- Home builders push to limit impact fee increasesThe Business Journal of Phoenix - by Mike Sunnucks
Home builders and real estate groups are forwarding a bill at the Arizona Legislature that would restrict cities' ability to raise existing taxes and impact fees on new homes.
The measure would keep city governments from rais...Posted on 2008-04-04
- Historic PV house needs buyer with visionby Peter Corbett
Elsa Rector is hoping that her historic Paradise Valley home does not become another teardown, wanted only for the land on which it sits.
She and her husband, Fred, have lived in the home on 1.67 acres northwest of McDonald Drive and Invergordon Road for a dec...Posted on 2008-04-04
- Foreclosures force HOAs to cut corners on upkeepEdythe Jensen - The Arizona Republic
Homeowners associations strapped by unpaid assessments related to the foreclosure-ridden real-estate market are mustering volunteer work crews, cutting maintenance jobs and scrimping on landscaping to save money.
Phoenix, Chandler and Avonda...Posted on 2008-04-03
- Phoenix affordable homes rise from the ashes of boiler houseA DEVELOPMENT of 47 new affordable homes on a well-known Thamesmead site has just been completed wuth a topping out ceremony.
The old boiler house site in Poplar Place, formerly part of the now discontinued community heating scheme, has been transformed into Phoenix Point, a mixture of th...Posted on 2008-04-03
- Residents arrive at luxury Tempe condosby William Hermann
Cheryl Hornyan loved her big house in south Tempe but says she's already fallen hard for a less-square-footage but "really fun, exciting lifestyle in the middle of everything" luxury condo in north Tempe.
Cheryl and husband Robert are selling their 3,500-squ...Posted on 2008-04-03
- State of the CityCasa Grande has gotten a bit of a breather with the crash of home construction, but continues to plan for the renewed growth city officials know will eventually come.
"We've approved the sewer master plan, which will help us as new development comes in to have the infrastructure availa...Posted on 2008-04-02
- Biltmore Estates home sells for $3.2 millionA neurosurgeon, an award-winning theater producer, the executive vice president and chief operating officer of U.S. Airways and a Scottsdale real estate broker are among the buyers and sellers in this week's priciest home sales.
$3,200,000
Dr. James J. Lynch and his wife, C...Posted on 2008-04-01
- Light rail line brings new development in TempeWhile much of the country is experiencing an epic stalling of the housing economy, a new development is beginning construction along Tempe's light rail line.
Equinox, a 408-unit apartment home property on Apache and McClintock, will open next year. Beyond placing residents on the light ra...Posted on 2008-04-01
- Scottsdale Flex Building Sells for $2.8MA flex building in the McDowell Mountain Business Center in Scottsdale, AZ, has sold after more than two years in escrow.
Five Peaks Management LLC acquired the property last month from Pavo Holdings LLC for $2.8 million, or about $144 per square foot. The two-story, 19,541-square-foot b...Posted on 2008-04-01
- Careful planning vital on I-10 bypassThe State Transportation Board should continue its studies of building highway bypasses that would siphon traffic from Interstate 10 through Tucson. Whether the bypasses actually become asphalt will be a public-policy decision and these studies will be its foundation.
The board is taking...Posted on 2008-03-30
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