Chuck Willman - NewHouse Utah

  A thousand miles. A thousand gifts. A thousand smiles. It began in earnest a few months ago. My son made contact, through the boy scouts, with the Mesa Rotary club. For the past quarter century they've been bringing Christmas to orphanages in Guaymas, Mexico. When he asked what he could do to ...

What creates a community? I suppose we could say time. By accident we tend to stumble into each other’s paths sufficient to create some sort of relationship. I think it’s more than that. We become a community when we share a common bond. It may come through following the common path of witnessin...

It's here!   Gilbert Days 2008! Beginning 9 a.m. Saturday November 15, downtown Gilbert will be awash in small town fun and festivities. It all begins with a parade route that travels down Gilbert road from Juniper to the Town Square. Then it's on to the Gilbert Municipal Center (South of Warner ...

You can't leaf through business weeklies without finding a list proclaiming which city or state has the best this-or-that. So I often take such information with a grain of salt. However, I *am* quite pleased that Business Week came out with their list of "best places to raise your kids" ... main...

Right now I'm seeing the same type of client in larger numbers: This is the season of the First Time Home Buyer. Much of the time, this is anecdotal information. By this, I mean to say, that sometimes the trends I notice can be unique to me as opposed to being experienced by real estate agents i...

Q. Why did the home-buyer cross the road? A. To get a better loan. ****** Lately I’ve been working with a larger number of people who are crossing the border of Gilbert and Mesa into the town of Queen Creek. It’s amazing what happens when you cross the road: Homes cost less – and there’s a rural ...

I was showing pre-foreclosure property to a client recently when she asked a very good question, "how as-is is it?" When one purchases a resale home, one has the opportunity to request repairs and see if the seller is willing to make them. Bank-owned properties are somewhat different in this rega...

Real Estate nerd that I am, I've spent quite a bit of time watching zoning hearings regarding the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. This is the area that includes the old Williams Air Force Base and the nearby General Motors Proving Grounds. As the Valley of the Sun has continued to grow in size- the...

Maybe you know families like this. It's a family of teachers, soldiers or firefighters. There's something in their blood that answers the call to serve the public. With several relatives on the force, it probably came to little surprise that Shane would become a policeman. *** A few days ago my ...

It was 79 years ago today. Black Tuesday. The Stock Market crash. The end of the roaring twenties. The market had surged for so long... and the correction was grueling. We've had our own stock market surge. You can't read the financial papers without seeing people compare our current situation to...