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Real Estate Predictions for 2009 2009 is likely to be a year of continuing adjustment to a changing real estate marketplace. Prepare yourself and your business with these predictions from HGTV’s FrontDoor.com Web site. Sellers will continue to face
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30-Year Rates at Lowest in 4 Years Freddie Mac reports a decline in the 30-year fixed mortgage rate to 5.47 percent during the week ended Dec. 11 from 5.53 percent last week and 6.11 percent a year ago. Some lenders are locking in even lower rates as
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Low-rate mortgage plan generates hope Valley would benefit, analysts say Home builders and industry analysts say a proposal to offer federally subsidized mortgage rates as low as 4.5 percent could go a long way toward reviving the Valley's decimated
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There seems to be this big green movement going on. Everywhere you look, something is either “green”, “eco friendly” or environmentally friendly. If you haven’t got in on the big green movement or even if you have, this is
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Existing home sales in the Valley jumped a staggering 70 percent last month compared with September 2007, overshadowing a 5.5 percent increase in national home resales for the same period. Home resales in Maricopa and Pinal counties rose to 5,749 units
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Anyone looking for advice on how to close a deal in a tough market might get some inspiration from William Bronchick and Ray Cooper, authors of How To Sell A House Fast In A Slow Real Estate Market (2008: John A. Wiley & Sons). Here are some of their
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PARADISE VALLEY In the Phoenix suburbs, a five-bedroom home with a large yard and swimming pool attracted a handful of prospective buyers on a recent weekend afternoon, lured by a reduced price tag and desert mountain views. As he wandered out to the
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, whose loans remain one of the few no-down-payment options in this tight market, have made more than 162,000 home loan guaranties this year, an increase of more than 31 percent over the same period last year. The
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Foreclosure sales and deals on the city's more-affordable homes are helping to keep the Scottsdale housing market going, according to the latest sales figures. Foreclosure sales in Scottsdale in August more than doubled from a year ago, while home
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Arizona Family Fun Times in the Sunshine We just put a nice family from Canada in the Vista at Fireside at Norterra... Models Home In This Neighborhood Midnight Starting from $260,490 3 Bedrooms / 2 Bathrooms Sunset Starting from $270,490 3 Bedrooms /
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I just found this Article - I thought I would share it.... ~~~~~~` Enjoy Candice In October 2005, David Raimondi put his 100-year-old Allendale, N.J., house and barn on the market, asking $525,000. It’s been almost three years, and the property
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The legislation - likely to be enacted soon - devotes $300 billion to helping troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure. The House on Wednesday passed a $300 billion housing rescue bill aimed at helping troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure and supporting
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Cave Creek Cave Creek is a former mining and ranching town just west of Carefree in northern Maricopa County. The town was incorporated in 1986; its population jumped more than 27% between 1990 and 2000, and today is put at close to 4,000. Because it
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Rates could rise on Freddie, Fannie woes If your mortgage is owned by agencies, though, don't panic CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Get ready to see mortgage rates rise somewhat as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are buffeted by turmoil, but don't sweat it
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Arizona Home Buyers' and Renters' Bill of Rights (A resource for all real estate consumers) THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE, IN COOPERATION WITH INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC, CREATED THIS “BILL OF RIGHTS” TO HELP EDUCATE
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