6781 E 4th Street

Simply exquisite home on cul-de-sac in lovely neighborhood.
Designed for gracious entertaining and comfortable family life.
You'll love the family room with its arched doors opening to the screened porch.
Cheerful kitchen has abundant natural light and gorgeous quartz composite (silestone?) countertops. The owner calls this sweet room "the heart of the home." The dining area is between kitchen & living room.
Beehive fireplace gives warmth and character.
Beautiful ceramic tile in public areas. Split bedroom plan for privacy. Three linen closets and generous bedroom closets. Huge laundry room with more storage. Fabulous 1/4 acre lot with mature landscaping, art fountains and privacy walls.
Less than a mile to Bookman's, Gaslight Theater, libraries, Trader Joe's, Maya Palace, Lowe's & several restaurants. The interactive floor plan is here. Come tour your urban oasis today. Open Sunday March 27 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. From Speedway and Kolb, go south on Kolb. West on Rosewood. South on Caribe. West on 4th Street to your new cul-de-sac hideaway.

This Sweet Desert Home sold for $178,000 on July 27. There were multiple offers and unfortunately, it was a short sale. If the buyers hadn't been deterred by the hassles and delay of a short sale, I am certain it could have sold for considerably more.

1300 S Lavonne Way. Now THIS is a Sweet Desert Home!

I am so excited about my new listing in Tucson Park West 3, which is where my Tucson Mountain home is located. Just as it is at my house, the back yard of 1300 S Lavonne Way is a wildlife paradise. Very private, with abundant birds, desert vegetation, javelinas, bobcats and coyotes.
The house is spectacular, too. Lots of upgrades and color.
The beautiful kitchen has refaced cabinets and sliding drawers.
Gorgeous oak floors in the living room complement the warmth of the fireplace, which has a custom-made mesquite mantle. A dining ell is off the living room.
The current owners use the dining ell for their media room, and use the family room for dining so they can enjoy nature in the back yard, just beyond the sliding glass door and the tranquil back porch.

Dual cooling and dual paned windows. Raised planters are ready for you to plant your summer vegetables. Two car garage! The interactive floor plan is here. Move the furniture icons around to see how your life would fit into this home.

This fabulous neighborhood is only fifteen minutes from the university, which is closer than most of Central Tucson is to UA. Abundant hiking trails, plus the amenities of Starr Pass Resort. There is no other place like this in this price range in Tucson.


This Sweet Desert Home sold for $145,000 on July 29.

February Residential Sales Statistics. It's Safe to Look!

The Tucson Association of Realtors has released residential sales statistics for February. Finally, some good news! Average sale price was $182,388, a 9.22% increase from the previous month. This recovered most of the loss from December to January. Median sale price is $137,000, which is 2% more than in January. Units sold were up 12.7% from January, and up 18.6% from February 2010.

January Residential Sales Statistics

The Tucson Association of Realtors has released the Residential Sale Statistics for January. It's not pretty. Average sale price is $166,998, a 17% decline from the previous year. Median sale price is $134,250, down 16% from the previous year. At least the number of sales increased 9.5% from 2010, to 780 sales. Total sales under contract was 2,013, a 74% increase. Does that look a little suspicious? I can't think of a good explanation for that.

I checked the Tucson MLS myself, and found 839 sales in January. I don't know if the extra 59 sales were by agents who didn't turn in their paperwork by February 5 or what. Of the 839 sales, 99 were short sales and 351 were foreclosures. In other words, 54% of the January sales were either short sales or foreclosures. I myself was involved in two sales in January where the sellers were underwater, but they were able to pay their lenders the difference between the sale price and the mortgage balance, so they did not have to do a credit-destroying short sale. This is usually not the case.

Of the 780 sales reported by TAR, 94% were under $400,000 and 84% were under $250,000, and 70% were under $180,000. Six houses sold for more than $750,000.

If cnnmoney is to be believed, we are poised for a blazing recovery. See the article below.

Tucson Will Lead the Housing Recovery?

Check this out: cnnmoney says TUCSON is their number 7 best bet for housing recovery in 2012. They predict prices will be 3.4% higher by September next year. Why? Because we're not Phoenix.

Pretty fuzzy logic, but I'll take it.

Why We Live Here

The jonquils are in bloom.

Some of you have heard me speak of visiting my brother and his wife at their beautiful home next to a state forest in Connecticut. My sister-in-law is a mail carrier, and went out today to try to deliver the mail, but the mailboxes were buried in the drifts, so she had to give up. This is their home. Pretty, but... I'll wait until spring to visit.

Finger Rock is visible from much of the city. Last weekend Steve and I hiked up Finger Rock canyon and got a nice look at this Tucson icon.

2223 E Calle Alta Vista

OPEN SUNDAY NOVEMBER 21 FROM 1 TO 4 PM

Just one house away from beautiful Connor Park in a fabulous neighborhood. Owned by perfectionists, this immaculate home is a welcome relief after all the depressing fixer uppers you've been seeing. All original construction, with a floor plan that makes sense. Vaulting ceilings. New tile and paint through out. Updated bathrooms. The kitchen is spacious with vintage 50s tile. Classic built-in cabinets in hall. All bedrooms have ceiling fans and lovely new entry doors. Metal 8'x10' shed. More storage in the carport shed.
Sit on the wide, north-facing covered porch and admire your big, private, shady yard.
Under two miles to UMC. You snooze, you lose.
This house sold in December 2010 for $160,000.