by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Home Buying
When you buy a house, there are a lot of things to think about. One item that should be on every buyers to do list is to obtain as much information about the property as possible. Before closing, an opportunity exists to learn important things about the home from the...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Foreclosures + Short Sales
The West has been a leader in the number of foreclosures in the United States in first half of 2009. But have things changed? What about the amount of equity in homes? How much have Arizona homeowners lost, and how does that compare to our neighbors? First, in...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Canada and Canadians, Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
In Part 1, I detailed that Canada recorded its first ever surplus in bilateral direct investment with the U.S. last year. Direct Canadian investment in the United States was $17.1 billion greater last year than U.S. direct investment in Canada in 2008. This amount...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Foreclosures + Short Sales, Real Estate Facts & Figures
Arizona’s residential real estate market is schizophrenic right now – a dichotomy of healthy sales in some segments versus years on the market in others. The good news is that lower sale prices overall have allowed buyers once priced out of the market to enter the...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 26, 2015 | Home Buying
The buying process should be easy, right? A seller should be desperate to unload their devalued property in this market, so buyers should get what they want quickly. In some parts of the metropolitan Phoenix and Scottsdale market, this can be true. But in those areas...
