West Valley home market as hot as the weather

Javier Vidana is only 19. But with his investor father's cash, he was ready to make an offer on a three-bedroom, 21/2 bath home in Peoria on Thursday. "I love it already," said Vidana, who rents a room in a Phoenix house. "I don't want to be living in a little room anymore." His real-estate agent, Jesse Abarca, said Vidana and his father will have to be ready to make a solid cash offer literally the hour the house hits the market. Even then, they could get outbid. "The game is to get an offer in as soon as possible to avoid the other bidders," said Abarca, who works for Re/Max Professionals in Glendale. For real-estate agents, homebuyers and especially homesellers, the West Valley is burning up, especially for homes less than $150,000. "The West Valley is really, really a hot market," said Chris Heagerty, director of the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service Inc.

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