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Scottsdale is not just another city in the Phoenix metro area, it’s a lifestyle; and this life style demands the best in resorts, golf courses, entertainment, and fine dining. You can enjoy the lifestyle while living in one of these great condos and townhouses for sale in Scottsdale AZ.

Talking Stick Resort, a high end resort complex, recently opened just across the 101 Freeway from the brand new Arizona Diamond Backs / Colorado Rockies state-of-the-art spring training center. Fifteen major league baseball teams call the Scottsdale Phoenix metro area “home” for spring training, the Cubs, Dodgers, Giants, Mariners, and Diamond Backs to name a few. Events such as the Fiesta Bowl and BCS national championship football games, the Phoenix PGA Tour Open, Barrett Jackson Collector Car auction, offer entertainment when you live in one of these Condos and Townhouses for sale in Scottsdale and you don’t have to break the bank to live here.

If your family doesn’t share your love of base ball or golf, many of these condos and townhouses for sale are steps away from great shopping in the Scottsdale 5^th Avenue area. Hiking is available for outdoor lovers with many fine trails or mountainside climbing throughout the Scottsdale Phoenix area. Or you may want to enjoy one of the many fine resort spas. Kierland Commons, near the Scottsdale Airpark, offers a wealth of fabulous restaurants with sidewalk shops and big city flavor in a small town atmosphere.

Major corporate employers such as Vanguard, the mutual fund giant, have located offices in the Scottsdale area. Entertainment, hospitality, & service job opportunities abound at the resorts and casinos. Health care facilities such as St. Josephs, Banner Health, Barrow Neurological Clinic and the Mayo Clinic provide jobs for health care professionals.

These condos and townhouses for sale in Scottsdale offer a fabulous retreat when you come home from work, a winter get-away spot to escape the snow and cold weather, an ideal home town for the traveling business person, or a great investment opportunity. Own your own private resort in a city known for year-round sunshine, five-star resorts, spas and award winning golf courses.

If you don’t find something here that catches your fancy, reach out to Robert, he can help.

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Here you can search for homes in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, Tempe and many more cities in the Phoenix Metro area. We also specialize in Foreclosed and Short Sale homes in the Phoenix metro area and surrounding citys.

There are a great many HUD homes presently for sale in the Phoenix Metro Area. If you have never heard of this government agency, HUD stands for Housing and Urban Development. How does HUD acquire these homes? HUD protects lenders against loses through FHA loans. When borrowers default on home loans, lenders can turn to FHA for re-imbursement. After paying the lender, HUD then acquires the home.

HUD homes are made available for sale to the public through automated bidding on a website. Bids must be submitted on the web by HUD certified buyer’s real estate agents. These agents must understand the process before becoming certified by HUD. When buying HUD homes for sale in the Phoenix metro area, HUD recommends getting help from professionals. Buyers should speak to mortgage lenders experienced in making loans for HUD homes, and are also familiar with the bidding process. Buyers should seek out real estate agents familiar with the HUD home buying process. Because HUD homes are sold on an “as-is” basis, professional home inspection is recommended so buyers will understand the present condition of the HUD home for sale.

We explain more about How to Buy HUD Homes in Phoenix in another blog. In this blog we cover such topics as: financing / loans available, how to make an offer on HUD homes for sale, getting help from professionals, appraisal requirements, home inspection requirement and much more.

To find a HUD home that’s just right for you, search the realtor MLS data base for all HUD homes presently for sale in the Phoenix Metro Area This is a ONE-CLICK search of the same MLS system real estate agents use every day - Always current - Always up to date.

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Here you can search for homes in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, Tempe and many more cities in the Phoenix Metro area. We also specialize in Foreclosed and Short Sale homes in the Phoenix metro area and surrounding citys.

"MY LANDLORD SAYS THEIR RENTAL HOUSE IN PHOENIX IS GOING INTO FORECLOSURE AND I HAVE TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. CAN THEY DO THAT?"

Because of rapidly growing numbers of foreclosed homes in Phoenix, Scottsdale and other cities in the Metro area, real estate agents have been receiving increasing numbers of telephone calls from tenants caught unaware of the looming foreclosure of their rental home. Prospective tenants are now asking, " Is the landlord behind in payments? Are they in danger of Foreclosure?" The "Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act", a Federal Law, ensures tenants receive proper notice of rental home foreclosure and protects them from abrupt or improper removal from the home.

Under this Act - Public Law No: 111-22 (S. 896E) (Enacted: May 20,2009) - a new property owner cannot evict a month-to-month tenant for 90 days. When there is a lease in effect the new owner cannot evict until the tenant's lease ends. With one exception, when the new property owner is going to use the rental property as his or her primary residence, in this case the new owner must give the tenant 90 days notice. For more information, click HERE to see a one page excerpt from the law. A copy of the full Public Law 111-22 ( all 73 pages ) can be seen here. If you have further questions, you should consult a Real Estate attorney.

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Here you can search for homes in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, Tempe and many more cities in the Phoenix Metro area. We also specialize in Foreclosed and Short Sale homes in the Phoenix metro area and surrounding citys.

Has the Phoenix Arizona real estate market begun to stabilize ? Yes. The first 6 months' numbers for 2011 are out
and a review of key real estate market indicators' definitely show stabilization.

• Supply of homes for sale continues to decline while demand remains at a high level in most areas.
• The average price per square foot bottomed out in January and is now moving higher
• Buyers are active, particularly investors, and agents are once again seeing multiple offers.
• Foreclosed homes dropped in market share while the the number of pending foreclosures also dropped.
• Short sales and pre-foreclosures gained in market share, lenders seem to have learned to deal with short sale.

The Phoenix real estate market definitely seems to have stabilized and presently sits at an average 3.1 month's supply of homes for sale. Traditionally a balanced Phoenix real estate market has been considered to be 3 - 4 months supply. We may actually be teetering on a seller's market. The inventory ( supply of homes for sale ) is different, of course, for each price range. But the supply has been dropping in all price ranges during the past 6 months.

Other forces are at work in the Phoenix real estate market. Lower prices have fueled a demand for investment properties and set off a buying frenzy among investors, according to a recent article in the Arizona Republic newspaper. Phoenix-area Rental Homes Dominate Housing Market. Investors feel they can get a better rate of return on their money from rental housing compared to other interest rates paid, bank savings accounts for example. This investor demand is having a major impact on the Phoenix market.

Has the Phoenix Arizona real estate market begun to stabilize? All available information strongly suggests, YES ! Supply of homes for sale is down. Buyers are active in the real estate market. Average prices have stabilized. The number of foreclosures sold and available for sale is down, reducing a negative drag on home prices. Short sales and pre-foreclosures are stronger. Many in the industry feel the Phoenix area real estate market is on the road to recovery. It may be slow and not spectacular, but the area home market has had enough of spectacular for several years to come !

Most of the above comments are based upon the "Cromford Report", a monthly review of the Arizona Real Estate Market. Data contained in the Cromford Report is the most currently available and is fast becoming the "bible" for our industry. A big thank you to publishers of this report for all their hard work and support of the real estate industry in Arizona.

A word of caution, readers won't see the views expressed here, in the "media" for some time. Most national forecasts are based upon much older data.