For Home Owners

Realty Times – 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Averages 3.99 Percent

11/15/2011
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Home affordability is at an all time high.  With interest rates at historical lows, now is a great time to buy or to refinance. Realty Times – 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Averages 3.99 Percent. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Arizona underwater homeowners to get refinance help

10/25/2011
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Below is an article from the Arizona Republic about the newly announced refinancing program for home owners. Arizona underwater homeowners to get refinance help. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Realty Times – The Joys of Homeownership

10/13/2011
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Ways to Save Energy and Money

10/06/2011
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Ways to Save Energy and Money

Energy Monitors: Seeing is Believing — and Saving Energy monitors make managing your power consumption enjoyable and easy to do. Read 9 Unexpected Energy (and Money) Savers Here are a few surprising and simple ways to cut your energy bill this season. Read 8 Easy Ways to Seal Air Leaks Around the House For...

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My Adventures with a Kill-A-Watt

07/21/2011
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The Chandler Public Library has Kill-a-Watt devices you can check out just like a book.  These are provided by SRP.  I believe they are available at some of the other libraries as well.  SRP’s Info on Borrowing a Kill-a-Watt.  It is great to be able to borrow one of these for free because it...

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REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-Obama Announces More Aid for the Unemployed

07/07/2011
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REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-Obama Announces More Aid for the Unemployed. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Get Savings on Purchases of CFL Light Bulbs

11/05/2010
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Get Savings on Purchases of CFL Light Bulbs

SRP is offering discounts with a variety of different merchants for purchases of CFL bulbs.  Merchants include:  Costo, Lowe’s, Walmart, Home Depot, and Sam’s Club.  – SRP CFL Discounts APS also offers discount programs – APS CFL Discounts.    They also have a  CFL light bulb Savings Calculator which allows you to calculate savings by room...

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Using QR Codes for Real Estate Marketing

11/03/2010
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Using QR Codes for Real Estate Marketing

We recently learned about a new technology to use for real estate marketing and we are giving it a try.  Lots of people have access to the internet on their phones now.  However, accessing internet information from the phone can be difficult unless the website is formatted for mobile phone display.  Using this new...

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Mortgage Rates Lowest Since 1971

06/25/2010
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Interest rates have fallen to the lowest level since tracking began in 1971.  The average rate for a thirty year fixed rate home loan is 4.69%.   In general, if you plan on being in your home for at least five more years and the current interest rate you are paying is at least one point...

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Phoenix Area Home Prices Starting to Increase

05/27/2010
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I just read an article from the Phoenix Business Journal regarding homes prices.    Everyone is always wondering when the real estate prices will have hit bottom.  That is something we can’t tell until prices have started to increase and we are past the bottom.  We have seen greater competition by buyers in the market place...

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