Owning versus Renting a Single Family Home
April 18, 2012 Owning versus Renting a Single Family Home Own versus Rent Ratios for Twenty-Six Cities in Greater Phoenix By Fletcher Wilcox Real Estate Analyst Grand Canyon Title Agency, Inc. FWilcox@GCTA.com 602-648-1230 April 18, 2012: The cost to own versus paying rent for a single family home has gone up. In March 2012 [...]
Read MoreResidential Focus ~ Sold Prices Jump
April 18, 2012 Residential Focus ~ Sold Prices Jump · Phoenix Single Family Housing Market Really is Rising page 3 · Total ARMLS sales page 8 · Report on Maricopa County single family market page 9 · Estimated months of supply by price range 12 · How single family homes were purchased page 14 · [...]
Read MoreThe Changing Face of Single Family Residential Real Estate
Updated February 29, 2012 Single Family Property Trends in Maricopa County, Arizona The Changing Face of Single Family Residential Real Estate · Lenders prefer alternatives to taking back foreclosed property · January 2012 residential numbers show alternatives trend · Lenders prefer short sales and investor sales rather than taking back property · Lenders recording less [...]
Read MoreFebruary 2012 Residential Trends
February 2012 Numbers Are In Single Family Property Trends in Maricopa County, Arizona · Distressed title transfers down ·Gap widens between third party auction sales and properties going back to lenders · Short sales up · Update on new foreclosure notices By Fletcher Wilcox V.P. Business Development Real Estate Analyst Grand Canyon Title Agency, Inc. [...]
Read More2011 single family lease numbers for Maricopa County
Single Family Rental Report 2011 single family lease numbers for Maricopa County Estimated months of supply, number of signed leases, monthly rental payment and rental price per square foot for twenty-four cities January 2011 rental price per square foot compared to January 2012 By Fletcher Wilcox V.P. Business Development Real Estate Analyst Grand Canyon Title [...]
Read MoreSingle Family Property Trends in Maricopa County
February 24, 2012 Single Family Property Trends in Maricopa County The Changing Face of Single Family Real Estate · Lenders prefer alternatives to taking back foreclosed property · January 2012 residential numbers show alternatives trend · Lenders prefer short sales and investors sales rather than taking back property · Lenders recording less foreclosure notices By [...]
Read MoreLow interest rates and low own to rent ratios equals affordability
Today MarketWatch which is part of the Wall Street Journal Digital Edition came out with the story Millions waiting for right time to buy a home. They said “29% of renters are considering the purchase of a home within the next two years, according to the Hanley Wood “Housing 360 Survey,” which polled more than [...]
Read MoreLeast Expensive Cities in Greater Phoenix
September 23, 2011: Released today is a report from Grand Canyon Title Agency, Inc. listing the least expensive cities in Greater Phoenix to buy a single family home. Greater Phoenix is defined as cities in Maricopa and Pinal Counties. The report provides information to help answer the question whether one should continue to rent or [...]
Read MorePhoenix new home sales up 26 percent in August
Date: Monday, September 19, 2011, 11:34am MST Related: Residential Real Estate, Housing market Enlarge Image According to the Phoenix Housing Market Letter produced by RL Brown Reports, there were 632 new home closings in August. Jan Buchholz Reporter – Phoenix Business Journal Email | Twitter | Facebook New-home sales improved in August, according to the Phoenix Housing [...]
Read MoreAll Considered, this may be Best Time to Buy House!
Now May Finally be Time to Buy Your House! (Special to the 7/6/2011 AZ Republic by Dr. Harold Wong) On 6/23/11, Fletcher Wilcox, Grand Canyon Title’s V.P. of Business Development, gave a talk on the residential housing market. I was also able to meet 15 other experts in various residential specialties. Many of the statistics [...]
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