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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">Tucson,Oro Valley &amp; Marana Real Estate etc. BLOG</title><subtitle type="html">Tucson, Oro Valley &amp; Marana real estate news and other local news of interest.</subtitle><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="2.1.61019.2">Community Server</generator><updated>2011-07-14T14:38:00Z</updated><entry><title>PGA Accenture Match Play Championship 2012</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/29/pga-accenture-match-play-championship-2012.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/29/pga-accenture-match-play-championship-2012.aspx</id><published>2012-01-29T23:45:00Z</published><updated>2012-01-29T23:45:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The PGA&amp;#39;s Accenture Match Play Championship is returning to the Ritz Carlton @ Dove Mountain in Marana AZ this year.&amp;nbsp; Dates are Feb 20-26.&amp;nbsp; A one of a kind event on the PGA tour.&amp;nbsp; I hope this weeks weather hangs around for the golf tournament, 74 degrees and sunny right now!&amp;nbsp;For all the ticket info go to &lt;a href="http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r470/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r470/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you would like to live in the Tucson area and golf year round give me a call!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;520-488-8791&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1220629" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Local News and Information" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Local+News+and+Information/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2012</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/29/tucson-gem-and-mineral-show-2012.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/29/tucson-gem-and-mineral-show-2012.aspx</id><published>2012-01-29T23:37:00Z</published><updated>2012-01-29T23:37:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show will be getting underway in a couple of weeks.&amp;nbsp; The Gem and Mineral Show keeps the hotels booked up for the month of February!&amp;nbsp; A very unique Tucson attraction.&amp;nbsp; Check out all the details at the &lt;a href="http://www.tgms.org/2012show.htm" title="Tucson Gem and Mineral Show Tucson AZ" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tucson Gem and Mineral Society&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; webapge.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Homes Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1220623" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Local News and Information" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Local+News+and+Information/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Tucson Rodeo 2012</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/29/tucson-rodeo-2012.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/29/tucson-rodeo-2012.aspx</id><published>2012-01-29T23:29:00Z</published><updated>2012-01-29T23:29:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;February is a busy month in Tucson!&amp;nbsp; One of the long standing traditions is the annual La Fiesta De Los Vacqeuros Tucson Rodeo.&lt;br /&gt;Check out all the details at &lt;a href="http://www.tucsonrodeo.com/" title="Tucson Rodeo" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.tucsonrodeo.com/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1220620" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Local News and Information" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Local+News+and+Information/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Some upbeat views on the housing market!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/20/some-upbeat-views-on-the-housing-market.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/20/some-upbeat-views-on-the-housing-market.aspx</id><published>2012-01-20T14:30:00Z</published><updated>2012-01-20T14:30:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;A couple of articles this week with a more upbeat view on the housing market in 2012.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.housingwire.com/2012/01/18/2012-the-year-of-a-housing-turnaround?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+housingwire%2FuOVI+%28HousingWire%29"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.housingwire.com/2012/01/18/2012-the-year-of-a-housing-turnaround?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+housingwire%2FuOVI+%28HousingWire%29&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.housingwire.com/2012/01/13/fannie-mae-economists-see-2012-home-sales-up-3-5-to-4-72-million"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.housingwire.com/2012/01/13/fannie-mae-economists-see-2012-home-sales-up-3-5-to-4-72-million&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;"&gt;If you have any questions or would like additional information just call, text or email&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;"&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist&lt;br /&gt;520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1212107" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate News" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Real+Estate+News/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Foreclosures on the decline???</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/12/foreclosures-on-the-decline.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/12/foreclosures-on-the-decline.aspx</id><published>2012-01-12T22:13:00Z</published><updated>2012-01-12T22:13:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An article in Money magazine confirming what I have been seeing first hand out in the field this last year;&amp;nbsp; Just not as many foreclosures to choose from in many areas nowdays!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/12/real_estate/foreclosures/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/12/real_estate/foreclosures/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just closed on a home on Tuesday, my clients tied down a 3.75%&amp;nbsp;on a&amp;nbsp;30 year fixed rate, great timing for them!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or would like additional information on the Tucson area real estate market just call, text or email.