Buy Tucson Real Estate Articles

• Dogs and Homeowner Associations
• Tucson Foreclosure Homes for Sale
• Home Buyer Tax Credit NOT Extended
• Buying Rural Homes in Tucson
• Offers and Backup Offers
• Home Buyers Spend More Time Shopping for a Car than a Home Loan
• Why You Need a Pre-Approval Before Shopping for a Tucson Home
• Can I Make Offers on More Than One Short Sale?
• Offers, Counter Offers, and Multiple Counter Offers
• Offers, Counter Offers, and Multiple Counter Offers
• It’s A Lovely Home That You Can’t Buy
• Are Wall Mounted TVs a Fixture?
• Be Careful Buying Bank Owned Homes in Tucson
• Only 47 Shopping Days until the Home Buyer Tax Credit Expires in Tucson
• Only 47 Shopping Days until the Home Buyer Tax Credit Expires in Tucson
• It’s Okay To Let More Than One Lender Pull your Credit Score
• New FHA Guidelines – Coming Soon to Tucson
• Tucson Market Value and Pricing Tactics
• Your Secrets Are Safe With Me
• The New HUD-1
• The New Good Faith Estimate – GFE
• Think You’ll Never Pay Full Price in this Market?
• Think You’ll Never Pay Full Price in this Market?
• How Long After A Short Sale Until I Can Buy A House?
• Do You Trust Me?
• Is Cash Really King?
• Locking Your Interest Rate when Buying a Tucson Home
• Getting the $6500 Tax Credit as an Existing Home Owner
• TEP Temporary Power Program
• Tax Credit Extended – and Expanded to Include Current Homeowners
• The Perfect House – But Your iPhone is an iBrick
• What’s The Price Per Square Foot in Tucson?
• Mortgage Rate Trends – Will Rates Go Up or Down?
• What Actually Happens at Closing?
• FHA 90 Day Rule and First Time Buyers
• Open Housing
• How We Pick The Home We Buy
• How We Pick The Home We Buy
• $8000 Tax Credit for First Time Home Buyers – Expires Soon
• $8000 Tax Credit for First Time Home Buyers – Expires Soon
• HERA, HVCC, and Other Fun Acronyms- Ready for New Lending Rules?
• Measuring Up
• Fixing and Flipping Homes in Tucson?
• Declining Home Values in Tucson and Zestimates
• The Daisy Chain
• Remembering Moving…
• Negotiating Repairs
• Will Higher Loan Costs Hit Today?
• Will Higher Loan Costs Hit Today?
• You Play Home Buyer – Which Do You Pick?
• Proposed Rule Change for Short Sales in the Tucson MLS
• What Did They Pay For It?
• Rising HOA Fees
• Rising HOA Fees
• Lender Owned Homes in Tucson
• Range Pricing in Tucson – Why?
• Negotiating and Real Estate
• Falling in Love with the First One
• The Junkmail Deluge
• The Junkmail Deluge
• Continental Ranch – How Home Values have Changed
• The Not-So-Fun Section of the Purchase Contract
• Active Contingent and Active CAPA Defined
• When Do I Pay That? The Money Flow when Buying a House
• Carpet Allowances, Gift Certificates, and a New Lexus – Incentives to Buy Tucson Real Estate
• Ways to Take Title in Arizona – Decisions to Make when Buying Real Estate in Tucson
• Tucson Schools
• Paying to Lock your Interest Rate?
• What’s the Risk of Buying As-Is?
• Vail Open House Tour
• Who Does the Appraiser Work For?
• Average Prices for 3 Bedroom Homes in Tucson – Fun with ZeeMaps
• Asking for Repairs: Who’s Going to Do the Work?
• It’s Good to Know People who Know People
• Home Buying Negotiations Round Two: Repairs
• Fiduciary and Functional Duties
• How Long Does It Take To Write An Offer?
• Are You Married or What?
• Home Buying Negotiations Round One: Price and Terms
• What Does It Cost To Buy A Home?
• Student Housing near the University of Arizona
• Don’t Depend On The MLS Comments
• Considering University Area Housing as an Investment
• Showing Sad Houses – Short Sales and Foreclosures in Tucson
• Why Should I Work With Only One Real Estate Agent?
• You Can’t Stop Me From Bringing My Home Inspector.
• Central Tucson Homes and Non-permitted Additions
• Seventeen Reasons to have New Construction Homes Inspected
• Fun with the ‘Family Friend’ Lender
• We’re Movin’ On Up – Coordinating Buying and Selling
• Fast Closing and Slow Repairs
• Deed Restrictions and Home Owner Associations
• Opening a Tucson Bed and Breakfast
• University Area Housing for Under $150,000
• Homes with Pools near the University of Arizona
• Should I Ask For the Home Warranty?
• Are They Leaving This Junk In Here?
• How Many Short Sales in Tucson Actually Sell?
• Spuds and Other Fun Stuff
• What’s Your Negotiating Style?
• The Tucson Home Pricing Game
• Paying for Unexpected Costs during Roof Repairs
• Thinking about Trade-offs
• This Is Why You Always Read The Prelim
• The Chances A Short Sale Will Actually Sell
• Infuriating A Lender
• Timing the Appraisal
• We Don’t Do No Stinkin’ Surveys
• Because Life Changes
• Using All Sources To Value A Home
• Patience and Buying A Lender Owned Home
• Keep Your Eyes Open
• Changes to FHA Loans – What It Means For Tucson Homebuyers
• Active Contingent and Active CAPA Revisited
• Reading Preliminary Title Reports
• Busy Roads and Bad Floor plans in the Foothills
• Downtown Condos
• 44 East Broadway – Luxury Downtown Condos
• The Flats at Julian-Drew – Finally Downtown Condos under $200k
• Preliminary Home Inspections and Research
• What Happened to the Appliances?
• Homeowner’s Associations – Considerations when Making an Offer on a Home with an HOA
• Top Ten Things to Know about Tucson Real Estate – Termites and your Home
• Top Ten Things to Know about Tucson Real Estate – Who does my Agent Represent?
• The Real Estate Transaction Process Overview
• Saguaro Cliffs – Tucson Land and Custom Home Subdivision
• Do You Have the Vision for Real Estate?
• Sell a Home in Tucson to get the Perfect Home, without paying Capital Gains taxes?
• How Much is Earnest Money?
• The Best Sites to Search Tucson Homes Online
• Play the First Time Buyer Game: Round One
• Asking for Repairs: Who’s Going to Do the Work?
• It’s Good to Know People who Know People
• Home Buying Negotiations Round Two: Repairs
• How Long Does It Take To Write An Offer?
• Home Buying Negotiations Round One: Price and Terms
• What Does It Cost To Buy A Home?
• Why Should I Work With Only One Real Estate Agent?
• Fun with the ‘Family Friend’ Lender
• Does Turnover Rate Affect Appreciation Rate?
• Finding the Right Home – Considering Trade-offs
• Down Payments and First Time Buyers
• Thinking about Trade-offs
• Lasik and First Time Buyers
• Because Life Changes
• Changes to FHA Loans – What It Means For Tucson Homebuyers
• Buying a Tucson Home With Little Or No Money Down
• The Lender Works For You.
• Why won’t anyone sell me land?
• Saguaro Cliffs – Tucson Land and Custom Home Subdivision
• Tortolita Vistas – Lots Now Available to Buy if you are looking for Land in Tucson
• Ways to Take Title in Arizona – Decisions to Make when Buying Real Estate in Tucson