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Flagstaff Home Price Forecast
Clear Capital, an investment advisory firm specializing in real estate, recently predicted a national real estate trend consistent with my projections for Flagstaff home sales. After the double-digit growth in home prices last year (though it was more like 8% in...
U.S. Homeownership Rate — Troubling or Not?
The Census Bureau tracks a variety of data regarding homeownership, one of which shows that there are just under 115 million households in the United States and slightly fewer than 75 million of those households owned the home that they live in during the last quarter...
Mortgage Rate Falls to Lowest Level Since November!
The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 4.32% in the week that ended Jan. 30, hitting the lowest level since late November; down from 4.39% in the prior week, according to a Thursday report from federally-controlled mortgage buyer. The rate fell as...
Pending Home Sales Stats Cast Pall on Housing Outlook
The National Association of Realtors® today announced its monthly report of homes under contract for sale and the news was not upbeat. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, fell 8.7% to 92.4 in December from a downwardly...
What Can I Do About that Crummy Fence?
QUESTION: We want to replace the rickety old fence that separates our backyard from our neighbor's yard with a new one. Do we have to get our neighbor's permission first? Would he be required to pay half of the cost? Also, how tall could the new fence be? ANSWER: You...
Best Place To Be Finally Free: Flagstaff, AZ
A couple of decades ago, when we were making our final decision to move to Flagstaff from the Chicago area, some close friends gave us a subscription to Sunset Magazine. So I was especially thrilled to learn this week that Sunset Magazine chose Flagstaff as it's #1...
Home Sales in 2013 Strongest in Seven Years
Although December sales were lower than a year earlier, 2013 total existing home sales on a national basis ended higher than in any year since 2006, according to data released by the National Association of Realtors® today.Headlines are touting that home sales rose in...
Biggest Mistakes Home Sellers Can Make
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A Bright Idea? Smart Light Bulbs Debut
As of Jan. 1 of this year, incandescent light bulbs are no longer being manufactured in the U.S. Some in the lighting industry see “smart bulbs” as the next bright idea in lighting up homes. Smart bulbs are not only energy-efficient but they can be controlled by your...
This is the year to sell your home – MarketWatch
“Going forward this year, the level of price appreciation will likely be nowhere near what we witnessed in 2013,” says Stuart Gabriel, director of the Ziman Center for Real Estate at the University of California, Los Angeles. My thoughts about Flagstaff real estate,...