Surprise, AZ: Safest City in Arizona!!
December 22nd, 2007 Categories: Surprise AZ General info
Yep, we sure are…. According to a Washington based private research firm, Surprise, AZ is the safest city in Arizona. We are also number 33 on the safest cities in America.
Published in the Congressional Quarterly, a report titled “City Crime Ranking: Crime in Metropolitan Amercia” has put Surprise as the highest ranked city in Arizona. The research was based on 378 cities in America with at least a population of 75,000 people.
Good job to the Surprise police department. Thanks to our residents for keeping our city safe.
Have a great holiday season
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Holiday Gift by President for Distressed Homeowners
December 22nd, 2007 Categories: Foreclosure and Short Sale Information
Happy Holiday Surprise, Arizona…
On Thursday the president signed a new bill.
Introducing HR 3648 the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007
This will help some homeowners who had to or have to sell their home for less than what they owe (short sell). I will not get too deep into it because I am not an accountant but a source has told me that it would help a lot of people in a familiar trend here in the Surprise area. Here is the link:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-3648
Please consult with your CPA or accountant for more info…..
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Surprise AZ Homes For Sale
December 4th, 2007 Categories: Surprise AZ Home Buying
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5 Top Reasons to Use a REALTOR for a New Home Purchase in Surprise, AZ
December 3rd, 2007 Categories: Surprise AZ Real Estate
Happy holidays everyone. As everyone knows, right now all the builders are having sales on their homes. Incentives, teaser rates, and aggressive prices. And some of you are taking advantage of these opportunities. CONGRATUALTIONS! It is a great time to buy and I commend you on your timing.
Listed here the top 5 reasons to use an agent to purchase a new home:
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49ers in Surprise, AZ?
November 10th, 2007 Categories: Surprise AZ Real Estate
The great football team of the eighties, the San Francisco 49ers, are coming to play the Arizona Cardinals in late November of this year, I have not heard whether they will make it to Surprise. But, now that I have your attention, let’s talk about the real 49ers.
Quick history of the 49ers 
It’s 1848 in northern California and a man named John Sutter discovered Gold. Not the black liquid gold that Jed Clampett discovered in Tennessee, but real GOLD. Word spread quickly and by 1849 people from all over the world were flocking to California to strike it rich. The population soared that year, hence the name, the 49ers. Long story short, some got really rich and some did well, but most of the wealth was made catering to the transplants (Levi’s Jeans and Wells Fargo Bank were started during the gold rush). Others did well, but most got a nibble of the gold pie and came out with nothing. A lot lost their life. Are you seeing where this is going……….
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“Are we there YET?”
October 30th, 2007 Categories: Surprise AZ Real Estate, Uncategorized
“Are we there yet? Are we there yet” 
Those are the words my sons says on the way to Cold Stone Creamery and we are not even on Bell Rd. from Greenway yet. “Almost”, I tell him. “We are almost there”. Those seem to be the same words I am telling my buyers and sellers relating to the Surprise, AZ real estate market.
- jobs continue to grow
- mortgage rates are and should remain low
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WARNING… READING THIS MAY CAUSE YOUR SURPRISE,ARIZONA HOME TO SELL
October 30th, 2007 Categories: Surprise AZ Real Estate
If Martha Stewart was a realtor she would use this recipe to sell a home
HOLIDAY HOME SELLING RECIPE
1 Full Time real estate agent(s) in Surprise, AZ 1 cup of local knowledge of Surprise, Arizona real estate for correctly pricing home
1/2 cup of Home Staging tecnique
2 cups of listing agent database to promote to potential buyers
3 sticks of local market planning
5 drops of online marketing
1/4 pound of networking
Lots of well taken pictures and virtual tours to represent the best assets of your home
NEXT….
1. Prepare home prior to listing with any necessary repairs, paint touch-ups, landscape manicure, and staging to make the home show at it’s best right in the beginning of the listing.
2. Price your home competitely in the beginning, well ahead of the current market value.
3. Mix all the above ingredients along with a sprig of color flyers, a local broker tour, aggressive follow-up on showings and calls, and maybe an open house and some door-to-door neighbor inquiries to search for a potential buyer.
Most of all…. It takes COMMUNICATION (the most important ingredient) and customer service between your agent and yourself to keep you ahead of the Arizona real estate market until your home is sold. Walk away from that stove or oven and not keeping in touch can cause the market to pass you up and your beautiful listing dish will fall flat.
Go to WWW.PRICEMYAZSURPRISEHOME.COM for a no hassle market analysis on your next dish.
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“The Sky is Falling in Surprise, AZ”
October 30th, 2007 Categories: Surprise AZ Real Estate
The sky is falling! the sky is falling! That is all I hear from the media these days about the real estate market around the nation. I am not educated enough to say how the housing market will effect our economy, but I am an expert in Surprise, AZ real estate and…THE SKY IS NOT FALLING
- Who is printing this? The media, right.
- Who is reading it? You, the consumer.
- Who wants a story to sell a paper or get ratings? The media.
WHO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE 2 TRILLION DOLLARS BACK, THAT WAS FUNNELED AWAY FROM THE STOCK MARKET INTO REAL ESTATE IN 2000, BACK?
WALL STREET!
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