Monsoon in the White Mountains of Arizona - by Bruce-Pam Wachter

We get some pretty amazing skies up here-- soooo beautiful.

Below is a photo of a monsoon downpour Northeast of Show Low-- probably over White Mountain Lake area & part of Snowflake.  Taken from our deck in Linden (west of Show Low) tonight!  BIG lightning, but just couldn't catch a shot of it.  Maybe next time!

Your Perfect Home is on Sale Now! Summer Real Estate in the White Mountains of AZ

Whether you're looking to relocate, retire, get out of that rental, or buy that vacation home in the White Mountains of AZ, now's a great time. Because... prices have never offered more value for your home dollar than now.

Has there been a real estate price "roll-back" in the White Mountains?  Yes, in many areas we're seeing pricing back to pre-bubble pricing.  Is that good, or what?  Good for buyers, that's for sure.

So, if affordability is important to you, now's a good time to jump into the market and start looking at your home choices!

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Bruce-Pam Wachter

Escargot in Pinetop-Lakeside AZ? Yes!

Maybe escargot is an acquired taste; but for those who love the dish, the Chalet in Pinetop-Lakeside AZ does a beautiful dish!

Escargot at The Chalet - Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ

Seriously.  Piping hot, sizzling, in a garlic butter/white wine sauce-- and something else we can't quite identify that makes all the difference in the world from other escargot dishes.

We'd just been to an open house further up the road at a SPECTACULAR Pinetop Arizona mountain home for sale (if you're looking for something out of the ordinary, something you'd not expect, a home so fabulously created) and you're in the $500K+ range-- give us a call because we'd love to give you a tour.  We were so impressed, and you will be, too.  Not the typical mountain home, but certainly in a mountain setting with so many interesting design and custom treatments, sitting beautifully on a superb lot-- we were blown away.  Had to catch our breath at the Chalet and talk about it!

So, for escargot and what we consider to be the finest food available in the White Mountains of Arizona, try the Chalet-- and tell Barry and Dennis we sent you!  For some really gorgeous White Mountains Pinetop AZ homes, send yourselves to us!

by Bruce-Pam Wachter

Pam & Bruce Wachter, Realtors
White Mountains AZ

White Mountains AZ Spring! Lilacs tell the story.

T.S. Eliot penned, "April is the cruelest month", and if you hope for the smell of lilacs in the Spring here in the White Mountains of Arizona, that phrase will haunt you!

Yes, lilacs can grow here!  We planted this now near-Mini-Cooper sized lilac about 10 years ago (what did we know about April in the Mountains, then?) when it was a tiny weedy thing in a 1/2-gallon bucket.  For the last few years, April had been hot, balmy-- a total set-up.  But, as you can see, it flourished.  Now, being originally from the East Coast, we've had our share of running out with all the sheets in the house to cover azaleas-- so what made us think April wouldn't be dicey here in the White Mountains? "Hope springs eternal", another famous quote comes to mind.

White Mountains AZ Real Estate - What Exactly is The White Mountains?

What Exactly is the White Mountains of Arizona?  What does that mean?

Good question!  Recently it appears that some online searches for White Mountains AZ real estate are returning results that are Pinetop-centric, and that's a bit misleading.  Because the White Mountains is a whole lot more than just one small area!

2013 - What's going on in the White Mountains AZ Real Estate Market? ... and a video!

Long time no see!

We’re watching White Mountains Arizona Real Estate trends coming into the 2013 market.  And there are some “markers” that you, as a potential buyer or seller of White Mountains AZ real estate may not see, but we do.  And that’s what OTHER real estate agents are doing and why they’re doing it.

A big market temperature indicator (what agents are doing) is the explosion of real estate websites.  Where an agent might have had none, now s/he has a website.  Where an agent or brokerage might have had one, now they have two, three, or more.  Why?  Well, the fact is that the buyer pool is relatively small compared to a couple of years ago, the inventory is fairly low, and a lot of agents are not coping well with what they see as an anomaly.  So, they think they need to do something—something that brings back the “good old days” of lots of buyers, lots of sellers.  As if intensified marketing can actually affect THE market.  It can’t…. Not really.

Cheaper to Buy than Rent - 2011

We've all heard the old mantra, "Renting is like throwing money down a rat-hole", or something similar to that. But in today's real estate market, it may very well be "It's cheaper to buy than to rent". At least that's what recent statistics show.