Author: Marta Walsh

  • Modern Phoenix Week

    If you are interested in  mid century modern architecture the perfect event for you is the upcoming Modern Phoenix Week. Our 8th Annual home tour will be held in the Marion Estates neighborhood on the border of Phoenix and Paradise Valley. This hilly enclave of custom homes was built out from 1952 – 1962 and […]

  • Paradise Valley’s Most Expensive Real Estate

    Paradise Valley is not a cheap place to live. From the Forbes, 2011 list of the 500 most expensive zip codes in the US. The only Arizona zip code with a median house price over a million dollars, although I expect 85262 to be above a million very soon. So with the high end of […]

  • Real Estate Pricing Pyramid

    Today in small downtime from paperwork I decided to do a quick research on the relationship between price and days on the market. I came across something called the Real Estate Pricing Pyramid. As you can see from the Google image results above the pricing pyramid is a popular fellow! However the source, publisher, methodology […]

  • Scottsdale House Prices Not Typical Of The Country

      Today I have 2 images that go some way to proving that real estate market trends are  local. The first image is the front page of CNN today. National Median Houses Price The numbers come from the National Association of Realtors and show that country wide the housing decline is still not fully played […]

  • Scottsdale Remodeling Trends

    The following post is purely based on what I’ve been seeing from visiting homes. These are homes that in general are in Scottsdale or Paradise Valley normally in the more luxury end of the market. I’ve been looking at homes that have been involved in distressed sales and then have come back to market after […]

  • Paradise Valley Subdivision of the Day: Merrill Cantierra

    If you are looking for a great Paradise Valley location but with the added security of a gated community, one option to consider is Merrill Cantierra. Located on Invergordon, just to the north of Mockingbird Lane. That’s prime PV. One thing to be aware of the HOA payment is relatively high for Paradise Valley. But […]