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Big news for our small brokerage! In March, Compass Real Estate acquired Scottsdale’s Launch Real Estate (the #1 brokerage in Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, and Arcadia by sales volume). Compass is the #1 US brokerage by sales volume in over 70 upscale markets and, up to this point, had internal issues opening a Metro Phoenix branch. I’ve been […]

By David Brown, Scottsdale Progress Contributor, Sept 19, 2022 Celebrating its golden anniversary next weekend, Scottsdale’s first master-planned community is preparing for a new generation of residents who are discovering the joys of living in McCormick Ranch. The 3,116-acre community is home to 24,000 residents and comprises seven square miles from Indian Bend Road north […]

β€˜First master-planned community’ celebrates 50 years of Scottsdale success Posted Tuesday, August 9, 2022 10:00 am By Melissa Rosequist for the Scottsdale IndependentMail | Twitter: @mrosequist_ McCormick Ranch is celebrating its 50th anniversary this fall, marking five decades as one of Scottsdale’s most popular and sought-after areas. What some people may not know is McCormick […]

By Trevor Halpern, AZ Big Media Thinking of starting the next chapter of your life in Metro Phoenix? The Phoenix metropolitan area is one of the most desirable places to live, work and play. With year-round sunshine, low cost of living and excellent job opportunities, The Valley of the Sun – one of the largest […]

Inman’s Inventory Insanity series on the current supply shortage. By Jim Dalrymple II PART 1: Why are there no homes for sale in America?PART 2: Notes from ‘exhausted’ agents on the front lines of a crazy marketPART 3: The secret economic forces fueling the housing shortagePART 4: What it’s like being a homebuyer when there […]

Today, our current MLS inventory in all of Maricopa County dipped below 3,000 single-family homes. As of 5 pm today, there were only 2,811 homes available for sale. 2,811. Buyers are having a difficult time securing property. Prices climb each month while inventory shrinks to its lowest amount seen in decades. In 85258, days on […]

(A Google Drive link is below that contains must-read information regarding race and Metro Phoenix real estate history.) “𝑡𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’“π’†π’”π’Šπ’…π’†π’π’•π’Šπ’‚π’ 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒓 π’‚π’π’š 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒍𝒆𝒕, 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒅, 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐, 𝒐𝒓 π’π’„π’„π’–π’‘π’Šπ’†π’… π’ƒπ’š π’‚π’π’šπ’π’π’† π’˜π’‰π’ π’Šπ’”, 𝒐𝒓 π’Šπ’‡ π’Žπ’‚π’“π’“π’Šπ’†π’… π’˜π’‰π’π’”π’† 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 π’Šπ’”, 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’†π’Žπ’ƒπ’†π’“π’” 𝒐𝒇 π’˜π’‰π’π’”π’† π’Šπ’Žπ’Žπ’†π’…π’Šπ’‚π’•π’† π’‡π’‚π’Žπ’Šπ’π’š 𝒂𝒓𝒆 […]

Kyle Patton, Special for The RepublicPublished 2:00 p.m. MT May 28, 2020 (Thank you to the Arizona Republic for asking us to be a part of their “Cool Home” series. My wife, Amanda, is one of the more talked-about Interior Designers in the Scottsdale area and has more talent than I could dream of having. […]

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