Blog
Today’s Case-Shiller Headlines Old News
May U.S. home prices jumped; Dallas, Denver at record, according to big city real estate tracking for May sales.U.S. home prices continued to accelerate in May, with Dallas and Denver reaching record levels, according to data released Tuesday by the private research...
Monthly Flagstaff Home Sales Report
June Flagstaff home sales were up in price and volume, but this may not be a trend. What’s striking to me about Flagstaff home sales in June 2013 is how little has changed from June 2012 Flagstaff home sales. Things have definitely improved – the median price of a...
CoreLogic Home Price Data
National Home Price Headlines from Earlier This Holiday Week National home price and sales volume numbers always come in more than a month later than the data being reported. Still, the headlines just before the Independence Day holiday were exciting. Home price...
CoreLogic Home Price Data
National Home Price Headlines from Earlier This Holiday Week National home price and sales volume numbers always come in more than a month later than the data being reported. Still, the headlines just before the Independence Day holiday were exciting. Home price...
Flagstaff Median Home Price Jumps 25% Year-to-Year
Don't get too excited, yet I've gathered the statistics for my monthly Flagstaff home sales report and I will be writing a full blog post about it in a few days, including the status of sales in various price ranges. Overall, things look good and you might be really...
Celebrate Independence Day in Flagstaff, AZ
Many people from Phoenix join us on the Fourth, but the celebration is uniquely Flagstaff! There is nothing quite like Independence Day in Flagstaff: Get started early on Wednesday evening, July 3rd, with Concerts in the Park Roadshow -- The Dave Logan Band. Bring...
Why People Live in Flagstaff Rather Than Phoenix
Flagstaff jammed as Phoenix hits 119° and Flagstaff stays in the low 90s According to the Arizona Daily Sun, "You could tell how hot it was in Phoenix Saturday by the traffic jams in the northbound lanes of I-17 and the No Vacancy signs on Flagstaff motels." To buy...
Scared of a 4.5% mortgage? We survived 17.5%
Housing analysts say the market has done just fine under harsher conditions. Mortgage rates have shot up to a two-year high, but don't be too quick to assume this will scare away home buyers. Once in the 1980s, I bought a house with a mortgage rate over 14%. If now...
Sell in One Day? Maybe.
Tight inventory brings quick sales Here’s a sign of how tight inventory levels have been lately: More homes are selling in a flash—finding a buyer within 24 hours of being listed. In some places, homes sell in just one day. Flagstaff is one of those places -- for SOME...
Monthly Flagstaff Home Sales Report
Dramatic year-to-year jump in Flagstaff home prices for May Flagstaff home sales in May continued to show signs of recovery, perhaps even strong recovery. The sales volume for Flagstaff single-family homes was up over 18% from one year ago and the median price was...