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Realty ONE Group Acquires John Hall & Associates

Realty ONE Group Leadership

(Video Transcript:) This is Jim Sexton with some ground breaking news for the Phoenix real estate market. How about John Hall & Associates merging with Realty ONE Group. (What did he say?) That’s right! John Hall & Associates will become Realty ONE Group. Who’s Realty ONE Group? Here’s a company that started six years ago…

Phoenix Real Estate Market – August 2011

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(Video Report: Phoenix Real Estate Market – August 2011) July has 8,377 closed transactions as of 8/1/2011. Of those 3,597 (43%) are Bank Owned and 1,991 (24%) are Short Sales. The percentage of distressed sales continues in the 2 out of 3 range. July 2011 had the 4 highest number of homes sold compared to…

MARS Update – July 2011

Short Sale Help

Big news on the MARS Short Sale front this week, both from the ADRE and the FTC. We’ll probably hear more from ADRE once the Federal announcement gets digested. Here’s an excerpt from the ADRE bulletin earlier this week. Here’s what the FTC had to say. So what do these announcements mean to the agents negotiating short…

Phoenix Business Journal: Residential Real Estate

Phoenix Business Journal

Warning: Placement of Feathers in Cap Ahead Annually the Phoenix Business Journal publishes their Book of Lists. This is where they rank local businesses based on various criteria depending on the industry. Real estate happens to be a popular industry in our neck of the woods, therefore it receives several lists based on different segments;…

Phoenix Real Estate Market – July 2011

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Once again building the Phoenix real estate market report first thing on the first of the month produced some surprising results. The number of closings looks too high, especially the number and percentage of short sale closings. Even though I think these numbers will change, I’ll report them as I see them on 7/1/11. June…

Freddie Mac Short Sale Addendum

Freddie Mac

Have you seen the changes made to the required Freddie Mac Short Sale Addendum? They’ve recently added three “agents/parties”; seller’s agent, buyer’s agent, and escrow closing agent. All three are required signatories to the addendum. Previously the buyer and seller had to acknowledge and agree to things like; it’s an arm’s length transaction, there are…

Kevin Duff Receives REALTOR® Emeritus Status

Broker, REALTOR® Emeritus, Broker, SAAR President

Last week during an awards breakfast for the Scottsdale Area Association of REALTORS®, Kevin Duff was awarded with REALTOR® Emeritus status. Kevin has been working out of the John Hall & Associates Scottsdale office since 1984 and he’s been licensed in Arizona since 1971. Nice going Kevin, well deserved my friend! REALTOR® Emeritus Status: Any…

HomePath® Buyer Incentive: June 14 – October 31

HomePath from Fannie Mae

Fannie Mae has recently announced a special incentive effective with offers submitted on or after June 14th. Fannie Mae is currently offering buyers up to 3.5% in closing cost assistance through October 31, 2011. A $1,200 selling agent bonus is also available to selling agents who close on an owner occupant property and meet all…

Luxury Homes Tour – Paradise Valley / Scottsdale

Arizona Luxury Home

On June 8th the John Hall & Associates home tour visited Arizona luxury homes in Paradise Valley and Scottsdale. Many thanks to the Eilers Real Estate Team for organizing this monthly event. This month included “gorgeous Camelback pocket listings to sprawling Paradise Valley estates and custom new builds.” Tour Improvements Ever since the Eilers started…

Arizona REALTOR® Quarterly

Arizona REALTOR

  Just when you thought the only way to read the Arizona REALTOR® magazine was in a digital format, AAR brings back a printed version… with a twist. In a cost cutting/going green strategy last year (or was it the year before?) the Arizona Association of REALTORS® stopped printing their monthly magazine/newsletter to the dismay…