Terry Bishop's (terry369) Blog

Mike Letcher, City Manager of Tucson, told the gather of Realtors® last week at the Economic Summit sponsored by the Tucson Association of Realtors®. “The recovery has caused some painful times,” he said, “but we are getting optimistic.   “We want to make sure we do not miss an opportunity by no...

“We live in a beautiful part of the state, we have incredible weather, and our issues are unique” Gilbert Davidson, Town Manager of Marana told a gather of Realtors® at the Tucson Association of Realtors® Economic Summit, last week. Marana has higher sales revenues, projected to be up 5.3% throu...

With five new town Council members, fresh priorities are focusing on being a "business friendly" community, Jerene Watson, Town Manager of Oro Valley,  told the Tucson Association of Realtors Summit last week. Two economic development summits resulted in the town's ability to knock off a year in...

The four managers of the towns in Pima County spoke Thursday to the Tucson Association of Realtors® (TAR) with a prognosis of what growth is anticipated in each of the areas. “Sahuarita is contending with today’s reality and planning for the future” said Jim Stahle, City Manager of Sahuarita, a ...

"How can you afford not to buy a house now?  Just hold it for five years and you'll make a killing,"  Marshall Vest, Chief Economist at the Eller School of Business, told a group of Realtors Thursday.   The investor activity in Arizona is ratcheting upwards. Vest sees that job growth is forthcom...

The economy is expanding, real Gross Domestic Product is up but the economy is facing some headwinds which include housing, the public sector, and the lack of mobility, said Marshall Vest, Director of the Economic and Business Research Center at the Eller College of Business, University of Arizon...

The comprehensive market reports released to the public by the Tucson Association of Realtors monthly are both fun and instructional and provide a wealth of data which can be mined with only an elementary understanding of mathematics. Combining the data with a zip code map provides the basis of ...

A contrarian doesn't wait until national magazines and newspapers let the world know prices are on the way up. Trend analysis is the tool used and is important for those people who want to "get in on the ground floor".   The buy low, sell high mentality can't wait for Time or Newsweek to announc...

    Standing stately in Saguaro National Momument West and East are thousands of  tall heavy Saguaro cacti with their arms reaching out or towards the sky.   They are often pictured on postcards with captions like, "Welcome to Arizona" and the creamy white flowers which become a fruit are the st...

The 23th annual Founder's Day Luncheon, celebrated by the Arizona Certified Residential Specialists (CRS) and the Hearth Foundation, is a commemorative event open to the community at large. Founder's Day celebrates the founding of The Hearth Foundation by members of CRS and the Tucson Board of ...