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My sons' shortened soccer season is ending on a good note

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My son's shortened soccer season is ending on a good note. His soccer season didn't start this year until December 2009 because he decided to try tackle football for the first time this last fall. Typically he would play club soccer starting in August, and it would go through March. This year ...

02/27/2010

7th Annual Chandler Classic Car and Hot Rod Show

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Come to the 7th Annual Chandler Classic Car and Hot Rod Show. The show is FREE to the public, and will feature over 200 classic cars and hot rods, as well as arts and craft vendors and a kids' area. There will be three classic-rock bands performing throughout the event, Star, Panhead Ronnie, an...

02/26/2010

Are there small signs of hope that the Arizona housing market is recovering?

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Are there small signs of hope that the Arizona housing market is recovering? According to ASU professor Karl Guntermann, Arizona State University's Repeat Sales Index is showing shimmers of hope. For the first time in nearly three years, preliminary data shows that the annual rate of decline fo...

02/26/2010

Arizona are you ready for the proposed foreclosure bills?

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Arizona are you ready for the proposed foreclosure bills? Here is what Arizona Democrats have introduced to legislation to help with the state's foreclosure crisis, as well as to try and protect homeowners: HB2715 - This bill would give homeowners facing foreclosure an extra 60 days to work out...

02/25/2010

The FHA has tightened it's lending requirements

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FHA has tightened it's lending requirements in order to maintain their capital reserves and manage risk better. Here is what a recent article in Realtor Magazine had to say. They are raising the upfront mortgage insurance premium (effective April 5th), increasing the minimum down payment for so...

02/23/2010

Part of $1.5 Billion in housing aid coming to Arizona

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Part of $1.5 Billion in housing aid is coming to Arizona. As of last Friday, President Barack Obama announced that five states that have been hit hardest with home foreclosures will split the $1.5 billion in a new federal program. In addition to Arizona, which has seen home prices drop 50 perc...

02/21/2010

The Top 10 new trends in new homes

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The Top 10 new trends in new homes The top 10 new trend in new homes according to the International Builders' show in Las Vegas. According to Heather McCune, director of marketing for Basenian Lagoni Architects, homebuyers are looking for authenticity. They want cost-effective architecture and...

02/21/2010

Phoenix Metropolitan notice of trustee sales improving

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The Phoenix Metropolitan number of "notice of trustee sales" is improving. In January, lenders filed 6,762 pre-foreclosure notices, or notice of trustee sales, to valley homeowners who were behind on their mortgage payments. This number was the first time filings fell below 7,000 since November...

02/11/2010

Phoenix Area homeowners are searching for ways to survive the housing crash

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Phoenix Area homeowners are searching for ways to survive the housing crash. Homeowners throughout metropolitan phoenix collectively have lost billions of dollars since home values have fallen as much as 50 percent from 2007 values. Those homeowners that remain in their homes, and have not lost...

02/11/2010

Migration stats for Arizona and other high and low ranking states

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Have you ever wondered how many people are coming, or leaving your state on a yearly basis? I just read this information in an article, and discovered that Arizona was ranked number 5 overall from 2007-2008, with a net gain of 20,300 households. Where did most of these people come from? They c...

02/09/2010