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Laying Down the Law – Quiet Title Actions and Real Estate: What You Need to Know
June 3, 2022
Written by Columnist: Christopher J. Charles, Esq. Quiet title actions are not commonly understood. Disputes with neighbors over property ownership and boundary lines are common and frustrating. Many of these disagreements arise from old surveys and practices or agreements between former property owners. In some cases, the only solution is to engage a real… Read more
Why Doing Your Homework Before An Open House Can Greatly Increase Your Lead Conversion
June 3, 2022
Shannon Quagliata Open Houses Direct For the last 18 months we have found that more and more people are moving to Arizona from outside of the state. These buyers are coming from all over the country and are coming from climates very different than Arizona. They are also coming here over a week or… Read more
Addressing Water Issues with Buyers
June 3, 2022
Sarah Kirsch Richardson Founder and CEO Tru Realty Well, we’re here. It’s 2022 and for the second consecutive year, NOAA has forecasted the continuation of persistent drought and below-average precipitation in the West. But it’s nothing new: Nature Climate Change reported that from 2000 to 2021, we saw the driest conditions we’ve seen in… Read more
Reflections: Adapting to a Drier Future
June 3, 2022
Sharon B. Megdal, Ph.D.Director, Water Resources Research Center The University of Arizona On August 16, 2021, the United States Bureau of Reclamation announced a Tier 1 Shortage to go into effect on January 1, 2022. This declaration of cutbacks in water deliveries was in accordance with established Colorado River operating criteria. Local, national, and… Read more
When Your Buyer Needs a Well Inspection, Keep This in Mind
June 3, 2022
Gary Hix former Certified RE Instructor At some point in your real estate career, you will likely have the opportunity to work with a buyer that wants to purchase a property that is wholly dependent on, or supplemented by, a domestic water well. If your client’s offer is accepted, they will need to have… Read more
Greater Phoenix Residential Market
June 3, 2022
Fletcher Wilcox Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Real Estate fletchw@cox.net Founder TheWilcoxReport.com Explosive Job Growth Fuels Higher Home Prices New Record: April Purchase Price $522,000 Monthly Rent $520 Higher Than Two Years Ago April 2022 Results for Sales of Single-Family Resale Homes It has not stopped. Once again purchase price ascended a new height. The… Read more
Greater Phoenix Residential Market
May 1, 2022
Fletcher Wilcox Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Real Estate fletchw@cox.net Founder TheWilcoxReport.com Maricopa County Number One County for Increase in Population Major Counties with Decreasing Populations Greater Phoenix Median Purchase Price $515,000 Cash Purchases Increase Maricopa County Number One County for Increase in Population Out of all counties in the United States, Maricopa County had… Read more
Laying Down the Law – Supreme Court Issues New Ruling Protecting Short-Term Rentals
May 1, 2022
Written by Columnist: Christopher J. Charles, Esq. The Supreme Court of Arizona recently handed down a landmark decision that effectively prevents HOAs from restricting short-term rentals in the vast majority of communities. In 2016, Governor Ducey signed into law SB1350 which authorized short-term rentals in the State of Arizona. Per SB1350 (codified at A.R.S…. Read more
Contracts and Clarity
May 1, 2022
Laura Kelly Mance CRB, REALTOR® / President Long Realty Rather than step outside of my area of expertise and discuss property management, I’m going to stick with a topic I know something about and depart from this this month’s theme. I’m going to talk about contracts and clarity. John Wayne said, “tomorrow hopes we… Read more
Don’t Interfere With My Contract
May 1, 2022
David Allen Partner Jaburg | Wilk Attorneys at Law Most people understand that there are two totally distinct types of legal “cases,” each governed by their own set of laws; namely, civil cases and criminal cases. But many people do not understand that within the broad category of civil cases there exists distinct sub-categories… Read more