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2008
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Finding out solid information about environmental quality issues can be a very time-consuming and frustrating task--and sometimes it is a fruitless endeavor. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has been working hard to make their web site very consumer-friendly...and they've been suc...
09/19/2008
So you want to put a solar panel on your home to save on your electric bill, but the cost seems to outweigh the benefit. Believe it or not, your local power company may be willing to subsidize your solar project! In the Tucson area, TEP (Tucson Electric Power) has SunShare for both residential a...
09/18/2008
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Lead. We all know it is a hazard, but dealing with it can be expensive. In many areas, the homes most likely to have lead problems can also be the ones rented or purchased by people of modest means. Problem - what can someone of limited income do if they are concerned about lead in their home? ...
09/18/2008
Tucson is home to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, one of the largest employers in Southern Arizona and a huge slice of the economic pie. The origins of the base can be traced to the earliest days of civil aviation when the City of Tucson acquired acreage for a landing strip, southeast of town. 19...
09/16/2008
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After seeing what this free software did with the photographs I shot of a home's outside & inside (Home Tour Results), I started to wonder what it would do with landscape photos? Some clients of mine are thrilled to death with their 10 acres of beautiful desert to build their retirement home on, ...
09/12/2008
The Rancho Sahuarita community south of Tucson is one of the fastest growing areas of the Tucson Metro, and has consistently ranked as one of the top planned communities in the country. With home sales outpacing that of the rest of Pima County, it is no wonder that businesses are flocking to the...
09/12/2008
A friend of mine, Mike Jones (mortgage broker extraordinaire & all around good guy), found a great nugget of wisdom in the form of a comment on his blog. I am borrowing it because John Morgan summed up the action that those who are "on the fence" about investing in today's market should heed. ...
09/10/2008
Pro-Down Payment Assistance (DPA) legislation got a boost from HUD Secretary Steve Preston and Congressman Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. Apparently Chairman Frank and Secretary Preston reached an accord that will allow seller-funded gifts to be applied towards ...
09/09/2008
Need help coming up with a downpayment on a new home? In Tucson, public grant money is all but used up for the year. Family Housing Resources announced today that down payment assistance programs (DPA) funded through FHA, Chicanos Por La Causa and Old Pueblo Community Foundation are suspending ...
09/08/2008
This morning, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced the expected government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Executives in both companies were given their walking papers in the move, with former Merrill Lynch vice chairman Herb Allison taking over the reigns at Fannie Mae, and former...
09/07/2008
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