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Santa’s Coming to Flagstaff
Here's Santa's Schedule for This Weekend! In the Northeast Rural area, Santa will be joining the Summit Fire Department on Saturday -- FREE appearances listed below: At the Continental Country Club, you can see Santa on Saturday and eat at the clubhouse: Related...
Real Estate – Best of Flagstaff!
Great news! Readers of Flagstaff's newspaper, the Arizona Daily Sun, have again chosen RE/MAX Peak Properties the best real estate agency for the year! Thanks readers, clients, friends for voting for us. And thanks to the great agents I work with who make this...
When it’s better to rent a home in retirement – Amy Hoak’s Home Economics – MarketWatch
This article raises some interesting issues for older Americans (like me) to consider when choosing a home. The answers offered are weak, so before you make the leap to home ownership, do more research with a Realtor® and your financial advisor. If Flagstaff is on...
Why This New Blog about Flagstaff Real Estate?
This Blog is "under Construction" so it may look "Funny" at times I've been blogging about Flagstaff homes, the real estate market and living in Flagstaff since 2006. I started on Active Rain (where I'm still a bit active) and soon created my own blog, called...
Monthly Flagstaff Home Sales Report
The Flagstaff homes market for November reflects solid gains for 2013 Home sales in the greater Flagstaff area (including Fort Valley, Kachina Village, Doney Park, Timberline and other “suburban” Flagstaff neighborhoods) were only slightly stronger last month than in...
Reconciling This Week’s Real Estate Headlines
National home sales trends provide some insight into Flagstaff home sales. So, yesterday we heard that in October the housing market was “catching its breath” and today we see this: New U.S. home sales leap 25% in October. How do you put those confusing headlines...
October Pending Home Sales Down Again, but Expected to Level Out | realtor.org
Although conditions were mixed across the country, pending home sales continued to move lower in October, marking the fifth consecutive monthly decline, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index,* a forward-looking indicator...
High-end Home Buyers Get Cheaper Mortgages
In unusual twist, jumbo mortgages now carry cheaper rates than traditional loans. Perhaps this will give a boost to a struggling section of the Flagstaff homes market. High-end home buyers can now get mortgages cheaper than pretty much everyone else. So-called "jumbo...
“Pocket Listings?” — Not such a good idea, IMHO, at least for the Flagstaff homes market
I worry about the impact for home sellers of this "pocket listings" trend. I would surely want to discuss this carefully with my clients before keeping a home off the MLS. I've seen too many demonstrations of the MLS listing working to Flagstaff home owner's...
Monthly Flagstaff Home Sales Report
The median price for Flagstaff single-family-home sales held steady in October, rising to $306,000 – just $1000 higher than September. Volume was also steady; at 69 homes sales that’s down slightly from September, but 5 units higher than one-year ago in October....
