Tucson Real Estate …2010!
Charles Dickens sums up my sentiments of this past decade, the start of the twenty first century succinctly in Chapter One of A Tale of Two Cities.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way”
So it has been with the gyrations of the real estate market, especially here in Tucson where property values soared more than 45% in less than three years, where people could buy a $400,000 home with no money down. The Light shone upon all…and then it came wickedly crashing down to the season of Darkness.
But now, people are acclimating to what is occurring in this market. Sellers desiring to move on to other places know that the price they get for their home is not the price they would have commanded in 2006…but then what they are paying for their new accommodations is substantially less than 2006 pricing. A degree of Realism has set in.
Snowbirds, arriving daily to escape shoveling snow, scrapping sheets of ice from car windows, slip sliding on black ice, or desiring just to get away from bone chilling temperatures and get warm, have a plethora of homes from which to choose, in all price ranges, and substantially lower in price than last year.
Communities throughout the county have homes which are in distress. Potential buyers should look for a Realtor who is knowledgeable about short sale and foreclosure properties as well as an agent who understands resale and new home construction transactions. Checking the credentials of potential agents and insuring that agent is a Realtor should be the first order of business. A Realtor abides by the code of conduct and ethics set forth by the National Association of Realtors. Not all real estate agents are Realtors.
Tomorrow: Looking for a Tucson home
Tags: Relocation to Tucson, Tucson Real Estate, Tucson Short Sales
September 28th, 2014 at 8:43 am
Today, I went to the beach front with my children. I found a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She placed the shell to her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is entirely off topic but I had to tell someone!