Pecans or homes? Homes, but a long way off
Richard and Nan Walden, owners of Green Valley Pecans South of Tucson./:ohn W. Miller By Joe Ferguson | Arizona Daily Star The Sahuarita Town Council has signed off on a plan to eventually turn roughly...
View ArticleBuyers snapping up units in Sun City’s last new-home development
Four Seasons at the Manor By Jeff Grant | YourWestValley.com (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents K. Hovnanian Homes.) Dennis Murrin knew what he wanted. The 61-year-old from New York’s Long Island,...
View ArticleShea Homes shows new Ambition with new Mesa community
Shea Homes shows new Ambition with new Mesa community By AZ Business Magazine Shea Homes Arizona broke ground on model homes in Mesa in late September, with the community opening to the public in early...
View ArticleMaracay mans shovels to kick off 343-homesite, 5-community undertaking north...
Photo by Tucson photographer Martha Lochert. AZBIGMEDIA (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Maracay Homes.) Construction is underway on Maracay Homes’ newest residential community, Center Pointe...
View ArticleYuk! Another foreclosure crisis
The movie “99 Homes” deals with the misery of foreclosures. By Diana Olick | CNBC New foreclosures may be back to nearly normal, but the mess from the epic housing disaster in the last decade is far...
View Article$5M+ Deals – $47M Chandler apartments; $15M Peoria commercial
Below are the deals that closed Wednesday, October 14, 2015 in Maricopa County over $5M according to the Maricopa County Recorder. Rose Law Group Reporter has not independently verified these...
View Article$5M+ Deals – $70M in 2 apartment deals; $13M in 2 commercial deals
Below are the deals that closed Thursday, October 15, 2015 in Maricopa County over $5M according to the Maricopa County Recorder. Rose Law Group Reporter has not independently verified these...
View Article[GUEST COLUMN] Developer says Chandler handicaps Price Corridor growth
Intel Ocotillo campus By David Allred | The Arizona Republic (Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are posted for discussion purposes only.) As the developer of the most square footage in the Price Road...
View ArticleThe good and bad news about home affordability
By Hal M. Bundrick | Nerd Wallet Home affordability, as measured by the National Association of Realtors Housing Affordability Index, has taken an incremental turn for the better. That means it may be...
View ArticleComputer vetting ordered in alleged skullduggery against Zillow
Daily Real Estate News A Seattle judge has ordered a neutral, independent forensic analysis of employee computers at Zillow, appearing to bolster allegations that the company stole trade secrets from...
View ArticleSeptember home sales broke post-crisis records
Ben Lane | HousingWire Following a summer that was hot in both temperature and in real estate, home sales expectedly cooled off a little in September, but still set a post-crisis record for completed...
View ArticleSurprise paves way for Sycamore Farms development
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Plans have been approved by the City of Surprise for KB Homes to build 78 single-family residences on 13.3 acres south of Cactus Road between Loop 303...
View Article$5M+ Deals – Toll Brothers buys 14 acres of Fountain Hills land; $14M Phoenix...
Below are the deals that closed Friday, October 16, 2015 in Maricopa County over $5M according to the Maricopa County Recorder. Rose Law Group Reporter has not independently verified these...
View ArticleFormer Merv Griffen dude ranch transposed into gated community
A rendering of the terrace of Trilogy at Wickenburg Ranch during the nighttime. :Photo- Shea Homes By Gremlyn Waddell | The Arizona Republic If you’re feeling it’s time to take your home search in a...
View ArticlePlat expiring in Pinal? New and different extension policy
By Jennifer Hall, Rose Law Group senior planner During last Thursday’s Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission Hearing (10/15/15), one of the planning manager discussion items was the...
View ArticleThe type of city manager you should hire, West Valley officials tell Glendale
The Arizona Republic Glendale will soon hire a city manager after eight months with an interim leader after Brenda Fischer resigned in February. This week’s question: The city manager is a key position...
View Article‘Congestion:’ Mesa Mayor worried about infrastructure
KTAR One the largest problems facing a Phoenix suburb in the next five years is its infrastructure, the city’s mayor said Monday ahead of a global conference. Speaking to the Huffington Post ahead of...
View ArticleHomebuilders happier than a kid in a candy store
By Diana Olick | CNBC U.S. homebuilders have not felt this good about their business in a decade. Sentiment jumped 3 points in October to a level of 64 on the National Association of Home...
View ArticleBankers say mortgage originations will shrink 2016-17
By Brena Swanson | HousingWire For those who believe the market for mortgage originations is growing at a healthy clip, the Mortgage Bankers Association just shared some bad news. During a press...
View ArticleWhy the Fed might not raise rates next year
By Patti Domm | CNBC With Wall Street doubting the Fed’s willingness to hike interest rates this year, Deutsche Bank’s chief U.S. economist said he does not have a lot of confidence the Fed will even...
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