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Fewer homes are for sale in Phoenix area; prices up 57 commentsby Catherine Reagor - Mar. 27, 2012 10:48 PMThe Republic | azcentral.com   A surge in buyers and a drop in foreclosures have left a shortage of houses for sale in metro Phoenix, according to a newly released report on the state of th...
04/06/2012
Housing market at center of mortgage crisis is blooming again   By Lisa Desjardins, CNN Radio updated 4:30 PM EDT, Sat March 17, 2012 Tim Woodward and Susan Rust put a contract on their home the day it hit the market. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Phoenix housing market turning ...
04/06/2012
Experts Expect to See Broad Improvements, Home Prices to Rise in 2013 03/28/2012 By: Esther Cho Enter your email to receive Daily Email Updates: The Urban Land Institute released its Real Estate Consensus Forecast Wednesday morning, and overall, the 38 real estate economists and analysts surveyed...
04/02/2012
The U.S. Cities Where Buying Beats Renting A Home       0 comments, 0 called-out + Comment now   + Comment now see photosAP Click for full photo gallery: 10 U.S. Cities Where Buying Beats Renting Wondering whether to renew that rental lease or take the plunge and finally buy a place? Well if you ...
04/02/2012
Have you ever had a service company to your home to repair something and find out that it really wasn't "broken"? It probably conjured up ambivalent feelings of joy that it wasn't something serious and frustration that you had to pay a service call for something so simple. Before you call the rep...
04/02/2012
4 Steps to Buying a Home With Bad Credit By T L Lains So, you have decided that 2012 will be the year that you will stop renting and take advantage of this current market of low priced homes and low interest rates? Buying a home with average to poor credit requires you to first do four things. 1...
03/27/2012
What's Ahead for Home Prices in 2012 The bleeding is just about over. But don't expect a speedy recovery. By Pat Mertz Esswein, Associate Editor From Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, January 2012     Text Size T T Comments Email This Article Share This S...
03/27/2012
PHOENIX - Home sales are up across the valley. But many families looking for affordable places to live are getting squeezed out as more and more investors move in. Investors are taking advantage of foreclosed homes and short sales, paying cash. But regular buyers -- the ones who need a mortgage -...
03/25/2012
The decline in home values and the lethargic housing market are coming to an end in Phoenix, and where Phoenix goes, the rest of Arizona will follow, says an Arizona State University real estate expert. "In greater Phoenix, the worst is definitely over," said Michael Orr, director of the Center f...
03/25/2012
Stage it Green Using the 4C’sOn March 12, 2012, in Staging Tips, by barbschwarz ....Share|By Barb Schwarz, Stagedhomes.com Staging a home for sale involves a number of key things to do and here are four of my top things. I call them the “4 C’s” in home staging (and they’re considered “green stagi...
03/19/2012
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