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Publisher’s Letter
September 12, 2017
Tricia Covert Publisher, Arizona Journal of Real Estate & Business What defines a luxury home — price, square footage, design or the lifestyle it can provide? The answer may be different depending on who you ask. It’s a topic that continues to be reexamined as we look to the largest generations, baby boomers and millennials,… Read more
Market Summary
August 23, 2017
Michael Orr Founder and Owner, Cromford Report Below is a ranking table for the 41 cities. The overall market is seeing a strong increase from $80 to almost $144 per sq. ft. This shows home prices below $200,000 and sees them jumping from $57 to $105. This shows homes priced between… Read more
Choosing the Correct Business Entity
August 23, 2017
Christopher J. Charles, Esq. Partner, Provident Law Co-writer Andy Anderson, Esq. Attorney, Provident Law Societies have conceived new business structures since time immemorial. Fundamentally, joining together with business partners spreads the demands of capital and limits risk. Italians made family firms, compagnia,… Read more
Design Trends For The Residential Market
August 23, 2017
Sandy Gordon, FASID, LEED AP Past Chair National Board of Directors 2017 National Association of Interior Designers “There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home” according to Rosalynn Carter (former first lady). Home is both where and how we live. It is place for learning, healing and playing. It is… Read more
The Seven C’s Of Settlement
August 23, 2017
David Allen Partner, Jayburg & Wilk Many people, particularly those who have never experienced first-hand what it is like to be a party to litigation, are quick to threaten to file a lawsuit at the first sign of a business dispute. However, as most lawyers and experienced litigants will readily tell such… Read more
National New Home Construction
August 23, 2017
Granger MacDonald National Association of Home Builders Against a backdrop of modest economic growth, the U.S. housing market is on target to produce about 1.2 million new units — 855,000 single-family and 379,000 multifamily — this year as it continues its slow recovery from the depths of the Great Recession. At present,… Read more
Valley Of The Sun: A New Home Market Leader
August 23, 2017
Gregory Burger RL Brown Reports There has been a great amount of focus on resale housing; however, the new home market has gained substantial momentum over the last few years. Today, there are approximately 147 builders and 752 subdivisions offering more than 4000 different floor plans valley wide. These plans include attached for… Read more
Words From Sharon Wolcott, Mayor of Surprise
August 23, 2017
Mayor of Surprise Surprise is an active community of more than130,000 residents who enjoy new housing,incredible retail and restaurants, and award winning recreational amenities – including a Spring Training baseball stadium, one of the largest municipal tennis complexes in the country, and nearly 30 thousand acres of hiking trails at White Tank Mountain. Surprise… Read more
Words From Steve Watson, Maricopa County School Superintendent
August 7, 2017
Steve Watson Maricopa County School Superintendent In 2008, Google pulled out of Phoenix. Rumors circulated that it was due to a lack of qualified engineers. Whether this was true or not, it signaled a wave of deep concern about the quality of education in our communities. In 2011, former Intel CEO Craig Barrett… Read more
A Message From Secretary of State, Michele Reagan
August 7, 2017
Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan I would have thought the house on the corner of my street would have sold overnight. Yet the,“I’M GOURGEOUS INSIDE” rider has been up for weeks. Every couple of days I’ll see a car or two out front with potential buyers checking out the house with… Read more