Its time again for a green cleaning tip for June 2017 from our friends at GoingGreenHouse Cleaning.

I just recommended these guys to my tenant, who is an entomologist and who wants to clean her home with products that won’t cause lasting damage to the environment.

Oh, and I use the all-purpose cleaner recipe shown below and I think its great.

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June is here. Summer is in full throttle. Kids are out of school. How in the world is anything supposed to get done?

Babies are crawling. Toddlers are tracking in dirt. Teenagers are socializing. Everyone is home, messes are building and germs are running ramped.

You reach for your household cleaners and start cleaning. Now what happens when your children get in there want to help? Are the products you are using safe for your family to handle? Think about the food that is dropped on your floors and picked up and consumed (5 second rule, right?). Think about that bathtub in which your family is bathing and those dishes that are placed in your sink to be “washed free” of germs and bacteria. What are you using to clean your home and are they doing more harm than help? The products you use matter and affect the health and well-being of your family. What is under your kitchen sink and is it safe for your family?

So why should you “go green” this summer?

Healthier Home:
Go green and no longer will your family be breathing in lingering chemicals and absorbing them into their skin. Did you know that breathing in harmful chemicals can increase your chance of developing asthma? Or that harmful chemicals can cause skin irritation and rash? Switching to green cleaning products can decrease these harmful effects in your household.

Fewer Antibacterials:
The overuse of Antibacterials, including disinfectants, in your home may be producing strains of multi-antibiotic-resistant bacteria? We are deceived into thinking that bacteria in our homes is harmful and must be eliminated. However, these products are no more effective at preventing infection in the home than using pure soap brands, warm water, and green detergent. When using antibacterial products, good bacteria in also killed. When this happens, the good-to-bad ratio of bacteria is disturbed and bad bacteria can gain the upper hand.

All-Purpose Cleaner Recipe:
1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
2 cups water
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp Castile soap
20 drops essential oils (I.e. Lavender, lemon, tea tree, eucalyptus)
Place in a spray bottle, shake, and clean.

Keep your family safe and healthy this summer and consider switching to pure, green products. A safe home is a healthier home.

Green Cleaning Tip for June 2017

For your June 2017 Market Update, we check in again with the Cromford Report who tell us, in short, that the market is chugging along at about the same upward climb that we’ve been experiencing thus far this year.

“For the monthly period ending May 15, we are currently recording a sales $/SF of $150.42 averaged for all areas and types across the ARMLS database. This is up 0.1% from the $150.25 we now measure for April 15.  We were correct in forecasting last month that the average $/SF would rise less quickly, but after an extremely strong rise between March and April we saw a very small increase over the past month.

On May 15 the pending listings for all areas & types shows an average list $/SF of $153.97, up 1.3% from the reading for April 15. So although last month’s rise was pretty small, we are still expecting a respectable increase in prices over the next 31 days.

Beyond those 31 days we would expect to see 3 months of price weakness as the third quarter sales mix tends to include fewer high end homes than the rest of the year. However there is no sign of supply and demand converging and the overall long term trend is still upwards.”

Price per square foot for Cenpho, 12-month moving average

I was on the phone with Tina Tamboer at the Cromford Report this week, speaking about our predictions for 2018 for the June 2017 Market Update. As you recall, I was concerned earlier this year that emigration patterns could have a impact on the market. But, as Tina points out, if people begin to leave Arizona, they won’t do it overnight. It is still too early to tell whether there could be some affect on the market.

We continue to hear rumblings of a market correction in 2018. But, most of what I hear is a “flattening” of about 3%. Well, we’ve seen that growth in the last year, so we are not talking about the type of correction that is likely to result in major losses for home owners who purchased some years ago.

It might mean, however, that if you are waiting for home prices to reach 2007 peak levels in 2018, you might have to wait a few more years.

CenPho Price Per Square Foot, 3-month moving average

In the Central Phoenix and historic districts, both the 3-month and 12-month moving averages for price per square foot are strong. People want to live downtown. So, if you are looking to purchase, it is still a good time to do it. If there is a 3% correction in 2018, that won’t even account for the price difference between December of 2016 and today. But, if there is no price correction, then you are looking at even more expensive homes in this land-locked area with no new construction for owner-occupiers. (Thanks, over-built apartment market.)

If you need to put together a strategy to purchase, give us a call at 602-456-9388.