Gilbert Considering Banning Door Hangers and Fliers

The Town of Gilbert has appointed an "informal Town Council subcommittee" to study whether to propose an ordinance banning or restricting the distribution of fliers at homes. Seems some citizens of our fair city are growing weary of the junk left on their doors by pizza places, auto-parts stores and dare I say it -- real estate agents. Currently there are no such restrictions in Gilbert. … [Read more...]

Gilbert’s Worst Traffic Intersections

Our booming little town of Gilbert, Arizona is nestled in the east valley of the Phoenix metro area. In the year 2000, there were 109,697 people calling Gilbert home. As of January 2007, that number had almost doubled to 190,331 -- making Gilbert one of the fastest growing small communities in the country (source). With a population explosion comes a host of issues. Ask any resident of … [Read more...]

Finley Farms Boots HOA Leadership

Residents in Finley Farms, a large subdivision in Gilbert, had a recall vote on Wednesday and ousted the Home Owners Association (HOA) President and Vice President.The Arizona Republic story reports that residents "were fed up with how their homeowners' association ran meetings and handled requests to change house façades..."I served on my HOA's Board of Directors for two … [Read more...]

Gilbert Real Estate: Listing and Sales Stats – Sept 18

Here are the latest high-level overview stats for the Gilbert real estate market. Note our listing service reports the average NOT the median as you'll often see in the mainstream press (particularly for sale price). Actually it's the arithmetic mean, but most folks call that the average...Average/mean and median are not the same statistic. Here is a simplified explaination of the … [Read more...]

Gilbert Real Estate: Market Conditions Test Home-seller Mettle

In today's Arizona Republic, reporter David van den Berg provides an overview of the current market conditions in our fair Town of Gilbert. Our friend Shailesh, the Arizona Mortgage Guru is quoted in the article. One minor error in the article is here:Realtors say they are seeing an increasing number of short sales, where homeowners sell their properties back to the lender for less than … [Read more...]

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