George Hirko,Southeast Valley Real Estate

A local title company put together the latest information on residential sales in the Phoenix Area.Click on the link to view:   http://www.eta-az.net/marketing/Residential%20Market%20Update%20with%20graphs%20060110.pdf Months of Supply by area are as follows: East Valley 3.9Northwest Valley 3.6Paradise Valley 17.5Luxury $1.0 Million Plus ...

  Phoenix was founded in 1867, when a man named Jack Swilling came to the area from Wickenburg. Swilling, an adventurer, gold prospector, and member of the "Gila Rangers" militia, saw the potential for agriculture in the abandoned Ho Ho Kam irrigation canals in the Salt River Valley.Many people had commented on the canals before, ...

 In a desert, there is little more precious than water. The early inhabitants of the area, the Hohokam , were keenly aware of what an asset they had with the Salt River. At that time, without dams, the river flowed freely, although flow was heavier in the spring.  The river, a tributary of the Gila River, which starts in New Mexico, and ...