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Real Estate Agent - Ken Meade Realty
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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With the increase in short sales in the Phoenix market, as well as the Sun City area, I thought it would be a good idea to re-blog this article from a Kentucky agent. It helps to explain the credit impact of a short sale.Short Sale v. Foreclosure:  How They Can Affect Your Credit There's no diffe...
11/30/2009
The Arizona Commissioner of Real Estate has proposed some long needed changes. A new licensee will have to complete 15 hours of additional course work PLUS the increased 30 hours of continuing education within the 2 year period of their provisional license. (This is currently 24 hours) All licens...
11/11/2009
11/05/2009 12:55 PM MSt This just in, the Senate and the House have approved an extension to the First-Time Buyer tax credit. They included a $6500 credit for move up buyers. The bill hasn't been signed by the President yet. I'm betting he will sign as soon as it hits his desk. The bill was a rid...
11/05/2009
This notice was sent to all agents who subscribe to the Arizona Regional MLS. SCAM ALERT: Check Your Vacant Listings A recent scam reported to ARMLS® involves tenants moving into a pending short sale listing. The surprised listing agent contacted the owner who had not rented the property to anyon...
10/30/2009
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The U.S. Senate has TENATIVELY agreed to extend the home buyer tax credit. If the measure passes it will include a broader credit. More people will benefit. This measure, while hoped for, is NOT yet approved. Write your congressman folks. The House of Representatives in now looking at the Home Va...
10/30/2009
I finally got around to evaluating the Sun City Market by housing type. ie Single Family vs Condominium. I used six weeks of MLS data for this. (9/1/09-10/14/09) I have long felt that the single family home is more desirable to most of the buyers who come to Sun City, but have never done the anal...
10/29/2009
And, The Numbers For September Are: Active Listings as of 10/1/09  689 Average List Price $135,500 79 homes sold Absorption Rate 9 months Number of Single Family Homes for Sale 357 Number of Condos for Sale 332 Average Days on the Market 135 The Sales prices ranged from $46,900 to $470,000 with a...
10/29/2009
  Mike Carlier, an agent in Minnesota, just wrote the following blog post. ALL sellers should read this one. It is a great how to on NOT getting your house sold. The only thing I could add would be: Make sure your agent does not live or work anywhere near your home. That way he/she won't know any...
10/28/2009
For Phoenix area agents, be sure to take advantage of Gregory Drejza's classes. Greg teaches several classes, including: How to make a virtual tour for free. How to use linkedin, facebook, twitter, google profiles, youtube ACTIVE RAIN, wordpress and more. All of this directed toward helping agent...
10/26/2009
To Quote Lenn Harley * * * *  HARD CORE REAL ESTATE TALK  AHEAD* * * * No day goes by that I don't see real estate agents advertise something like, "I can short sell your home at no cost to you". This leads many distressed sellers who are upside down on their home, or who have suffered some catas...
10/21/2009
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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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