Marty & Laura Dobos

This time of year brings us to the point of being of wanting to be blindly optimistic about the general direction of our socio-economic reality. What else can you do? I am sure most of you are not happy about the bailouts, and the chorus of feed me, feed me.... from all the late to the party opportunity seekers. Many of us have been working ( wow, really working) and been sacrificing and saving. Or should I say SAVING AND SACRIFICING? We have been hoping to navigate through the economic rules and regulations in order to facilitate a successful retirement.

Well, it looks as though the rules are going to change. Oh, I forot that was the mantra....change. It seems unbelievable to me that most people know that one law of physics dictates that the only constant is change. So, to get caught up with an ambiguous and undetailed plan for change from a politician would bring ridicule instead of success. So change we will have if either of the two major candidates would win. It is all subjective, relative to the person defining what change will mean.
So that means, since things are changing, there is an opportunity for us to make some sound investments and positive times are possibly stright ahead. We live in a great area without most
of the natural disasters that face many of our citizens across the country. There are 953 homes on the market in our mls today. We had sold 772 homes in a one year period from 2008 to the present. While, from 2207 to 2208 in the same time period we sold 1013 homes. It looks like a
24% decline in sales. Considering that the inventory is leveling out, that is not too awful of a position to begin a slow climb. Many areas, of course, are in a lot more negative position. Arizona continues to be a sought after state for relocation. That is another positive factor.

So, I will do my part to remain solidly optimistic. Check out our site at: www.greenvalleyazsearch.com and give us some consideration if you are relocating. We would love to have you as neighbors.

Labor Day was great, and we hope all of you enjoyed the holiday. As Realtors we have to embrace the time we have for our clients as well as for our perspective clients. It is imperative that we use that precious commodity wisely. Everyone has heard about the finantial crisis that is looming over our heads as this article is being written We, as with most of you, indeed are hopeful for a possible solution that will not leave us in a more perilous position.

When it comes to our philosophy with our sellers, honesty is always the best choice. At this time in the real estate marketplace, we have to make sure that we make an effort to realistically help our sellers price thier homes accurately. It is so crucial now, that we use the competitive market to helping to arrive at an accurate comparable, as well as to decompress the time that we look back on previous sales instead of perhaps traditionally looking back a whole year. With the fluctuating rapidly, the accuracy lies in a smaller period of time to use in determining the correct value for marketing a property. Unfortunately for sellers, this of course means that the home selling price of 2 or 3 years ago will have little or no bearing for this market! This has been become a frequently encountered obstacle when consulting with new sellers. So we feel, if a seller will not acknowledge the realities of this market, we will not take the lisitng. The bottom line truth is: Only properly priced homes in this market will attract a buyer!

Now when it comes to working with our clients on the buying side, things are quite a bit more positive. For the buyers right now, they can expect to find some possibly "never again prices". After a recent seminar, we were tuned into the underlying reasons that so many "new" homes are available. It is much better for a builder to continue to produce homes than to fold up their tents and go home. So that means that we can show potential buyers both new and resale homes and they can expect to find something that they will like either way. In the semiar we attended, it was brought out that the Green Valley, Arizona market has pretty much "leveled out" according to the 2 expert appraisers that spoke at the event. If any of you are interested in the Green Valley, Arizona marketplace, come and visit us on our website: www.greenvalleyazsearch.com..... and enjoy our new mls search!