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Local luxury market begins to heal

Although still highly-dependent on their specific Valley location, luxury homes in the Valley have seen values stabilize and increase over the past year. At UrbBurb we’ve seen solid sales and price increases in many of the higher-profile and …

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Forecasting the real estate trends for 2013

Here at UrbBurb we have a in-tune finger on the pulse of the local real estate market. We’ve been through the market “downs” when we moved here in 1993 after the S&L crisis of the late 80′s which …

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California Dreamin’….ehhh – not so much

U.S. Census Bureau numbers show that Arizona is attracting a ton of transplants from California. While dreams of fast cars, movie stars amd warm beaches may never die, the day-day realism of expenses and real opportunity looks like …

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New home permits hot in Phoenix area

From New home permits soaring around Phoenix:

The continued surge in existing home prices and a tight supply of properties on the market throughout metro Phoenix has been causing …

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Historic designation of Wright house delayed again

The sage continues. The David and Gladys Wright home in Phoenix, which is in the middle of a fight to preserve it with a historic designation vs demolishing the structure to make way for a new home, has …

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Chandler airpark experiencing solid growth

Chandler and the airpark area is a solid bet for long-term growth considering it’s location, retail development, business development especially in the high-tech sector and stable demographic profile so it’s not surprising the Chandler Airpark area surround the …

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Queen Creek push for small lots signals future trend

Queen Creek is currently reviewing proposals from major home developers to significantly downsize the lot-size requirements for multiple residential parcels. With residential financing limited and the post-recession trend towards smaller…….everything…….Queen Creek will have to make the hard decision …

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Phoenix rated #1 hottest housing market

24/7 Wall St. recently rated the Phoenix area market as the #1 housing market in the nation. I’ll let them tell you why – 10 Cities with the hottest …

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Bounceback: tracking local market news

The local bounceback seems firmly in place with both housing and the local economy showing solid and consistent gains. This fall is looking to be another strong housing season in the Phoenix Metro Area and with the east-coast …

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Big price increases for Phoenix-area homes

Continuing on its path as the housing market turnaround king, CoreLogic has Metro Phoenix Area home prices recording a year-year price increase of 21.8% ending August. Prices were also up 1.4% from July-August this year.

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