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;HomeSmart Real Estate&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 520.488.8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.RickTucsonHomes.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1204879" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate News" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Real+Estate+News/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Tucson Association of Realtors - MLS Statistics for Dec 2011</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/10/tucson-mls-statistics-for-dec-2011.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2012/01/10/tucson-mls-statistics-for-dec-2011.aspx</id><published>2012-01-10T15:41:00Z</published><updated>2012-01-10T15:41:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The Tucson Multiple Listing Service stats for Dec 2011 are now available to view or download on my website.&amp;nbsp; Just go to &lt;a href="http://www.RickTucsonHomes.com"&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; scroll down and &amp;quot;click&amp;quot; on&amp;nbsp;the MLS Stat button.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions just call, text or email!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HomeSmart Real Estate&lt;br /&gt;520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.RickTucsonHOmes.com"&gt;www.RickTucsonHOmes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1203247" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Tucson MLS Stats" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Tucson+MLS+Stats/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Tucson 4th Ave Street Fair</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/12/09/tucson-4th-ave-street-fair.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/12/09/tucson-4th-ave-street-fair.aspx</id><published>2011-12-09T19:07:00Z</published><updated>2011-12-09T19:07:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The Tucson 4th Avenue street fair starts today!&amp;nbsp; Here is a link with all the info.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fourthavenue.org/fairs/general-information/"&gt;http://www.fourthavenue.org/fairs/general-information/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Homes Specialst&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Cell:520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Web: &lt;a href="http://www.RickTucsonHomes.com"&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1179881" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Community Information" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Community+Information/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Tucson makes the Top Ten!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/11/17/tucson-makes-the-top-ten.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/11/17/tucson-makes-the-top-ten.aspx</id><published>2011-11-18T01:17:00Z</published><updated>2011-11-18T01:17:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Once again Tucson has made a top ten list for best places to retire!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/Great-Retirement-Cities-in-the-US/3.html#top" title="Kiplinger Top Ten Places to Retire-Tucson AZ." target="_blank"&gt;Kiplinger Top Ten Cities to Retire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions about real estate in the Tucson, Oro Valley or Marana area please call, text or email.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1162729" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Local News and Information" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Local+News+and+Information/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Tucson Association of Realtors - MLS Stats for Oct 2011</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/11/13/tucson-association-of-realtors-mls-stats-for-oct-2011.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/11/13/tucson-association-of-realtors-mls-stats-for-oct-2011.aspx</id><published>2011-11-13T16:29:00Z</published><updated>2011-11-13T16:29:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The October 2011 stats from the Tucson MLS is now available on my website.&amp;nbsp;For the up to date Tucson Real Estate statistics just go to my website,&amp;nbsp;scroll down and click on the Tucson MLS Stats &amp;nbsp;button!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.RickTucsonHomes.com"&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.RickTucsonHomes.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1158309" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Tucson MLS Stats" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Tucson+MLS+Stats/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Oro Valley Business Expo Sat. 10-29-2011</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/10/26/oro-valley-business-expo-sat-10-29-2011.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/10/26/oro-valley-business-expo-sat-10-29-2011.aspx</id><published>2011-10-26T15:21:00Z</published><updated>2011-10-26T15:21:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The Oro Valley Business Expo is this Saturday.&amp;nbsp; It should be a beautiful day, come on out and say hi!&amp;nbsp; I will be in booth #17.&amp;nbsp; The event is being held at Steam Pump Village, details in link below.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE admission. Open at 9am.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://explorernews.com/news/article_98a09c5a-ff57-11e0-911e-001cc4c03286.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://explorernews.com/news/article_98a09c5a-ff57-11e0-911e-001cc4c03286.html&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RickTucsonHomes@comcast.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1144178" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Oro Valley News" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Oro+Valley+News/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Tucson MLS Stats for September 2011</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/10/11/tucson-mls-stats-for-september-2011.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/10/11/tucson-mls-stats-for-september-2011.aspx</id><published>2011-10-11T19:56:00Z</published><updated>2011-10-11T19:56:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The Tucson area MLS stats for Septemeber 2011 have been released and are now available to view/download from my website.