Tucson Kent's World

So - is it a good time to buy a home in Tucson?  Rip Van Winkle took another nap...for 5 years...see what he found out!

Things have changed dramatically in the Tucson Real Estate Market in the past five years.  Prices have come down considerably, and - get this - interest rates are incredibly low.

The past several years have seen artificially inflated highs, so inflated that the economy of the United States suffered a severe downturn when the "bubble" burst in the Sand States of Arizona, Nevada, California and Florida.  This was a serious contributing factor to the near meltdown on Wall Street - and affecting economies worldwide.

The speculators and "quick buck" artists of the go-go 00's are gone, with first-time homebuyers, people looking for 2nd homes and smart investors finding value in today's no nonsense real estate market.  The days of "picking up a couple of homes for an easy flip" are over, and common sense has come back to the table, at least in the Tucson market.

The average homebuyer can now buy a good home at a good price, with a loan that has a historically good interest rates.  Many "crystal balls" turned out to be cracked & made of cheap plastic in the "oh-oh 00's" but I have a feeling that several years down the road, the market we are in right now will be looked at as one of the best times to buy in a long time.

If you find something of value here, please feel free to share or forward this to your friends and colleagues.  To learn more about Tom Heath & mortgages in Tucson, click here.  To search for properties available in the Tucson real estate market, click here.  To learn more about people & places in the Tucson area, visit our website, THE Tucson Real Estate Show.

Special thanks goes out to Barry Habib for his inspiration in making this video.  The location we used is in the University of Arizona BioSciences Park, now under construction.

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The Tucson Real Estate Show

Friends, readers and anyone interested in Tucson or Real Estate in general - I am proud to be introducing THE Tucson Real Estate Show!  In Episode 1 - we start at a Tucson "Old West" landmark, Trail Dust Town, and ask the question, "Why another real estate show?"  Hopefully you will like the answer:

Tom Heath of Sunstreet Mortgage, current President of the Southern Arizona Mortgage Lenders Association and I will be exploring different areas of Tucson, the people that make "The Old Pueblo" a special place and highlighting local businesses as well as interesting places.  One of our goals is to tie in our wanderings with some helpful information about the Tucson Real Estate Market while providing some consumer education along the way.

We launched our all-video website yesterday (so bear with us while we iron out some of the wrinkles) with our first four episodes.  Each week we will have a new segment for you to enjoy.  Future episodes will include the Historic Tucson Trolley in downtown, the University of Arizona Bio Park, St. Phillip's Plaza Farmers Market & more!

Follow us while we search for the elusive holy grail Mr. An - a longtime Tucson figure for his fine cuisine, love of baseball, and try to wheedle an invitation to the grand opening of his new restaurant in downtown Tucson, An Congress - right along the route of the coming Streetcar.  If you see something of value, please feel free to forward to your friends & colleagues.

Episode 2 - "On The Right Track To A Mortgage"
  - from Tucson's Historic Train Depot