After the initial slowdown resulting from the Coronavirus lockdown, the real estate market bounced back in a big way. Home buyers who were ready in January were even more ready by the time summer arrived. Many sellers, however, pumped the brakes on their plans to move. There was just enough economic ...

As we get ready to move out of our Fireside at Norterra home to another address (still in Fireside of course), I thought I would share all the updating projects we have done over the past several years. There are so many things I love about this home and a ...

How the Corona Virus is affecting the Phoenix real estate market as of April 7, 2020. 

My interview with Josh Heape of Canopy Mortgage to tackle our most asked questions about how the real estate market is doing in real time. Is it a good time to buy a ...

Give Them What They Want 

What makes your four walls and a roof better than the next person’s four walls and a roof?

The features, of course. When selling a home, price is important – but it’s not everything. A recent survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders ...

Demand & Desire

When hearing about Fireside at Norterra, you may have seen phrases such as "sought after" and "highly desirable".  It's easy to dismiss this as mere marketing, but the numbers actually back up those statements. At the time this article was written, fewer than 10 homes ...

A few years ago, a company hit the market with a plan to disrupt and change the business of buying and selling homes. The company, known as Opendoor, touts speed and convenience for people selling their homes. As with any shiny new thing that comes along, there’s going to be curiosity ...

About 45% of buyers look at homes online before they make a purchase. They might be checking out recommendations from their Realtor (or researching homes on their own before they’ve even hired one). But no matter what stage of the ...

As of 2016, the U.S. Census showed that the average American will move 11 times during his/her lifetime. The reasons for moving can vary - upsizing, downsizing, job transfers, or maybe just a change of scenery. But lately we have seen an interesting trend developing: The combination of rising ...

Love It Or List It? 

Over the past few years, two trends have emerged in the housing market:

1 Home renovations have shot up

2 Inventory of homes available for sale on the market has dropped

A ‘normal’ housing market is defined by having a 6-month supply of homes ...

I know it’s winter, but let’s talk swimming pools. There are 2 kinds of homeowners: Those with a pool and those without. And while we’re safely past the triple-digit temps, there are still plenty of homeowners in the second group with simmering memories of another brutal August. They vowed that ...