July 22nd, 2010 by Michael Oliver

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When you want to sell your home/ house in a bad, or weak sellers market (also known as a buyers/ buyer’s real estate market) its important you do everything right. The reason is simple the competition with other homes will be fierce and no seller can afford to make mistakes in a weak marketplace. Buyers will either gloss over your home, or those that do seem interested won’t be willing to pay you what you want.

So how do you set your home up to sell in a tough home selling market?

July 21st, 2010 by Michael Oliver

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When Placing An Offer Having A Solid Pre-Qualification Letter And A Big Name Mortgage Company Will Help Negotiations With A Seller

When being pre-qualified for a mortgage in my opinion who you get pre-qualified with can (most probably will) have an effect on what sales price a seller is willing to accept when you get to the negotiation stage of an offer.

The reason why?

Sellers want known entities (companies/ brands) when selling a home. They do not want to think they made a deal with a buyer and then the mortgage company/ bank the buyer got their pre-qualification from decides they “after exhausting all options” cannot actually get the buyer a mortgage.

July 19th, 2010 by Michael Oliver

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Zero Down Mortgages While Not Plentiful Are Still Available If You Know What Programs To Look Into

Are you a first time home buyer looking to buy a home of your own but have little to no down payment money available? While buying a home is a big step there are still really good loan programs (mortgages) available that offer no money down financing. If you have an average credit score, and a two year job history more then likely you can qualify for a zero down home mortgage to buy your first house. What kind of loan(s) are available for this?

First Time Buyers

July 16th, 2010 by Michael Oliver

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Tucson National Offers Residents a Premium Golf Community With A Rich History And Lots Of Character Throughout

In Tucson many Tucson AZ golf course neighborhoods and developments are available one of the most favorite and historic Tucson golf centric neighborhoods would be Tucson National. Now with the hotel and grounds being run by Omni Tucson National has lost a little of its cache over the years as other world class golf neighborhoods have entered the Tucson area, namely The Gallery, La Ventana, and La Paloma Tucson National still retains a convenient location, good prices, its high end feel, as well as a history few other golf courses in Tucson have.

golf course communities Tucson

July 15th, 2010 by Michael Oliver

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The Tucson AZ real estate marketplace is still running along the bottom of a turn around. There is a slowdown in demand (as expected) due to the total expiration of the $8k tax credit. Now, if you are an active duty member of the U.S. military and you have orders to be sent somewhere, you get an extension of 1 year (your $8k tax credit would expire on 4/30/2011 and have to be closed by 6/30/2011) to still use the tax credit, but everyone else’s credit time has passed. You can see that demand is cooling by looking at the pending contracts as they are down 20% from last year when the beginning of the $8k tax credit was in full swing.

July 14th, 2010 by Michael Oliver

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If Tucson had this ordinance homes in disrepair wouldn't be allowed. That would be a good thing for the city at large and individual neighborhood across the city

Los Angeles last Thursday enacted a new ordinance that holds lenders/ servicers responsible for keeping foreclosed homes from falling into disrepair and derelict conditions. The ordinance can fine lenders up to $100,000 if they let a property fall into bad condition.

This is basically how the new ordinance works;

July 14th, 2010 by Michael Oliver

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Jumbo loans those mortgage  loans used for home purchases with a loan amount in excess of $417,000 (This figure is for Tucson each city across the US has different minimum requirements that makes the “Jumbo” loan a requirement) are now following much closer to traditional mortgage rates (now roughly 4.55% for a 30 year fixed). Jumbo rates are currently running on average 5.48% on a 30 year fixed.

July 13th, 2010 by Michael Oliver

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The Foothills is offering some of the best deals seen in years right now. Here are some of the best

Looking for the best value, deal on a house in the Catalina Foothills? Right now the Catalina Foothills in Tucson is offering some pretty solid deals on homes, some are better than others here are the best deals in my opinion.

Best Deal Under $250,000 in the Foothills Currently-

MLS#21003022: 2439 E Autumn Flower Drive Tucson, AZ 85718- This townhouse in River Walk just off of Campbel

Catalina Foothills homes, Catalina Foothills Real Estate

July 12th, 2010 by Michael Oliver

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This Starr Pass Estate In The Popular "Fox Hideaway" Is An Example Of Some Of The High End Architecture Available.

On Tucson’s West side the premium neighborhood of Starr Pass is located off Starr Pass BLVD  just past Greasewood. The entire area of Starr Pass Homes offers homeowners a secluded district of Tucson thats still minutes from downtown Tucson yet feels like it is hours away as the neighborhoods are set back away from everything. Within the Starr Pass district is the JW Marriott Resort with their “W” branded hotel, Starr Pass golf resort/ casitias, as well as a spa and other full service resort amenities.

Starr Pass Homes

July 11th, 2010 by Michael Oliver

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When buying or selling a home working with a proven Realtor will make a tremendous difference in your results

The “best” or “top-selling” Tucson Realtors are a hard thing to establish because all of the top selling Tucson Real Estate Agents actually are teams of Realtors with one person as their front person. These Top Realtors function as the heads of their organizations with anywhere from 5-15 other agents and/or assistants working behind the scenes with clients. When you hire one of these “agents” you essentially (unless you are selling a very high dollar estate) will be working with that Realtor’s assistants and others to facilitate your sale. These teams are still very successful at selling large quantities of real estate in the Tucson area and some of the best/ top selling Tucson Realtor (Realtors) teams would include:
-Russel and Christine Long, with Long Realty