FHA limit change may help some Valley homebuyers Some Valley homebuyers may get the boost they need to qualify for a mortgage, following a government decision Wednesday to hike the limits for loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration. The new
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Although home sales in most of the southwest Valley declined from July 2006 to July 2007, there is confidence among real-estate and housing experts that the market is correcting itself and rebounding. "People are looking at the idea that the market
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Advising Buyers Purchasing Their First Rental Property and Becoming a Landlord When you are buying your first rental property and becoming a landlord, there is much to learn. How do I find tenants? What should I charge for rent? Should I update the places
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Positive July sales ease bite of credit WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes turned up and factory orders soared in July, suggesting the economy was on stable footing before a credit crunch took a turn for the worse. The Commerce Department reported Friday
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This article is from local economist Elliott Pollack's website. It is a letter from Elliott Pollack dated August 8, 2007 to editor of The Economist Magazine in response to a negative article about Phoenix in the July 26th 2007 edition of The Economist
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We found an interesting chart in CNNMoney that shows the foreclosure rates for the top 100 metro areas. The ranking is based on the number of foreclosure notices per every household. Phoenix comes in at number 22 with 1 foreclosure filing for every 74
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America's 100 fastest-growing suburbs . Gilbert Arizona The fastest-growing big suburb (with a population of 100,000 or more) is Gilbert, Ariz., outside Phoenix, which grew from 112,766 people to 191,517. The Phoenix area saw the greatest positive
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