Scottsdale AZ Mortgage Rates for November 26, 2008
Arizona Mortgage Rates for November 24, 2008
Tempe AZ Mortgage Rates for November 21, 2008
Chandler AZ Mortgage Rates For November 18, 2008
Phoenix AZ Mortgage Rates For November 14, 2008
Mesa AZ Mortgage Rates For November 12, 2008
Tempe AZ Mortgage Rates For November 11, 2008
Recent News Updates
Obama calls for swift tax cuts
5 January 2009 | 11:00 pm
President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy is ''bad and getting worse'' and embracing tax cuts now expected to reach $300 billion.
Gunshot residue dots boy's clothing
5 January 2009 | 11:00 pm
Clothing worn by a 9-year-old murder suspect in St. Johns tested positive for gunshot residue, but the significance of that evidence appears to be questionable.
Court sought to aid vets charged with crimes
5 January 2009 | 11:00 pm
Specialty court would offer veterans specialized services.
Arizona's homeownership rate falls to 70.4 percent
5 January 2009 | 5:22 pm
In mid- 2008, the most current figures available, Arizona's homeownership rate had dipped to 70.4 percent, according to Elliott D. Pollack & Co. The state's homeownership rate hit a high of 71.6 percent in early 2006. That, of course, was at the height of the housing boom. Befo...
Urban Land Arizona market forecast
2 January 2009 | 10:31 am
Housing, growth and development experts will give their prognosis for the market on Jan. 15th at Urban Land Institute’s Arizona Real Estate Trends conference. The event has become a must-go for people working in the real estate industry and others impacted by it. The conference sta...
Small signs of hope in housing market
31 December 2008 | 9:54 am
There's no doubt that 2008 will go down as one of the worst years for the Valley's real estate market. But the year is almost behind us, so let’s look ahead and focus on any signs of a recovery or at least that the market has hit bottom. Here are some new key indicators of the cur...
Phoenix housing analysts' foreclosure cure
29 December 2008 | 11:05 am
RL Brown, publisher of the Phoenix Housing Market Letter, has worked with his colleague Greg Burger to come up with a plan for what needs to happen to stem foreclosures. + Keeping homeowners in their homes … a near term moratorium for those facing imminent foreclosure and compete...
Metro Phoenix home building falls to a crawl
17 December 2008 | 8:49 am
Home building continues to slow across metropolitan Phoenix. There were only 295 new home permits issued Valleywide last month, according to an early count from by RL Brown's Phoenix Housing Market Letter. Lenders continue to resell foreclosure homes for bargain prices, which is m...
Arizona regulator on national bank task force
16 December 2008 | 9:35 am
Arizona Department of Financial Institutions Superintendent Felecia Rotellini has been appointed to a task force that will examine the nation's financial regulatory system. The Conference of State Bank Supervisors has pulled together a group to look into any moves made by Congress to regulate ...
Arizona Land Dept. auctioning Phoenix land Tuesday
15 December 2008 | 3:06 pm
The Arizona State Land Department is putting 737 acres in northwest Phoenix on the auction block tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. The land, near Interstate-17 and the Carefree highway, is zoned for single-family homes. But its part of the land that the City of Phoenix wants to preserve.
Obama's pick for HUD
15 December 2008 | 12:39 pm
President-Elect Barack Obama has made his pick for the new head of HUD. This choice isn’t garnering the attention of his pack picks, but the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will play a key role in the recovery of the housing market and economy. The $121 million in federa...
AZ Housing Dept. gets federal funds for foreclosure counseling
11 December 2008 | 9:43 am
Last week, the Arizona Department of Housing received $683,000 in federal funds to support more foreclosure prevention counseling. Anyone in Arizona facing foreclosure is encouraged to call the state's free (877)448-1211 helpline. This new funding, which is from the Housing and Economic Recove...
Valley resales and prices fall in November
10 December 2008 | 8:16 am
Valley resales fell in November to 3,370, compared to 4,465 in October, reports Arizona State University's Realty Studies. But the market is still up from last year when there were 2,580 existing home sales recorded in November. "The extremely weak economy is leading to mount...
10 Easy Questions!