&amp;nbsp; Go to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/a&gt; and scroll down about halfway to the &amp;quot;MLS&amp;quot; section and click on the button!&amp;nbsp; If you have any question please call, text or email.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1133359" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Tucson MLS Stats" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Tucson+MLS+Stats/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>New Goodwill Store in Oro Valley!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/10/10/new-goodwill-store-in-oro-valley.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/10/10/new-goodwill-store-in-oro-valley.aspx</id><published>2011-10-10T15:58:00Z</published><updated>2011-10-10T15:58:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;A new Goodwill Drop Off and Retail store has opened in Oro Valley this last week.&amp;nbsp; They opened there doors on Oct 6th 2011 and the parking lot has been packed ever since!&amp;nbsp; The new&amp;nbsp;store is located at the NE corner of Lambert &amp;amp; La Canada in the Fry&amp;#39;s center. &lt;a href="http://explorernews.com/business/article_7a259adc-eed6-11e0-b855-001cc4c002e0.html" title="New Goodwill Store in Oro Valley" target="_blank"&gt;Goodwill Store Oro Valley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="New Goodwill Store in Oro Valley" height="336" src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/htmltext/2485/28c1/1689/10fe56a313d5126129a2/original.jpg" style="width:448px;height:336px;" title="New Goodwill Store in Oro Valley" width="448" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;HomeSmart Real Estate&lt;br /&gt;520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1132354" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Oro Valley News" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Oro+Valley+News/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Oro Valley Council considers Archery Course</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/08/07/oro-valley-council-considers-archery-course.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/08/07/oro-valley-council-considers-archery-course.aspx</id><published>2011-08-07T15:10:00Z</published><updated>2011-08-07T15:10:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The Oro Valley council is considering plans for an Archery Course at Naranja Park.&amp;nbsp; Would this be a positive addition to the community?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://explorernews.com/news/article_e1800134-bd5a-11e0-a6d9-001cc4c03286.html" title="Oro Valley Archery Course" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oro Valley Archery Course&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Homes Specialist&lt;br /&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Web:&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/" title="Tucson, Oro Valley Homes for sale" target="_blank"&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1075371" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Oro Valley News" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Oro+Valley+News/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Tucson MLS Stats for June 2011</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/07/17/tucson-mls-stats-for-june-2011.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/07/17/tucson-mls-stats-for-june-2011.aspx</id><published>2011-07-17T13:50:00Z</published><updated>2011-07-17T13:50:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Tucson MLS stats for June 2011 have just been released.&amp;nbsp; Go to &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.ricktucsonhomes.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;scroll down and click on the MLS Stats button!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#006ff7"&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web: &lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;&lt;font color="#006ff7"&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1051213" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Tucson MLS Stats" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Tucson+MLS+Stats/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Big Banks -  Debt Forgiveness - Without Being Asked????</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/07/14/big-banks-debt-forgiveness-without-being-asked.aspx" /><id>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/2011/07/14/big-banks-debt-forgiveness-without-being-asked.aspx</id><published>2011-07-14T21:38:00Z</published><updated>2011-07-14T21:38:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Yes, I had to read the headline a couple of times myself to make sure I was not misreading it!&amp;nbsp; But according to this article, first published in the New York Times, it is happening.&amp;nbsp; Behind the scenes and &amp;nbsp;without a lot of headlines&amp;nbsp;or fanfare they are evidently picking borrowers that have the Option Arm loans, with very low interest rates, reducing the principle with current rates, giveing the customers about the same monthly payment.&amp;nbsp; Click on the link to read the full article posted on CNBC website last week.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/43624123"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.cnbc.com/id/43624123&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rick McFeeters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accredited Luxury Home Specialist &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;HomeSmart Realty&lt;br /&gt;520-488-8791&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RickTucsonHomes@Comcast.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web: &lt;a href="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/"&gt;www.RickTucsonHomes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1048452" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>664208</name><uri>http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/members/664208.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate News" scheme="http://www.ricktucsonhomes.com/blogs/rick__mcfeeters/archive/tags/Real+Estate+News/default.aspx" /></entry></feed>
