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If you’re an eligible federal employee or qualified military personnel, you have 3 weeks from this Saturday to use the federal home buyer tax credit, and to claim up to $8,000 in federal income tax credits. According to the IRS, eligible persons include members and spouses of the uniformed servic...
04/08/2011
On a seasonally-adjusted basis, the Pending Home Sales Index rose 2 percent last month, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. A “pending home sale” is defined as a home under contract to sell, but not yet closed. February’s Pending Home Sales Index rebound breaks a 2-month losing st...
03/29/2011
As home owner after home owner loses their home to foreclosure or Short Sale, it is hard to see positives in today's Real Estate Market here in Scottsdale, but, not everyone is losing money. Many landlords are finding the rental market stronger than ever and a great place to make money. It's a cl...
03/25/2011
Single-family housing starts plunged unexpectedly last month. Nationwide, starts fell 12 percent from the month prior; and 29 percent from February of last year. February’s figures represents the worst 1-month drop in housing starts since May 2010 — the month that followed the expiration of last ...
03/21/2011
  This weekend marks the 41st annual Scottsdale Arts Festival. From Today, March 11th through Sunday, March 13, Scottsdale will again play host to one of the most popular and well respected art festivals in the country. There are a ton of activities for the whole family to enjoy including seeing...
03/11/2011
Beginning April 1, 2011, Fannie Mae is increasing its loan-level pricing adjustments. Conforming mortgage applicants in Arizona should plan for higher loan costs in the months ahead. If you’ve never heard of loan-level pricing adjustments, you’re not alone; they’re an obscure mortgage pricing met...
03/10/2011
Scottsdale Quarter is a $270 million mixed-use project on 28 acres at the southeast corner of Scottsdale Road and Greenway-Hayden Loop, east of Kierland Commons. When complete, the development's three phases will total about 1.2 million square feet of retail, restaurant, entertainment and office ...
03/08/2011
For the third time in 12 months, the FHA is changing its mortgage insurance costs. Effective for all FHA case numbers assigned on, or after, April 18, 2011, annual mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) will increase 25 basis points. The change will add $250 to an FHA-insured homeowner’s annual loan c...
03/04/2011
Last week, Standard & Poor’s released its Case-Shiller Index for December 2010. The index is a home valuation tracker, meant to meausure the change in home prices from one period to the next. December’s Case-Shiller Index showed major devaluations nationwide. As compared to December 2009, on a ye...
03/02/2011
After a strong run to close out 2010, the market for home resales softened a bit in January. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, the Pending Home Sales Index dropped 3 percent last month, and December’s figures were revised downward for a loss, too, according to the National Association of REALTORS®....
03/01/2011
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