Connie Clark Phoenix/Scottsdale Area Real Estate

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We recently wrote a pretty long piece about all the Home Financing Changes over the past year and what it will mean to you. Within that article, we also discussed the fact that Seller Assisted Down payments through programs like AmeriDream and Nehemiah are scheduled to go away effective October 1, 2008. These programs have been a ...

We're always into finding nifty little widgets to add to our website and recently found this one. Since we know the cost of commuting in the Phoenix/Scottsdale metropolitan area can be huge, we wanted to add this feature to help you in your decision about where to live. So here’s a few things to think about:  Before you buy ...

For those of you, like us, who are numbers people, we wanted to pass along some more interesting facts (another hat tip to one of our lending partners, Rob Kanyur at Nova Home Loans in Scottsdale, AZ - www.robk@novahomeloans.com  or www.robkanyurcandomortgages.com) As we are now in August, it seems like a good time to reflect on our ...

BY THE NUMBER$. (Hat tip to one of our lending partners, Rob Kanyur at Nova Home Loans in Scottsdale, AZ - RobK@NovaHomeLoans.com or www.RobKanyurCanDoMortgages.com Hope you find it as interesting as we did!!!  1.  MOST RECENTLY - 7 of the last 9 months (as of 7/31/08) have produced a negative total return ...

We don't normally like to turn our blog posts into long diatribes, but at the same time, there have been so many changes this past year in lender financing, as well as multiple changes at Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and most recently with FHA, we felt it necessary to give a better breakdown of these changes and more specifically - WHAT ...

It's hard to believe that we are into our last month of the summer...though living in Arizona, this heat will stay with us well into late September.  Since another month has passed, we'll take a look at the numbers for July 2008. (Note: This data has been pulled from the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service and is ...

Well summer is in full swing and it's pushing over 110 on a regular basis now ...so that must mean we're well into July and it's time to take a look at the numbers for June 2008. (Note: This data has been pulled from the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service and is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. These ...

It's hard to believe that another month has passed, but it's time to take a look at the numbers for May 2008. (Note: This data has been pulled from the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service and is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. These numbers encompass the entire ARMLS listing area). Here's how it looked ...

Recently the U.S. Census Bureau published their latest stats noting that Maricopa County was the fastest growing county in the United States in both 2006 and 2007. According to their latest population estimates, this influx of new people has brought our population to nearly 4 million. Over the past several years, the Phoenix area has had a ...