November 2006 - Posts
Home Rental Scam Alert According to a story posted on Channel 3's azfamily.com, a man is purporting to rent listed homes to unsuspecting third parties. The man, who has been identifying himself as "Steven" shows "rental" properties
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Experts believe worst of housing bust over: WSJ survey By Gabriel Madway Last Update: 2:37 PM ET Nov 20, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Nearly two-thirds of the economists polled in the Wall Street Journal's latest forecasting survey believe
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Obstacles unlikely to stop sprawl to Prescott Metropolitan Phoenix's onward growth could soon cut a swath down the middle of Arizona. Phoenix and Tucson connecting is no surprise. But for the first time, planners say the Valley's population could
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.... The growth is now starting in the North Valley along the Carefree Highway and north on US 60 north of Bell Road to Wittman and Wickenburg. Future estimates are suggesting growth all the way to Prescott in Yavapai County. Here we Grow Again. Roger
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Home resale market up last month in Valley but off from a year ago The Valley's single-family home-resale market clicked higher in October though sales are well off from last year's frenzy. There were 4,985 sales in October, up slightly from 4,875
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Arizona will continue to add jobs at a healthy clip through 2007 but not at the gangbuster levels seen in 2005. Economists generally agree on that point. What they disagree on is how much the rate of job growth will slow during the next year and a half.
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Phoenix has been ranked No. 1 in a new study of best relocation destinations. The Retirement Solutions Foundation, a group run by personal-finance author Jane White, looked at several factors in devising the list such as local economic strength, employment,
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Arizona held the No. 2 spot for job growth among states in July behind Nevada, according to the Blue Chip Job Growth Update released Tuesday. The number of jobs increased to 2.58 million in July compared with 2.47 million in July 2005, when Arizona also
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Asking prices in the Phoenix area have dropped about 25% this year. Existing single-family home sales tumbled 34% in the first nine months of the year compared with the same period last year, and condo sales were off 24%. Construction permits for single-family
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