Phoenix Metro Real Estate Blog

6 New Laws About HOAs in Arizona

  6 New Laws Just Changed What Your HOA Can (and Can't) Do If you live in an HOA community anywhere in the Phoenix metro — and with north of 2 million Arizonans living under one, there's a good chance you do — some real protections just kicked in. A batch of new laws took effect this month, and they

What "Catfishing" Means for Your Home

  The New Scam Realtors Are Talking About: What "Catfishing" Means for Your Home If you spend any time online, you already know what catfishing means in the dating world — someone builds a fake, too-good-to-be-true version of themselves to reel you in. Real estate has its own version now, and it's s

Remembering September 11th: 25 Years Later at Tempe Town Lake's Healing Field

Remembering September 11th: 25 Years Later at Tempe Town Lake's Healing Field [ There are some dates that never lose their weight, no matter how many years pass. September 11th is one of those dates for me, and I know it is for so many of you too. This year marks 25 years since that terrible morning

The Backstory Behind the Words "Mortgage" and "Escrow"

"   The Two Scariest Words in Real Estate Actually Have Kind of a Fun Backstory After 30-plus years of walking buyers through their first (or fifth) real estate transaction here in the Phoenix metro, I've noticed something: two words make people's eyes glaze over faster than anything else on the clo