by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 2, 2018 | Real Estate Facts & Figures
New condo sales in the Phoenix metro area were up 57% last year over 2016, setting a yearly record. Resales were also up 12%. This reflects the popularity of this style of housing choice and the affordability of condos – as increases in value of single family homes...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 23, 2018 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
My latest entry about pets in wartime is about Smoky, a 4 pound female Yorkshire Terrier. She became a war hero and has six memorials honoring her nationally. Smoky was found in the South Pacific in February 1944, sitting in an abandoned Japanese foxhole in the New...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 19, 2018 | Preparing a Home for Sale, Selling Your Home
Will a staged home sell for more money? A staged home in this context is the use of furniture and decorative items supplied by the stager – usually on a multi-room basis (and the removal of existing furniture and decorative items if necessary). Time and money has been...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 17, 2018 | Home Ownership
About 69,000 Arizona Public Service solar customers are grandfathered in a favorable net metering rate plan (as more money is paid for the electricity that is sold back to the utility) that lasts 20 years from installation. This status is transferrable to new owners...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 13, 2018 | Home Buying
RL Brown Housing Reports has calculated the average new home closing price in January at $407,736. That means new home prices in the Phoenix metro area have rose only by an average of $5,000 over the last 12 months – while resale homes have increased around $30,000...
