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The Phoenix Real Estate Weekly 4/30/2010

Courtesy of Barb Savoy-Pacella, ABR, CNRS, CHMS
Director Business & Career Development
Keller Williams Arizona Realty
www.PacellaGroup.com
(480) 767-3009

I hate to sound like a broken record (if you are under the age of 35, records were vynil discs that were used to store music prior to CDs, i-pods or MP3 players, and they sometimes became broken or scratched and [...]

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The Phoenix Real Estate Weekly 3/05/2010

Courtesy of Barb Savoy-Pacella, ABR, CNRS, CHMS
Director Business & Career Development
Keller Williams Arizona Realty
www.PacellaGroup.com

For the past year, we have seen consistently month over month that 93-94% of all properties selling in our market are listed under $400,000. That is still holding true.

As we know, the number of foreclosures listed has decreased, but the number of [...]

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Loss Mitigation Programs

An interesting email I received from Stan Van Dyk of Cash Funding Options:

Hi All:
Today, I’m going to show you how the government’s
moratoriums and loss mitigation programs have affected
foreclosures and shadow inventory.  

Shadow inventory is made up of all the properties that are
in foreclosure or headed toward foreclosure that haven’t
hit the market yet. There are 7 [...]

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FHA waives the 90 day flip rule

I received a nice email from Michael Neill of American Alliance Mortgage Company with the following fantastic news:

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!FHA WAIVES 90 DAY FLIP RULE

HUD TAKES ACTION TO SPEED RESALE OF FORECLOSED PROPERTIES TO NEW OWNERS

Measure to help bring stability to home values and accelerate sale of vacant properties

 In an effort to stabilize home values and [...]

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The Phoenix Real Estate Weekly 1/8/2010

Courtesy of Barb Savoy-Pacella, ABR, CHMS, CNRS
Director of Business & Career Development
Keller Williams Arizona Realty
www.PacellaGroup.com

The market is starting out on some very positive notes for the New Year!

Active listing inventory is down 26% over the same time period last year.

I never imagined I would be pleasantly surprised by depreciation, however; appreciation was at -38.6% at [...]

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The Phoenix Real Estate Weekly 12/18/09

Courtesy of Barb Savoy-Pacella, ABR, CNRS, CHMS
Keller Williams Arizona Realty
www.PacellaGroup.com

The Federal Reserve has concluded their final meeting of 2009. It appears that for the time being, the Federal Funds Rate will not be increasing. However, the mortgage backed security program currently in place that has kept rates artificially low will come to an end in [...]

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The Phoenix Real Estate Weekly 12/4/09

Courtesy of Barb Savoy-Pacella, ABR, CNRS, CHMS
Keller Williams Arizona Realty

To view properties for sale, or for additional information, please visit us at www.PacellaGroup.com

In the areas of the Valley where inventory is moving, it appears that we can be hopeful for some stabilization of pricing. During the same time period in 2008 valley-wide home prices were [...]

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The Phoenix Real Estate Weekly 11/27/09

Courtesy of Barb Savoy-Pacella, ABR, CNRS, CHMS
Keller Williams Arizona Realty

To view homes for sale, or for additional information visit us at www.PacellaGroup.com

If we continue on our current trend, it could be very good news for the Phoenix market.

According to the Cromford Report, which analyzes Phoenix real estate data, sales volumes are 63% higher than the [...]

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The Phoenix Real Estate Weekly 11/20/09

Courtesy of Barb Savoy-Pacella, ABR, CNRS, CHMS
Keller Williams Arizona Realty

To view property for sale, or for additional information visit www.PacellaGroup.com

Inventory is still varying dramatically in different areas of the Valley. It is very much a seller’s market in the West and East Valley (between 3 to 4 months of supply in those areas), and very [...]

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The Phoenix Real Estate Weekly 11/06/09

Courtesy of Barb Savoy-Pacella, ABR, CNRS, CHMS
Keller Williams Arizona Realty

For additional information, or to view properties for sale, please visit our web site at www.PacellaGroup.com

We continue to find ourselves in a rather unusual market. We are seeing the seasonally anticipated rise in inventory, but we are also seeing extremely strong sales and pending sale inventory, [...]

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