Aug. 14, 2007
Chandler going after unregistered rentals – again by Edythe Jensen, The Arizona Republic
Armed with new property data from county records and an Arizona State University internship program, the municipal sleuths are hoping to repeat a successful 2005 program that caught hundreds of landlords who weren't paying and collected $1.6 million in back sales taxes, said Lee Grafstrom, tax and audit supervisor... more
June 22, 2007
Valley housing market is still good by Betty Beard
Despite competition from a huge number of homes for sale in the Phoenix area, real estate expert Jay Butler told Tempe business leaders Thursday that prices remain above the national average. more
June 13, 2007
Existing home sales show slight bump in dragging market by Misty Williams, Tribune
So far this year, 24,265 existing homes have sold - down from 30,830 in the first five months of 2006 and 46,485 the same period in 2005. more
May 4, 2007
Existing home sales fall in Pinal County by Misty Williams, Tribune
Sales of existing Pinal County homes continued a steady down slide in the first quarter of the year as sellers struggled to compete with builders and would-be buyers faced tightening lending standards... more
May 1, 2007
Housing market trend is upward, analyst says by Misty William
Some 3,737 permits were issued in March, up from 3,630 in February but down 21 percent from the year ago period, the latest Phoenix Housing Market Letter from analyst RL Brown shows. "It's a positive sign that the trend is upward," Brown said. more
March 21, 2007
Population boom in Maricopa, Pinal counties by Sarah Lynch, Tribune
The constant signs of growth in Maricopa and Pinal counties are hard to ignore. Farms have morphed into stuccoed suburbia. Condos are rising in Tempe. And despite the constant freeway construction, morning commuters still face grid-locked traffic. more
March 21, 2007
Builders, homeowners square off over prices by Misty Williams, Tribune
Builders say homeowners aren't asking realistic prices. But many owners can't afford to drop prices because of the steep prices they paid for their homes a year or two ago, said John Fioramonti, who tracks the Valley's new home market for research firm… more
Don't hand your house to a thief by Christopher Solomon
Mortgage scams are like Baskin-Robbins offerings -- they come in 31 flavors. Here are three top choices of con artists and how to avoid them. If owning a home is the great American dream, then swindling people out of their prized possession is one of the great, lucrative... more
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