Destyn Moreno · The AZ Real Estate Go-To Girl
Real insight into real questions from Phoenix, Scottsdale, and surrounding community home buyers and home sellers, answers from experience and the heart.
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October 14, 2026
I walk through 50 years of Phoenix cycles, from the 1970s inflation boom and the 1980s S&L bust to the 2008 foreclosure crash, the COVID buying blitz, and today's war and tariff-driven rate spike, and why that shouldn't stop you from buying or selling on your own timeline.
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October 5, 2026
With rates climbing from the mid-6% range to nearly the high 7s, I break down how seller concessions and rate buydowns work, what sellers can actually contribute by loan type, and why a buydown can beat a price cut for a buyer's monthly payment.
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September 29, 2026
From a real listing where an unpermitted garage conversion changed the appraisal, I break down how unpermitted work affects disclosure, permits, and lending for any Phoenix-area home, historic or not.
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Norton House, Circa 1912, Del Norte Place Historic Neighborhood
September 18, 2026
I break down real 2026 price data across Willo, Garfield, Oakland, Villa Verde, Woodland, and Coronado, plus how the FHA 203(k) loan can make a fixer-upper work, to show historic Phoenix homeownership is still within reach.
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