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My comments and opinions for the northwest Maricopa county and the Adult communities there. Specializing in Del Webb's Sun City, Sun City West, and Sun City Grand, and the neighboring communities of Surprise, El Mirage, Peoria and Glendale Arizona
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We had 2 days of liquid sunshine (rain) and looking for 2 more before the winter storm track changes. Obviously a rare occurrence in Sun City AZ, since we have 320 days of sun each year. Rain days in Sun City are almost local holidays. I told the buyers who were having a home inspection today tha...
01/21/2010
That's right, this 2 bedroom 2 bath condo in the heart of Del Webb's Sun City AZ is now only $82,000. Convenient to shopping, recreation centers medical centers and golf courses. Also near the University of Phoenix stadium, home of the Cardinals, and close to Peoria Stadium, the spring training s...
01/13/2010
This post listing 5 Great Reasons to Buy a Home Today was just posted by Steve Harney. Steve is a great real estate trainer/analyst, and tells us why he is so happy that his son just bought a home. There is good information for all in this post. Read it Here.
01/13/2010
With winter temps in the –18 or so, don’t you want to come to Sun City AZ and enjoy yourself? Sun City is Arizona’s premier adult community. It is celebrating its 50th year in 2010. In spite of being 50 years old, Sun City, like its residents, remains a very vital and lively place. The nature of ...
01/07/2010
Here is the year end summary for the Sun City AZ real estate market. As you can see, homes and condos are selling, with an average time on the market of 167 Days on the Market (DOM). Looking deeper, you can see that houses sell faster than condos, 50 Days faster in fact. Houses also sell for $15...
01/02/2010
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Happy New Year to all! Unllike many on this forum, I sit open houses. It is a tool that works in Sun City AZ, since the greatest percentage of our buyers are retired and almost retired. I am not a big football fan, but love the Rose Parade, so after the parade I decided to sit my listing at 17823...
01/01/2010
Prices have declined to 2003-2004 levels and are bottoming out. You don’t have to pay an over-inflated price. There is still a little room to negotiate with the sellers. Interest rates are a historic lows, but Treasury has already stated the interest subsidies will go away next spring. Tax credi...
12/19/2009
What a great way to make a difference! We all have a coat that could be donated to help the unfortunate. If anyone in the Arizona Sun Cities would care to participate, call me or email me, I'll see that the coat is donated to a needy person, or care agency. My favorite charity would be Eve's plac...
12/10/2009
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In the words of Bob Dylan, "the times, they are a changing". Sony created this you tube presentation about the rapid change in our world today. It is almost frightening in its scope. Little factoids such as CHINA is soon to have the largest ENGLISH speaking population in the world. INDIA has more...
12/10/2009
Not my words, this is the headline from a Business Week writer, Marc Roth. His position, interest is at ~5% for a thirty year fixed loan. This is a historically low rate, the lowest in 40 years. You can read the original article HERE. In addition to the points Mr. Roth writes about, think of thes...
12/09/2009
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My comments and opinions for the northwest Maricopa county and the Adult communities there. Specializing in Del Webb's Sun City, Sun City West, and Sun City Grand, and the neighboring communities of Surprise, El Mirage, Peoria and Glendale Arizona
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