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2/8/2010 2:24 PM

Two “walk-in” clinics to help struggling homeowners are now open in Phoenix. Neighborhood Housing Services of Phoenix and Chicanos Por La Causa are partnering with government-owned mortgage giant Freddie Mac to operate what are being called Borrower Help Centers. These new centers provide free, financial counseling and help negotiating ...Read More

Forecast for home building in Phoenix this year - 8,500 single-family permits

1/28/2010 11:19 AM

Metropolitan Phoenix's home building market can only improve after last year's dismal results.
The Phoenix Housing Market Letter reports 8,027 single-family, building permits were issued in the region during 2010, the lowest level in at least 20 years. In 1990, during the middle of the last real-estate led recession, there were 10,619 permits...Read More

Phoenix posts biggest price increase on Case-Shiller home index

1/26/2010 5:08 PM

The latest S&P/Case-Shiller home price index is out, and Phoenix is
leading the nation again. But this time, it’s the right direction.
Phoenix-area home prices increased 1.1 percent between October and November of 2009, the highest increase of any of the U.S. metro ar-
eas tracked on the 20-city index.
Phoenix ho...Read More

Arizona Smart Growth awards given to ASU and Scottsdale projects

1/22/2010 4:14 PM

Arizona State University's downtown Phoenix campus and Scottsdale's Indian Bend Wash have garnered Smart Growth awards from Urban Land Institute Arizona.
The two projects were honored for being economically sound, envirnomnetally friendly and supportive of community liviblity.The awards were handed out at Urban Land's annual forecast event Th...Read More

Arizona real estate veteran Pete Bolton to lead Grubb & Ellis' new Phoenix office

1/20/2010 10:53 AM

Arizona commercial real estate veteran Pete Bolton is back in the brokerage business. He has rejoined Grubb & Ellis to lead its new metropolitan Phoenix office.
Bolton presence has been missed in the market since he left the helm of CB Richard Ellis's Phoenix office two years ago to run his own consulting and training firm. He started his...Read More

Funds needed for Arizona foreclosure help

1/19/2010 2:33 PM

Arizona's foreclosure prevention hotline is running out of funding.
The hotline, (877)448-1211, has received 31,885 calls from struggling homeowners across the state since it was launched in mid-2008. Homeowners, who call the number, are referred to local, non-profit housing counseling agencies that are approved by the U.S. Department of Hous...Read More

Arizona to receive another $118 million in federal foreclosure help

1/15/2010 5:11 PM

Arizona will receive another $118 million in funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help neighborhoods with too many foreclosures.
The money will come in the next few months as part of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
Phoenix's share of this round of funding will be $60 million. Other recipient...Read More

More money for foreclosure help in Arizona

1/14/2010 3:07 PM

Additional help for Arizona homeowners facing foreclosure is on the way. About $1.3 million from a consumer fraud settlement with Countrywide Home Loans is now being distributed to 12 housing non-profits across the state.
The money will go towards hiring more counselors to help homeowners facing foreclosures.
“It is our hope that ...Read More

Former Phoenix real estate executive gets prison for embezzling from Harvard Investments

1/13/2010 4:34 PM

Douglas Ross Zuber, a former executive of Scottsdale-based Harvard Investments, has been sentenced for embezzling near $11 million from his employer.
On Tuesday, Zuber was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court to six years in prison and seven years probation. He has also been ordered to pay Harvard $6.19 million in restitution, accordin...Read More

Health care trust spends $107 million on Phoenix-area office buildings

1/12/2010 4:41 PM

Last week, Arizona's big real estate deals involved foreclosures on prominent developments under construction – CityNorth in Phoenix and the Centerpoint condominium towers in Tempe.
This week's big deal is the large cash acquisition of Sun City-area medical office buildings by a Scottsdale-based investor, a transaction that conveys mor...Read More