by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jul 19, 2021 | Arizona and Its Amenities
Phoenix, Arizona area cities Scottsdale and Gilbert are top 10 best places to raise a family according to WalletHub. It compared more than 180 U.S. cities based on 48 factors including the cost of housing, the quality of local school and health-care systems, and the...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jul 5, 2021 | Arizona and Its Amenities, Home Buying
For the first time SimplySOLD has access to homes listed for sale in Gila County. This includes cities and towns like Payson, Pine, Strawberry, Christopher Creek, Kohl’s Ranch and the Heber/Overgaard area. So we can now make available second or vacation homes outside...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jun 15, 2021 | Arizona and Its Amenities, Home Ownership, Real Estate Facts & Figures
The increase in values that has dramatically affected lower priced homes in metro Phoenix has spread. Higher value neighborhoods across the Valley of the Sun have seen significant increases since March 2020. The greatest rise in home prices occurred in Peoria’s zip...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 12, 2021 | Arizona and Its Amenities, Real Estate Facts & Figures
For higher earners and retirees, moving from high cost states make sense. The top 5 states losing population in 2020 (according to United Van Lines) were New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Connecticut and California. Those gaining the most population were Idaho, South...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 26, 2021 | Arizona and Its Amenities
There are about 62,000 properties with an elevated risk of flooding in the metro Phoenix area. In the Scottsdale area – where SimplySOLD does a lot of work, the most impact is in the 85255 area code. To figure out if a property is in a flood plain, and if so,...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 26, 2021 | Arizona and Its Amenities, Real Estate Facts & Figures
The metro Phoenix housing market broke records in 2020 according to the Cromford Report. Home sales in Pinal and Maricopa County set new records for highest listing success rate, highest average price for monthly sales and annual sales, and highest square foot price...