You know the market has changed when real estate developers start building. Portland II (AKA Portland 2) condominiums are on the rise and offering downtown Phoenix home buyers a new option.
The new development at Portland 2 is phase two. The initial condos at Portland II came to market in 2007-2008 just as the market turned south and builders put the brakes on new development.
Phase two at Portland 2 mirrors the original development with new options for the top, 4th floor. Let’s take a look at what your find at Portland II.
2-3 Bedrooms. The third bedroom is a new option on the top floor.
2 Baths
1,584 to 1,985 square feet, a bit larger than many other downtown condos.
2 Car Tandem Garage. Tandem is where the cars are stacked verses side-by-side.
If you would like to see this project just let us know and we’ll arrange an appointment with the builder. We have great experience negotiating with the builder’s agents and keeping home buyers safe and well represented.
Gene and Ron Urban
The Urban Team at Realty Executives
7600 N. 16th Street, Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85020
602-234-5777 Gene@UrbanTeamAZ.com
We’ve been working on a huge project on our downtown Phoenix real estate site involving condos, lofts, and townhouses. Our goal is to offer commentary and information about the nearly 50 different projects in the downtown Phoenix region.
So far we have reviewed a large number of the condo. townhouse and loft communities including:
One Lexingon, Tapestry on Central, Portland Place, Loft at Fillmore, Summit at Copper Square, 3rd Avenue Palms, 44 Monrow, Artisan Lofts, Chateau on Central, Landmark Towers, Executive Towers, Orpheum Lofts and more.
We anticipate this to be a never ending project since by the time we photograph, explore, analyze and write each article we’ll have to go back and offer updates… a bit like painting the Golden Gate bridge.
Anyway, we have a link below to our downtown Phoenix condo, loft and town home page. If you have questions or want to take a look at a unit in one of these places, give us a call or drop us an email. We’ll make it happen for you.
We like to keep everyone updated on the various historic home tours in Phoenix AZ. We are pretty proud of the the historic homes in the area. Our homes are not as old as many in the east, heck we just celebrated our State’s centennial. None the less, we have some very sweet homes and you’ll see them at the 2012 Windsor Square Historic Home and Garden Tour.
The Windsor Square tour happens on odd numbered years, so if you miss it this time you’ll be waiting till 2014. Naturally, you don’t want to do that.
We have posted all the dates, times, information, ticket price, where to buy tickets, where to park and more info on our sister site. The link below will take you there and we hope to see you. We’ll be the real estate guys answering questions about Windsor’s history and taking pictures of the event.
The real estate market is rocking and rolling in Phoenix, AZ these days. With a lack of homes for people to buy, home prices and demand is very high. The question many Phoenix home sellers have is who is the best agent to help sell their home in downtown, North Central and North Phoenix, AZ.
We would like to talk about why so many people choose the Urban Team to help sell their home. Often people are referred to us by a delighted friend and sometimes people put in a Google search asking who the best Realtors and real estate agents are in Phoenix. Others have found one of our blog sites, www.UrbanConnectionRealty.com and www.RealtyExecutives.com/theurbanteam or have seen us on the local news and liked what we had to say.
We’d like to share with you a little of what we do to insure you get the highest price for your home or condo in the shortest amount of time. I say a little about it as we really do go all out for you with a custom marketing plan, exceptional negotiation and knowledge that can only be gained with experience; We bring over 20 years to the table so the latter is pretty extensive. Below is a sampling of what we will do for you:
Selling Your Home In Phoenix With The Urban Team
We meet with you and learn about your goals and needs. We work for you so we want to understand your specific aims and objectives so we can meet or exceed them.
We evaluate the real estate market in your area and provided an extensive price analysis to help determine the highest price we can get for you home. WE hate leaving money on the table and we don’t want to overprice the home resulting in keeping potential buyers from taking a look.
We’ll talk to you about how to best stage the home for sale. We’ve shown thousands of homes to potential buyers and have a good sense of what make people say Yes verses No-Way.
