Mesa Community Notes
  • Mesa Homes for Sale

    Mesa Single-family Home Sales for April

    Posted on May 6, 2013 | No Comments
    Whether you are a home buyer, home seller, or someone who is watching from the sidelines, you cannot deny the housing market is changing.  Mesa home sellers see equity in their homes as home values continue to climb.  Buyers, too, are seeing the market shift...

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    Jeff Bridges Visits the Coolest School in America

    Posted on April 18, 2013 | No Comments
    Throughout the school year, the first grade class of Zaharis Elementary learned about helping others. Wanting to make a difference, the students set up a lemonade stand at recess, where they charged 25-cents per cup of lemony goodness.  With their proceeds, they contributed to the...

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    Mesa Single-family Home Values Continue to Rise

    Posted on April 17, 2013 | 1 Comment
    The Mesa real estate market, particularly single-family homes, is maintaining a healthy level of recovery.  Specifically, the number of distressed sales, including short sales and foreclosure sales, is decreasing compared to last year, while the number of equity (normal) sales is increasing.  With fewer distressed...

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    Build Credit While Renting

    Posted on April 12, 2013 | No Comments
    I’ve often been asked by tenants if paying rent will help them to build their credit file.  The answer is the ever-vague answer of, “It depends.” Traditional landlords and property management companies in Mesa and Gilbert collect the rent, record the payment in their books,...

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    Mesa’s Real Estate Market Mix

    Posted on February 5, 2013 | No Comments
    Mesa’s real estate market is much like a recipe for bread. During the years of 2004 – 2006 we had too much exuberance, which resulted in an inflated market that offered no substance. In the following years the economy declined and market forces added an overload of foreclosures and short sales that resulted in falling prices, then a relatively flat market.

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    Mesa Home Values Are Up 37.8%. Should You Be Concerned?

    Posted on January 10, 2013 | 3 Comments
    Median Mesa home values have increased from $119,000 to $159,900 during 2012 for a 37.8% increase.  These numbers are a welcome sight to some, but concerning to others.  It was only eight years ago that we saw skyrocketing prices like these only to see that...

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    Mesa Real Estate Values: 2012 in Review

    Posted on January 9, 2013 | No Comments
    Owners of Mesa real estate have been on a long road over the past decade. The millennium began with a business-as-usual approach with Mesa home values consistently and steadily rising. Then 2004 rolled around and the steady march of home values built up a full...

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    Mortgage Debt Relief Act Extended for 2013

    Posted on January 3, 2013 | No Comments
    Homeowners struggling to make their monthly mortgage payments have had their short sale option extended until the end of 2013.  Hidden in the language of the fiscal cliff relief legislation recently passed through the Congress was an extension to the 2007 Mortgage Debt Relief Act. ...

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    A Christmas Story

    Posted on December 18, 2012 | No Comments
    My favorite seasonal movie is without a doubt A Christmas Story, the tale of 9-year old Ralphie and his quest to obtain that most coveted of gifts, a Red Ryder carbine-action, two hundred shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and...

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  • Getting keys to the house

    Where Are My Keys?

    Posted on November 28, 2012 | No Comments
    Perhaps one of the most exciting parts of buying a house is getting the keys. After all the paperwork is done, the money paid, the loan documents are processed, and escrow closes with the title recording at the county recorder’s office, the symbolic handing over...

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