Thursday, 9th September 2010.

Posted on Thursday, 17th June 2010 by Anna Kulbinski

Michael Blagg, Senior Inspector Desert State Home Inspections Email: mblagg@cox.net Office:  480-585-6456 Cell:  623-221-4319 This time of year we can be thankful it’s a dry heat. One thing that comes to mind when thinking about the heat, no, I don’t mean the pool or spa- but plumbing. Thought I would discuss some of the things [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 27th May 2010 by Anna Kulbinski

Michael Blagg, Senior Inspector Desert State Home Inspections Email: mblagg@cox.net Office:  480-585-6456 Cell:  623-221-4319 We have certainly been lucky with the weather so far this year, so close to Memorial Day and still have not exceeded 100 degrees- wow. I’m sure it’s coming and  it would be a good time to remind everyone to get [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 9th May 2010 by Anna Kulbinski

Arcadia, in East Phoenix, is one of my favorite Phoenix neighborhoods. In fact, I recently reported on my adventures the afternoon I spent on my roller blades, taking photos of the beautiful homes in Arcadia. Once home to orange and grapefruit groves, the large irrigated lots are still dotted with some of those original citrus [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 24th April 2010 by Anna Kulbinski

Homebuyers considering zip code 85018 will be wise to take a look back at the past, and then a look at what’s going on today… Courtesy of Google maps Looking back to 2002, you can see that home prices in zip code 85018 have been on a wild ride. In 2002 the median monthly price [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 18th April 2010 by Anna Kulbinski

First of all, what is “SPDS”? SPDS (pronounced “SPUDS”) is short for Seller’s Property Disclosure Statement. It is a disclosure of all important facts about the property to the buyer, however, we’re not seeing it done all too often. It feels like it’s the new trend in the Phoenix real estate market- “No CLUE, No SPDS”. Yes, it has [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 3rd April 2010 by Anna Kulbinski

Whether you’re a Phoenix home buyer or a seller, you may have chosen the wrong Realtor®, and you may want to be released from the contract you’ve signed. You could just have a personality conflict, or your agent may actually be doing a rotten job of representing you. We Realtors® hate to admit that some [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 7th March 2010 by Anna Kulbinski

There are 35 historic districts in Phoenix, Arizona. In the heart of the city in the North Central Corridor, north of Camelback between Central Avenue and 7th Avenue lies the historic neighborhood called Medlock Place. The area is named after the developer Floyd Medlock. This area tells a story of a vision that still lives [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 25th February 2010 by Anna Kulbinski

Locating the perfect home can be a long, time consuming, exhausting and stressful process, but purchasing a short sale home can be even more of all of the above.  A lot of short sale properties are listed at a price below the market value, but keep in mind when submitting an offer on such a [...]

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