Terry Bishop's (terry369) Blog

We all are familiar with the person who needs to buy "whatever" at a discounted price, but doesn't act. When when the price goes up, he/she begins the "I coulda....I woulda...I shoulda..." refrain.   Things are miserable because he missed the "golden opportunity" to buy at rock bottom prices.    ...

In all the media doom and gloom, (which of course sells papers and viewership for news programs) one can look closely and see there is positive impact out there - interest rates as low as 4.675% - for someone willing to pay a one per cent loan origination fee.     "Rates have not been that low in...

Although the average price of a Tucson home in November this year decreased more than $10,500 from October of this year, the average sales price of a Tucson home was closer to the September price of $217,397 or less than $1,500.  The median sales prices dipped $2,000 to $178,000 from $180,000 in ...

At one point in time, Tucson used to be an ocean and if one digs around enough in the dirt, fossils of marine life can be found.  All one has to do to visualize this great body of water, is hike one of the four mountain ranges and then look down...to this flat valley of sorts, and the body of wat...

Yes, Tucson has a VA Hospital.  It is called the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System.    This is the answer to the question posed by many people thinking about relocating to Tucson.  With 283 beds, the VA Hospital is a teaching hospital which provides both primary care and specialty care in su...

"We exist to prevent and cure cancer," is the mission of the Arizona Cancer Center, a designated comprehensive care center at the Unversity of Arizona Health Sciences Center.  The National Cancer Insitute has awarded this designation and people come from throughout the world for treatment.     Th...

"We exist to prevent and cure cancer," is the mission of the Arizona Cancer Center, a designated comprehensive care center at the Unversity of Arizona Health Sciences Center.  The National Cancer Insitute has awarded this designation and people come from throughout the world for treatment.     Th...

   Tucson Medical Center, a 609 bed facility in a campus like setting on the east part of town, is best known for its women's and children's services.      A survey of the classes offered for pre natal and post natal care indicate classes and information are in both Spanish and English.   Program...

   University Medical Center, or UMC as it is called in Tucson, is the teaching hospital for the University of Arizona.  It is also home to one of the best nursing colleges in the nation, University of Arizona School of Nursing as well as the School of Pharmacy.   It is the largest research hospi...

The average sales price of homes rose from $217,397 in September to $226,435 in October, an increase of more than $9,000.  By comparison, the average home price in October 2007 was $259,557, representing an annual decrease of 12.76%.   The number of homes sold during October  (823) decreased by 1...