Mohave.net

The Mohave county MLS has taken addresses off of their listings on realtor.com.  That means there is no way for buyers to do any research or look for homes in the area. Very arrogant, they don’t need buyers obviously. 

I have never found a realtor in Kingman that is willing to send new listings. In fact most of the realtors I have met in Kingman are less than helpful in that respect.  Once they find out you don’t live in California, they assume you cannot afford to buy here and don’t even return calls or emails.

I have a realtor in Bullhead that sends listings but only based on a tight criteria. That doesn’t work if you are not looking for a specific price/size. The last house we bought was in a different area, a different price and was smaller than what we were looking for, it just happened to strike our fancy. 

We were fairly discouraged at the prices per square foot going above what we could purchase in California for.  But we like Kingman and were willing to wait awhile and see if prices dropped.  We have the money to buy, but do not want to lose a lot if we have to sell in the next few years.  I feel prices will come down, possibly a lot,  in the next year if not sooner.  Prices cannot double and triple, for no reason, in less than a year without consequences.  You cannot price locals out and sell just to speculators without consequences.

I lived through 2 roller coaster rides in California in the last 30 years, in the late 70’s and the early 90’s.  Both times prices went up way above reasonable and both times they fell back.  They fell as much as 40% in the good areas and 50% and more in the outlying areas.  And neither time were the prices as far out of line as they are now.