By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team A vacation home should be a paradise — a safe haven from the bustle and stress of everyday life. For those who rent out their properties for parts of the year, vacation homes also [Read More…]
Archives for May 2014
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Fall Below 4 Percent for First Time Since October By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team
By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 3.99 percent, down from 4.05 percent at this same time last week. [Read More…]
Lack of Inventory Squeezing First-Time Home Buyers Out of the Market By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team
By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team After rising at the end of 2013, for-sale inventory has fallen for four straight months to begin 2014. Inventory remains tight nationwide, with the number of homes listed for sale on Zillow down [Read More…]
The Nation’s Most Affordable Homes Also the Most Likely to Be Underwater By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team
By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team The affordable homes most likely to be sought after by first-time home buyers are also those most likely to be kept off the market because their current owners are in negative equity, or [Read More…]
5 Ways to Dress Up Your Front Door By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team
By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team Ostensibly, a home’s front door is there for one reason and one reason only: to let people come and go while keeping the inside environment secure and separate from the outside. But a [Read More…]
April 2014 Paradise Valley Arizona real estate market update
Happy May everyone! Can you believe we are already on the brink of summer? Summer in Paradise Valley means scorching temperatures but as far as the real estate market goes activity is starting to cool down. The median home price [Read More…]
April 2014 Scottsdale Arizona real estate market update
Happy May everyone! Can you believe we are already on the brink of summer? Summer in Scottsdale means scorching temperatures but as far as the real estate market goes activity is starting to cool down. New listings and new contracts [Read More…]
Making the Most of an Open House Visit By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team
By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team Open houses are the gold standard in real estate. They’ve been around for decades and will be ingrained in the buying and selling of homes for years to come. But as a buyer, [Read More…]
Don’t Buy The Best House on the Block By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team
By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team As the real estate market starts to heat up again in some markets, we sometimes forget what’s happened in the past. We get caught up in the home search and the desire to [Read More…]
5 Types of People Who Attend Open Houses By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team
By Joe Szabo, Scottsdale Real Estate Team In real estate showings, the Sunday open house is the gold standard. As the name implies, a property is open to just about anyone who learns of the showing in an online or [Read More…]
