This is a long post, and is provided courtesy on the National Association of REALTORS® and

Orlando Regional REALTORS®. 
The information is valid, now more than ever.

Surveys show that many homeowners and homebuyers are not aware of the true value a REALTOR® provides during the course of a real estate transaction. 
 
The [...]

This post listing 5 Great Reasons to Buy a Home Today was just posted by Steve Harney. Steve is a great real estate trainer/analyst, and tells us why he is so happy that his son just bought a home.
Read it Here. 
Jim Little, your Sun City Neighborhood REALTOR© I try a “Little” harder

Prices have declined to 2003-2004 levels and are bottoming out. You don’t have to pay an over-inflated price.
There is still a little room to negotiate with the sellers.
Interest rates are a historic lows, but Treasury has already stated the interest subsidies will go away next spring.
Tax credits of $6500 to $8000 are still available [...]

Not my words, this is the headline from a Business Week writer, Marc Roth.
His position, interest is at ~5% for a thirty year fixed loan. This is a historically low rate, the lowest in 40 years. You can read the original article HERE.
In addition to the points Mr. Roth writes about, think of these.

Inventory is [...]

Yesterday, I finally got around to evaluating the Sun City Market by housing type. ie Single Family vs Condominium. I used the last six weeks of MLS data for this. (9/1/09-10/14/09)
I have long felt that the single family home is more desirable to most of the buyers who come to Sun City, but have never [...]

Who do you know that is looking to buy or sell real estate in the next 6 months? Contact me and I can either help them locally or refer them to a competent real estate agent through my extensive network of agents nationwide.
Jim Little, Your Sun City REALTOR

Sun City AZ was Del Webb’s first and premier age qualified community.  Mr. Webb envisioned a community dedicated to the wants and needs of persons who were retired, or soon to retire. He knew these buyers were active and wanted to remain so.
Sun City was built with a recreation center, (now 7) a golf course, [...]

The First Time Buyer Tax Credit is set to Expire December 1, 2009.

If you are thinking of buying a home, this means you MUST CLOSE ESCROW November 30 or sooner!
There is some consideration to extending it, but the government may well run out of money. It is only logical that you can’t spend money like [...]

When you google something like “homes for sale in…” or “real estate agents in…” you will find the first several pages of hits are probably not agents or brokers actually working in the area you are interested in.
Who are they? Aggregators, companies that specialize in capturing your contact information and selling it to agents for [...]

People trying to sell a home today ask me, “Why do I have to sell such a low price”?
The answer is at once simple and complex. The Phoenix AZ market is currently driven by the lenders selling foreclosed properties. In addition, there are many people who face foreclosure. Currently there are over 40,000 notices of [...]