http://arizonafusion.com Personal service enhanced by today's technology Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:07:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mesa, Arizona takes up a huge swath of land in the Southeast Phoenix Valley.  It's Arizona's third-largest cities and actually has more population than better known cities like Cleveland, Minneapolis and Tampa. Not long ago, Mesa's primary commodity was citrus - like many areas of the Phoenix Valley in the early-to-mid ... http://arizonafusion.com/southeast-phoenix-valley-spotlight-orange-patch-citrus-grove-in-mesa-arizona/ If you've thought of refinancing your current mortgage recently or made the decision to purchase a home - you may have noticed that it's taking a wee bit longer than you'd like to close.  Why? Well, unless you've been living in a cave without internet, television and radio access, you might've ... http://arizonafusion.com/why-does-it-take-so-long-to-close-on-the-mortgage-these-days/ It was  reported today that the average size of a new home has declined for the first time.  After years of homes ballooning from 1,750 square feet in 1978 to 2,629 square feet in the second quarter of 2008 - the average new home is now down to 2,438 square ... http://arizonafusion.com/homes-are-getting-smaller/ This is via Kris Berg's blog via Lani at Agent Genius - a great quick video to get your ready to sell your home in this challenging market! http://arizonafusion.com/thinking-of-selling-your-home-in-phoenix-watch-this-video/ If you’re reading this in a feed reader, click through to our website to view the interactive widget (it’s flash-based). Tempe, Arizona’s single-family real estate market in November 2008 continued to show mixed signals.  While prices from month-to-month stayed consistent, a -17% drop in year-over-year prices occurred.  Here are the ... http://arizonafusion.com/tempe-single-family-real-estate-pricing-and-statistics-as-of-december-2008-including-an-interactive-statistical-and-historical-pricing-widget/ There is plenty of options in the Phoenix Valley for New Year's Eve celebrations, including the Fiesta Bowl Block Party in downtown Tempe - rated as one of the top ten places to ring in the New Year! Click here for a great listing of Phoenix New Year's Eve parties! http://arizonafusion.com/still-wondering-what-to-do-in-phoenix-for-new-years-eve/ It's almost 2009 which means many people are making their New Year's resolutions - both professional and personal.  And while this posting won't bore you with mine (I'll save that for a little later), I did have one that I'm already working to complete.  I want a new, fresh look ... http://arizonafusion.com/new-year-and-new-marketing-collateral-and-look/ In another "sign of the times" of today's real estate market, TOUSA Inc, who owns Engle Homes locally, is in talks to either merge or sell to Standard Pacific Homes - one of the nation's largest home builders. In the Phoenix area, Engle Homes has about twenty communities spread throughout the ... http://arizonafusion.com/tousa-inc-which-includes-engle-homes-is-in-talks-to-merge-with-standard-pacific-homes/ The long-awaited and much-needed Phoenix Light Rail System debuts on Saturday, December 27.  The twenty-mile line runs from downtown Phoenix to downtown Tempe and east to extreme-west Mesa.  "The METRO," as the light rail service will be known, is offering free rides through 2008. Granted, that's only five days of ... http://arizonafusion.com/phoenix-light-rail-debuts-on-december-27-with-a-grand-opening-celebration/ Phoenix is also known as "The Valley Of The Sun."  The past few days have been quite the opposite.  Today really wasn't that bad - it was 65 and partly cloudy.  But the past two days have been very rainy and cool with temperatures in the 50s.  And if you're ... http://arizonafusion.com/happy-holidays-from-the-valley-of-the-sun-or-at-least-thats-what-its-supposed-to-be/