We will create a custom marketing plan to find and attract the most number of buyers. Our approach includes extensive Internet and traditional marketing schemes. Gene Urban’s past career in corporate marketing and advertising give Urban Team clients a significant advantage. His techniques and skills are well known among his peers and he is often asked to teach classes on internet marketing, social media. You will be in the hands of a true marketing professional. Click here for a more extensive discussion of our home selling marketing techniques.
Ron Urban’s passion for negotiation and superior contract knowledge come into play once purchase offers are submitted for your property. Ron will negotiate on your behalf to obtain the best deal possible while keeping you safe. You will be part of this process every step of the way. Keeping you informed, in touch and feeling well represented is paramount to us.
Once an offer is in place, we don’t stop there. In fact we will be with you every step of the way. We will be there to answer all your questions and on-site during inspections. walk-through, at the signing of documents and any other time the need arises.
As the home selling process comes to a close, the Urban Team will be there to keep things moving towards success. Along the way we will remind you of things to do such as shutting off utilities and be happy to provide referrals to vendors you may need from time to time. We really do want you to have the most incredible real estate experience possible.
After a recent home sale we received an email from our client who was relocating out of state. She said:
Sam and I just want you to know that we really appreciate what great realtors you are. We are currently purchasing a home here in Fort Collins, CO. We went with a realtor that was highly recommended by several friends. Let’s just say, he does not even come close to providing the quality of service that you did. Sam and I feel like we are navigating this purchase on our own. So, we just wanted to say “Thank you!” If you ever need any references etc…, never hesitate to call on us.
We would be honored to be chosen to market and sell your home. We will do all we can to ensure you are not just happy but delighted like a kid with a new bike, a girl being asked to the prom, or finding you have a winning lottery number. Well. we may not be able to compete with winning the lottery and we think you know what we mean.
When you are ready to sell your home in the Phoenix area, we hope you will interview us for the job. We believe that when you see what we can and will do, you will join our family of clients.
Gene Urban & Ron Urban
The Urban Team at Realty Executives
602-234-5777
It is a new year and a new real estate market in the Greater Phoenix area. We say new because the past 3 months of data show a marked increase in home values and a much more stable real estate and housing market.
We just published our January 2012 Phoenix area real estate and housing market report on our sister site. Below you will find a link to the article that has lots of data, analysis from real estate Guru Mike Orr of The Cromford Report, and the Urban Team’s thoughts.
If you have any questions about the market, buying or selling a home/condo, short sales please know if is our honor to be of service. We bring 20+ years to the table and believe quality information leads to wise decisions. In today’s real estate market, good info is very important.
Every year people in the Phoenix area are treated to something special, tours of historic homes. Even though we get to view lots of historic homes each week, we really love these tours. Coming soon are two of the most fun and popular historic tours, the Willo Historic Home Tour and the Coronado Home and Garden Tour.
Both the Willo and Coronado Historic tours feature viewings of approximately 12 homes from the 1920’s to 1940’s as well as a great street fair. This year the Coronado Neighborhood is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their tour and they are adding lots of special events to the day.
We have complete information on the tours on our sister site UrbanConnectionReatly.com. You’ll find links below that will take you to all the news including how to buy tickets for the historic home tours, directions and more.
We hope to see you down there. If you have questions about the historic homes and historic districts in the downtown Phoenix area, we are delighted to provide answers; Historic homes ar a specialty for the Urban Team.
We are delighted to announce our latest article on the historic districts and homes in downtown Phoenix, AZ. This article features the Coronado Historic District with information about the history, homes and a virtual tour of the neighborhood.
The article resides on our downtown specific wordpress site, www.UrbanConnectionRealty.com where you will find lots of information about historic homes in the downtown Phoenix region.
Coronado Historic is the largest of the 35 historic districts in the downtown Phoenix area. Many of the homes, built in the teens and 1920′s, are of the bungalow style, English revival, and Southwest influenced revival. In addition you’ll find a variety of transitional ranch style homes built after the Great Depression.
