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April 05, 2010 - 12:56 am

We live in Tempe and so do many of our friends. We though the results of this Tempe Resident Survey would be interesting. We found it in the Tempe News Room.

"City of Tempe residents have voiced positive feelings and offered constructive feedback about the services, programs and facilities provided in their community.

In October 2009, more than 800 residents weighed in on questions focusing on water service, parks, trash collection, public safety and more. Their ratings give the City of Tempe important information about how well it is providing services. For the third year in a row, the City of Tempe rated above average in almost every area that was assessed in the survey. Complete 2009 survey results are available at www.tempe.gov/government.aspx - click on the link under the �Statistics� heading.

Kansas-based ETC Institute conducted the survey and compared Tempe to its database of cities across the country. Survey respondents expressed overall satisfaction levels of 90 percent � that�s 34 percent above the national average. The Tempe City Council will discuss the survey results at their 6 p.m. Issue Review Session this Thursday, March 25. The meeting is in Council Chambers, 31 E. Fifth St. Highlights of the 2009 survey include:

Satisfaction with the condition of sidewalks rated 33 percent above the national average (78 percent in Tempe vs. 56 percent in U.S.)
Satisfaction with the quality of recreation centers rated 30 percent above the national average (83 percent in Tempe vs. 53 percent in U.S.)
Satisfaction with condition of streets rated 26 percent above the national average (80 percent in Tempe vs. 54 percent in U.S.)
Satisfaction with the overall appearance of the city rated 20 percent above average (85 percent in Tempe vs. 65 percent in U.S.)"

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April 05, 2010 - 12:49 am

Tempe Housing Improvement Program accepting pre-applications from residents

Pre-applications are being accepted for the Tempe�s Housing Improvement Program. This program provides deferred or low-interest amortized loans to income-qualified homeowners to correct code violations, existing deficiencies or other hazardous conditions in their home.

To be eligible, the applicant must be a Tempe resident, the owner-occupant of the home to be rehabilitated and meet program income limit guidelines. Grants are also available for home modifications for persons with disabilities and/or emergency repairs that affect the health, life or safety of the occupants.

To request a pre-application, or for more information, contact the Tempe Housing Improvement Services Division at 480-858-2154 (TDD: 480-350-8913) or visit the office at 21 E. Sixth Street, Suite 214, Tempe, AZ 85281 (Tempe News room)

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Phoenix Real Estate Listings - April 2010

April 03, 2010 - 4:21 pm

The number of active listings in the Phoenix real estate market remained relatively constant for yet another month. The drop in the number of listings was only 587 listings from March 1st to April 1st. The big news expects to be the total number of homes sold for March 2010. It looks as though home sales may approach the 9,000 mark, making March the biggest residential sales month since last July.

Read the chart this way:
"Residential listings in The Phoenix area totaled 34,461 to begin April 2010, a drop of 587 from March. 14,087 of those listings are foreclosure listings (bank owned or REO properties and short sales). Foreclosures make up 40.9% of the total listings.

Phoenix home stats

Talk of "shadow inventory" still looms on blogs and in the news.

The second chart shows the breakdown between the normal listings and the foreclosure listings. Read the chart this way:
"20,374 listings are "normal listings that have been on the market for an average of 172 days. 14,087 listings are foreclosure listings that have been on the market an average of 102 days."

Real estate information

Short sales have dragged that number higher as bank owned homes slip off the market much sooner than short sales in Metro Phoenix. Real estate with short sales continues to be an adventure.

Short Sale Roulette

Phoenix Real Estate -Short Sales or Roulette

March 20, 2010 - 2:48 am

I constantly get buyer clients asking me about the pros and cons of short sales. In fact, I've received so many questions I created a short sale page on my website and I refer clients to that page. I'm sure I'm not the only realtor who has done that in this market.

I'll tell you that I've had my share of successful short sales, both on the selling and buying side. I've also had my share of short sales that have blown up because 1.) a HELOC demanded a promissory note and the seller refused to sign it OR 2.) a bank wouldn't let go of an unreasonably high BPO. [Side note: If the realtor who did the BPO for my short sale on Desert Cove Rd in Glendale is reading this -- your BPO WAS too high and the house sold for $10,000 less as a REO] Since I have a fairly analytical mind (which can be a curse in a marriage) I decided to see if I could figure out the statistical probabilities of a short sale closing escrow.

My bachelor's degree is in business administration and I did well in quantitative analysis. However, I did not want to create a thesis. I was just seeking a simple way to convey the success rate of short sales to my clients. Here's what I came up with: divide the number of closed short sales in one month by the combined total of the closed short sales plus the canceled short sales. Expressed mathematically:

closed short sales / (closed short sales + cancelled short sales) = % of success

I used only canceled short sales and not those that "expired" or were "temporarily off market." I reasoned that expired short sales could simply be re-listed, were generally caused because the listing realtor lost track of time, and that most of them received an extension. I did not count those that were "temporarily off market" because they would probably end up as either closed or canceled.

Here's my conclusion based on 12 months of statistics from the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service: There is a slightly better chance closing a short sale than winning at a roulette table. Remember that roulette has a 50% chance of winning if you play either "odd/even" or "red/black."

The 12 month chart shown below illustrates that an average of 53.7% of short sales close. Read the chart in this manner: "4,150 foreclosures sales (bank owned and short sales combined) occurred in February 2010. 1,438 of those sales were short sales. 1,167 short sales were canceled in February 2010. Therefore, 55.2% of short sales were successfully closed in February 2010." You will also note that the success of short sales has been greater in the last six months than in the first six months of the period.

chart on phoenix short sales

I can already hear all of the short sale experts across America claiming a much higher success rate. I have a higher success rate too. However, I present these numbers for your information or your humor -- whichever you prefer. Actually, I kind of like the roulette analogy and have already used it twice today. Next time a client asks you if they should consider buying short sales say to them "red or black?"

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