Ajo Real Estate News

Sunday Nov 22 | via Arizona Daily Star 

Why aren't more "underwater" homeowners just walking away? That's a question University of Arizona law professor Brent T. White has been wondering for a while now as he's watched countless homeowners continue to chip away at their loans even though it could be years until they get back their equity.

Related Topix: University of Arizona, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Wednesday Nov 18 | via Arizona Daily Star 

New home permits for Pima County fell in October, beginning an annual swoon as the year comes to a close.

Related Topix: Pima County, AZ, Housing, Foreclosures

Thursday Nov 5 | via Arizona Daily Star 

More than 10,000 properties have been hit with foreclosure filings in Pima County this year, reflecting deep levels of distress in a battered housing market.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Pima County, AZ

Wednesday Oct 28 | via Arizona Daily Star 

A 46-year-old former real estate agent is facing up to 3.75 years in prison after pleading guilty to improperly selling the home of an elderly Tucson resident and keeping the profit.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Tucson, AZ, Home Listing, Home

Tuesday Oct 27 | via KGUN-TV Tucson 

Authorities say a former real estate agent has pleaded guilty to felony charges for defrauding an elderly Tucson resident.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Tucson, AZ, Family, Elderly, Pima County, AZ

Saturday Nov 14 | via The Daily Courier 

It was a style that really didn't work for Sam Irwin and Lori Sherwood. Irwin and Sherwood are veteran hairstylists who got tired of working at other salons where both said they often took on the responsibilities of owners who were absent.

Related Topix: Retail, Bed Bath and Beyond, Household Products, Prescott, AZ, Arizona, Arizona Government, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Housing

22 hrs ago | via Arizona Republic 

The $10 Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamster, clever and inexpensive, flew off store shelves in early November.

Related Topix: Hamsters, Pets, Psychology, Science, Arizona, Arizona Government, Housing

23 hrs ago | via Peoria Today 

Home prices across the nation are beginning to recover. But not in Arizona. New figures Tuesday from the Federal Housing Finance Administration find that the price of the average home sold in the United States actually rose more than 2 percent between the second and third quarters of this year.

Related Topix: Housing, Arizona, 9, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Yesterday | via The Arizona Daily Star 

PHOENIX a ' Home prices across the nation are beginning to recover. But not in Arizona.

Related Topix: Housing, Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, 9, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Tuesday | via KNDU 

Arizona legislators have voted to repeal previous changes to a law protecting homeowners from post-foreclosure lawsuits.

Related Topix: Arizona, Arizona Government, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Housing, Yakima, WA

3 min ago | via News.com.au 

And 40 per cent of Australians plan to revisit their financial plans as the nation emerges with a more positive economic outlook, the survey, commissioned by mortgage broker Mortgage Choice, found.

Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

5 min ago | via The Toronto Star 

Rod Walker has two retirement plans. Option one: Wait three decades and move to Costa Rica.

Related Topix: Home Buying, Home

7 min ago | via The Tennessean Nashville News 

While many will be giving thanks for the food on their table today and drawing up plans on how to get the best holiday bargains Friday morning, some will be thankful to hear that the county's jobless rate is improving.

Related Topix: Rutherford County, TN, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

6 hrs ago | via RGJ.com 

The number of underwater homes in Reno-Sparks rose again in the third quarter. More than half of active mortgages in the area have negative equity, a new report found.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Sparks, NV, Mortgage, Reno, NV, Personal Finance, Housing

9 min ago | via The Tennessean Nashville News 

Nashville's Habitat for Humanity is celebrating a milestone in its 25-year history that's particularly notable in this recession.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Tennessee, Tennessee Government, Foreclosures