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I was honored to be invited to speak about custom lot trends at the recent "Housing and Land: Market Perspective" seminar presented by The Southern Arizona Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. In preparation for my presentation, I produced a vacant land 'Heat Map' showing the percentage of change in land...

I was honored to be invited to speak about custom lot trends at the recent "Housing and Land: Market Perspective" seminar presented by The Southern Arizona Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. In preparation for my presentation, I produced a vacant land 'Heat Map' showing the percentage of change in land...

Unless you have an enormous sum of money lying around, one of the first things you have to do before building your own home is aquire a loan. This seems simple enough, and in reality, it really isn't too terribly difficult. That said, it does differ from a traditional mortgage...

Real estate is an amazing industry. The market is perfectly designed to allow for smart, reliable, and comprehensible cost breakdowns that allow buyers and sellers to understand how homes are being valued, and most importantly, why. As discussed in my previous blog, understanding the valuation of vacant, raw land is...