In downturn, raw land for homes now dead weight
Sunday Oct 25 | via The Arizona Daily Star
The slowdown in building permits says it all about new-home construction. Permits 6,887 7,493 8,511 9,560 11,762 8,578 5,044 3,108 1,800 - 2000* * Projected numbers for the year. Comment?
It is cheaper to buy than rent for some in AZ
Sep 15, 2009 | via Azcentral.com
The drop in Arizona's home prices and apartment rents during the past year isn't enough to help many of the state's workers afford decent housing. Comment?
Pedestrian airlifted after Chandler accident
Sep 15, 2009 | via AZCentral.com
Eloy - $170,000 MLS 4132504 2 bed / 2 bath 1,801 - 2,000 / 2006 Ron Jolly, Pacific Arizona Realty Surprise - $274,000 MLS 4108040 3 bed / 2 bath 1,801 - 2,000 / 2001 Sharon Mason, Associate Broker,CRS,GRI,CNE,E-PRO, RE/MAX Integrity Realtors Litchfield Park - $169,690 MLS 3003104 2 bed / 2 bath 1,201 - 1,400 / 2005 Doug Frank, The Frank Development ... Comment?
Foreclosures up in Pima, could stabilize soon
Sep 10, 2009 | via The Arizona Daily Star
Pima County is bucking the state's foreclosure trend a ' and that's not necessarily a good thing. Comment?
Amaranth land reverts to lenders
Jul 28, 2009 | via Arizona Republic
Lenders have taken back the 10,100 acres once meant to sprout a new master-planned community on what's now Goodyear land. Comment?
Friday | via Daily Business Review
In Michigan, state officials dealing with the nation's highest unemployment rate are slashing spending on schools and health care. Comment?
Home foreclosures fall in October
Thursday | via East Valley Tribune
The amount of foreclosure activity in the Arizona residential market declined sharply in October, according to RealtyTrac, an online marketplace that documents and lists foreclosed properties. Comment?
Wisconsin Could Be Headed For Financial Crisis
Thursday Nov 12 | via Free Republic
In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings. Comment?
Wednesday Nov 11 | via Arizona Republic
Arizona has known for some time that it has a serious budget problem. On Wednesday, it found out just how serious. Comment?
U.S. attorney busy with border issues, mortgage fraud
Monday Nov 9 | via Yuma Sun
As if border security and immigration issues weren't keeping the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona busy enough, mortgage fraud has become epidemic, according to Dennis Burke, who assumed the office just seven weeks ago. Comment?
Shooting reverberates in quiet enclave
10 min ago | via Canada.com
Police look for evidence on Gough Avenue near Pape and Danforth yesterday after a deadly shooting on Monday night. Comment?
Commercial real estate market bleak; 2009's been a t...
20 min ago | via Redstone Rocket
For commercial Realtors, 2009 has been a year of survival. Growing vacancies, tenants seeking rent reductions, values dropping, landlords defaulting and a tight lending market have added up to tough times, agents said. Comment?
More homebuyers eligible for tax credit
38 min ago | via Daily Times
Your real estate agent isn't returning your calls, your bank wants your income tax returns for the last 15 years, and you're getting some weird vibes from the people who live next door to the house you're trying to buy. Comment?
Labour's Failure with British American
45 min ago | via The Democrat
Laboura s Failure with British American At the end of last month the ECCU Monetary Council, which is comprised of the Finance Ministers of the ECCB member governments, issued a communiqu that contained the findings of an exhaustive pan Caribbean investigation into the collapse of the regional conglomerate British American Insurance Co. Comment?
47 min ago | via SF Gate
Americans have more than triple the debt they had in 1982, and less than half the savings. Comment?