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Why Buy A Home Today.

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

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2009 Real Estate Market Summary,Sun City AZ

The following table summarizes the real estate market for 2009.

2009 Table

Jim Little,your Sun City Neighborhood REALTOR© I try a “Little”harder

Get Out of the Bleak Winter Midwest,You Need Sunshine!

With winter temps in the –18 or so,don’t you want to come to Sun City AZ and enjoy yourself?

Sun City is Arizona’s premier adult community. It is celebrating its 50th year in 2010. In spite of being 50 years old,Sun City,like its residents,remains a very vital and lively [...]

Times are Changing,so is Real Estate

Sony created this you tube presentation about the rapid change in our world today. It is almost frightening in its scope. Little factoids such as CHINA is soon to have the largest ENGLISH speaking population in the world. INDIA has more honors students than the US has children.

Technology is changing so fast that subject [...]

Short Sale in Arizona,Part 1

To Quote Lenn Harley

* * * *  HARD CORE REAL ESTATE TALK  AHEAD* * * *

No day goes by that I don’t see real estate agents advertise something like,“I can short sell your home at no cost to you”. This leads many distressed sellers who are upside down on their home,or [...]

Google Wave,the Wave of the future?

I don’t have an invitation,but am watching the results of those who do. It will probably take a long time for the vendors to the real estate industry to get on board,but how nice to have all of the 50 to 60 pages of transaction docs in one place.

Likewise,how nice to [...]

Sun City Market Report Jan-Sept.

And,The Numbers For September Are:Active Listings as of 10/1/09 689 Average List Price $135,500 79 homes sold Absorption Rate 9 months Number of Single Family Homes for Sale 357 Number of Condos for Sale 332 Average Days on the Market 135

The Sales prices ranged from $46,900 to $470,000 with an average of [...]

5 Reasons to move to Sun City AZ

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 [...]

Buy A Capitol!

This just in! The Arizona Legislature is hoping to sell and lease back the state capitol building and othe state buildings. I’m an agent,hey House of Clowns,can I have the listing? The proposed price is $105 million.

Jim Little,YOUR SUN CITY REALTOR

January through June 2009 Market Report

It has been an interesting year. The first quarter was somewhat disappointing,but the second quarter is showing signs of improvement,at least in the areas of inventory and buyer activity. The following graph shows the Phoenix metro area as a whole.

Sun City itself remains stable,with just slightly over 6 months [...]