Below are a few of the dozens of home pictures we took for the video home tour you’ll find at the end of the article as well as a link to the Coronado Historic District Home and Neighborhood story.
People considering buying or selling a home in Phoenix AZ often want to know who is the top real estate broker or what is the best real estate brokerage? It is a reasonable question and one a prudent home buyer or seller should ask.
Top Real Estate Brokerage in Phoenix AZ?
In Phoenix the answer to the question, who or what is the top, best real estate brokerage is pretty easy to answer. For 39 years the firm the Urban Team is associated with has ranked number 1 in many categories. It is Realty Executives.
Realty Executives has consistently outperformed other brokerages in many ways including highest sales volume, total number of transactions, top mobile real estate platform (2011), and numerous Phoenix Business Journal top real estate brokerage honors.
If you want to do business with a firm who has been around for nearly 50 years, won top honors in Phoenix for 38 years, has a very high level of ethics, and has agents who pride themselves on excellence, the choice is very easy. Hire a Realty Executives agent like the Urban Team. You will be happy, pleased, well cared for and delighted by your choice.
For more info on Phoenix’s Top Real Estate Brokerage check out the article on our sister site.
Regency House Condominiums in is a true landmark in downtown Phoenix, AZ. The 22 story luxury condo tower offers its residents steller views of the city and nearby mountains as well as access to all things downtown including:
The Heard Museum
The Metro Light Rail
Incredible Restaurants
Great Shopping
Art Museums and Galleries
Sporting Events
Cultural Venues and much more.
A View From The Penthouse
In 2005 the homeowners began a large scale renovation project encompassing visual, structural and mechanical updates and improvements.
The first Regency House project was an update and redesign of the lobby area. The result was simply wonderful combining tasteful mid-century modern accents and a pictorial history of the downtown Phoenix area.
A couple years ago the Regency House homeowners approved a 2.5 million dollar project to update the structural integrity of the building as well as several mechanical systems. This ambitious plan, known as the Big Project, is a three phase venture designed to bring the building back to its original splendor.
We are told by the homeowners association that Phase One of the Big Project is just about complete with significant underground improvements completed and the new cooling tower, chiller and boilers being installed in the next few weeks.
We applaud the homeowners for their vision and commitment to Regency House. No doubt the cost to complete phase one was not cheap and solely bore by the people who call Regency House home. Your efforts and sacrifice are recognized and appreciated by those who love downtown Phoenix, its mid-century modern buildings and especially the people who made life in the “core” quite special.
Thank you so very much,
The Urban Team at Realty Executives
7600 N. 16th Street, Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85020
602-234-5777
To Read Our Article About the History And Homes For Sale At Regency House Click This Link
We love F.Q. Story historic district in downtown Phoenix, AZ and always look forward to the annual FQ Story home tour. The 2011 historic home tour looks to be a great one for many reasons:
The 2011 FQ Story Tour and Holiday Gala will feature 10 historic homes.
Saturday Night, December 3rd will be the evening luminaria tour with carolers to get you ready for the holidays.
Sunday, December 4th will be the daytime FQ Story home tour and holiday vendor gala.
Visitors not only get an inside view of some of Phoenix’s finest historic homes, they can get a head start on holiday shopping.
FQ Story Historic District features a wonderful assortment of 20’s and 30’s period revival homes including many English Cottages and Tudors.
Tour and Ticket Information for the 2011 F.Q. Story Home Tour
Dates and Times:
Saturday, December 3rd from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Sunday, December 4th from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Home Tour Tickets:
A ticket booth will be located at 11th Avenue and Portland.
Tickets are $15.00 each or $14.00 with a non-perishable food donation.
Cash and check only. No credit cards.
Tickets can also be purchased online via the FQ Story Web Site.
Where to Park:
Park on 1100 block of Portland with the exception of the 11th Ave. & Portland intersection which will be opened to foot traffic only.
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You know the market has changed when real estate developers start building. Portland II (AKA Portland 2) condominiums are on the rise and offering downtown Phoenix home buyers a new option.
2-3 Bedrooms. The third bedroom is a new option on the top floor.
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