• We Paused Earlier This Year — Should We Start Looking Again?,Brian Eastwood

    We Paused Earlier This Year — Should We Start Looking Again?

    If you stepped back from house hunting sometime this spring or summer, that was a reasonable call, not a failure of nerve. Rates felt stuck, prices felt uncertain, and "wait and see" made sense at the time. A lot of buyers made the same decision. The question now is whether anything's actually diffe

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  • Want to Be Moved In Before Thanksgiving? Here's the Timeline That Gets You There,Brian Eastwood

    Want to Be Moved In Before Thanksgiving? Here's the Timeline That Gets You There

    Working backward from November 26 through every step of the Phoenix home-buying process. Thanksgiving in a new home sounds simple until you start counting the steps between “I should probably look at houses” and “keys in hand.” Pre-approval, touring, an accepted offer, inspection, appraisal, underwr

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  • Are Sellers More Willing to Negotiate in the Fall?,Brian Eastwood

    Are Sellers More Willing to Negotiate in the Fall?

    Short answer: yes — and in the Phoenix area right now, more so than usual. But “more willing to negotiate” doesn't mean every seller rolls over. Here's what's actually driving fall negotiating power, and how to use it. Why Fall Changes the Equation Nationally, real estate activity has a predictable

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