Arizona Real Estate

The homeownership tax credit that the federal government created earlier this year is a hard-won tool at your disposal to encourage your customers to jump off the fence and get into the home buying market. When you combine the tax credit with today’s continuing low interest rates, large selection of for-sale inventory, and low home ...

Good news in market gone badForeclosures and pre-foreclosures were up across metropolitan Phoenix in September. It's the expected bad news in the midst of the financial- and housing-market meltdowns.But home sales were up across the Valley last month, an unexpected piece of good news. According to Realtor Mike Orr's analysis of Arizona ...

  IS MY MONEY SAFE -- ?????? When IndyMac bank failed this summer, the lines of nervous account holders trying to withdraw their money made headlines everywhere. But that was an anomaly. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has taken over ten other banks this year without incident. If you are worried about the safety of your money ...

                                    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 ...

  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 sales overall dipped just 4 percent to 345. That is according to the monthly report ...

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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 mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. If the bill is now passed by the Senate and signed ...

  www.FindTheValueNow.com    JUST IN: OFHEO  sees Fannie and Freddie conforming home sale prices down only .3% in May After the gloom in the media and on Wall Street about housing values, someone forgot to check the stats! st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Recently there have been a lot of stories about ...

  Rates could rise on Freddie, Fannie woesIf your mortgage is owned by agencies, though, don't panicCHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Get ready to see mortgage rates rise somewhat as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are buffeted by turmoil, but don't sweat it if you have an existing mortgage that may be owned by the agencies, industry observers ...

Hot Market: Phoenix Provides Lesson in Real Estate Trends by M. Anthony CarrThe Phoenix real estate market is beginning to show signs of life again. Jay Butler, director of Realty Studies in the Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness at Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus, says as the prices have dipped to 2005 levels, April ...