Sing, o Muse, of the home-buying odyssey of Sarah Bolmarcich, a classics teacher looking to buy her first home with no mortgage in the sun-baked valleys around Phoenix.
She started looking for a house in January after the rent on her suburban Phoenix apartment soared 30 percent, to $1,800 a month.
“I was really interested in a historic house,” she said.
The median year of a house built in Phoenix is 1983.
“I’d kept saying to Sarah, ‘Don’t let me look at any historic houses,’” Dr. Bolmarcich said.
Persons:
Sarah Bolmarcich, Homer, Bolmarcich, “, ”, Dr, Sarah Jean Richetto, Max Fine, Gilbert, “ I’d, Sarah, ‘ Don’t, ’, Bolmacich, Richetto
Organizations:
Arizona State University, Arizona State, Max Fine Properties, Ahwatukee Foothills
Locations:
Phoenix, Athens, Philadelphia, Peloponnese, Tempe, Arizona, Chandler