If you’ve stumbled across The Phoenix Real Estate Guy blog from this months edition of Phoenix Magazine, welcome! We are glad you are here.

Feel free to poke around. You can search the Phoenix MLS, explore the archives or just wander about. You can use the search bar off to the right, or browse the various categories listed in the lower right column to find previous articles.

You’ll find a little bit of everything here. Phoenix area real estate statistics, mortgage rate info and analysis, some great local Phoenix web sites and restaurants and the occasional completely off-topic musing.

If you live in the Phoenix area and are interested in real estate, the May 2008 edition of Phoenix Magazine is worth $4 bucks. It’s the annual “Real Estate Edition” and has loads of interesting stuff like:

Best Places to Live
Whether you’re single and looking or your family is growing like a weed, here are 20 Valley neighborhoods where you should drop your welcome mat.

Perspectives of a Crisis
Learn how the mortgage crisis is affecting everyone, from families facing foreclosure to heavyweight homebuilders.

Homebuying How-To
It’s a buyer’s market for sure, but if you’ve never made the plunge into home ownership, our guide can help.

Downtown Living
From where to live, shop and play to how you’ll spend your day, here’s what your life Downtown could look like.

Historic ‘Hoods of the Future
Ever wonder which neighborhoods will become the next Willos or Encantos? Here are some nooks of the Valley that just might stand the test of time.

Just do me a favor and blow past the photo on page 123. I told them to use Photoshop liberally and make me look like George Clooney. Now we know for a fact that Phoenix Magazine doesn’t re-touch their photos…

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