas declined 1.6 percent in October compared to levels in September, according to figures compiled by ZipRealty Inc." This intrigued me. I decided to pull some graphs and statistics on our local invent...

Well folks, it's happening again. The loan limits and down payment requirements are changing again for FHA loans. So what does that mean to you? Please allow me to break it down... The current FHA loan limit in Pinal County is $346,250. (That's a heck of a house in our neck of the woods!) With th...