Tucson Arizona Real Estate!

Recently, Tucson has made a lot of news for many reasons - it's in the Top 10 of Forbes list as a place to retire, we are defiantely a Top 10 of places to cycle, and of course, we have a lot of days of sunshine and great weather (not counting the summer!) to be outside and do things.But even in t...

Half.  That's the summary in a one word - barely half of the rentals on market were rented last month in Tucson according to the Tucson Association of Realtors information on rental market statistics.Central and NW Tucson had the most amount of active rentals - for example, central Tucson has 241...

The Tucson Association of Realtors released the residential sales stats for May of 2015. Similiar to last month - there were increases in volumes, sales and prices - but new listings and under contracts decreased.Below are some highlights from the May Tucson Residential Sales Statistics: Total Sa...

Showing houses the other day - looked at one that had a mix of "historic",  updated in some areas - such as flooring - but lots of "original" and "vintage" left behind. For instance, the kitchen, though the cabinets had been painted over the years to provide a sense of updating - they were origin...

I think everyone has a favorite time of day - mine happens to be early in the morning - when the sun hasn't come up yet - neither has anyone in my house - and I go outside and just listen for a few minutes. That is usually some time between 3:30am and 4am.This morning - it happens to be raining i...

Change blindness - according to Wikipedia - is a perceptual phenomenon that occurs when a change in a visual stimulus is introduced and the observer does not notice it.Most often it happens with small things - but often if we are "programmed" and so used to something like I can get at times - it ...

Tucson has a variety of Memorial Day events - here are the top five that you can be a part of to honor and remember: The 42nd Annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony will be held at the Tucson Estates, located at 5900 W. Western Way Circle, from 8 to 10 a.m. on Memorial Day. For more information,...

If something sounds too good to be true, most of the time it is!  But I found one thing recently that really is an exception - local made honey.  I love honey - and tend to buy the organic versions in the stores. Until someone gifted me a jar of a local honey - and WOW!  At that moment - I unders...

Tucson is experiencing some unusually cool weather - generally already in the 100 degree temp ranges - we have barley cracked 88 for a high!  So why not get out and try a few things this weekend unique to Tucson:Tucson is one of America’s favorite bicycling cities, and a huge destination for the ...

This past week has been National Police Officer Memorial Week.  It has been a rough go of it for police all across the country - it is unfortunate that the actions of a few cast negative shadows on "all".  There are many good officers - many have been killed in the line of duty - like Officer Eri...