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Today’s Business Focus: Education and Communication
December 21, 2016
Tina Lapp President, Hondros College of Business 2016-2017 President, Real Estate Educators Association (REEA) Real estate has always been a dynamic, ever-changing industry essentially due to the primary drivers that navigate its direction: U.S. and state-level economics combined with the trends of population groups. Over the past two decades, the speed of change in… Read more
2017 Commercial Real Estate Outlook
December 21, 2016
Bob Mulhern Managing Director, Colliers International NAIOP Board Member The Greater Phoenix commercial real estate market is forecast to record another year of steady growth in 2017. This is a sign of the evolution of Greater Phoenix from a “boom and bust” culture to a more mature, stable market. Part of this transformation has… Read more
The 2017 Direction of Design
December 21, 2016
Ben Meyer Director, Commercial Architecture and Design 3rd story With the election of a new U.S. president and the UK set to leave the European Union, 2017 looks to be a year of change laced with a degree of uncertainty on how these historic political events will affect the real estate industry. I arrived… Read more
Construction Industry Update
December 21, 2016
Jeff Fleetham Director, Registrar of Contractors In the state of Arizona, real estate agents are licensed to better protect the public; the same holds true for contractors. An individual working unlicensed as a real estate agent negatively impacts the livelihood of licensed agents, posing untold financial and safety risks for the public. Similarly, construction… Read more
Words from Jenn Daniels, Mayor of Gilbert
December 21, 2016
Jenn Daniels Gilbert Mayor Did you know in 2016, Gilbert was named the “Top Boom Town in America” by realtor.com? Gilbert is shedding the image of a bedroom community and is becoming a vibrant, attractive destination in the East Valley for residents, visitors and businesses as well. Currently, the vacancy rate for Gilbert’s 26.6… Read more
Eliminate or Reduce Arizona and IRS taxes
December 21, 2016
Lin Leclair, EA President, National Association of Tax Professionals, Arizona Chapter Two new tax laws signed into legislation in 2016 by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey increased and expanded Arizona’s “dollar for dollar” tax credits. This allows many Arizona residents to significantly reduce or even eliminate the normal income taxes that they would pay to… Read more
Civil Remedies and the Commercial Lease
December 21, 2016
Christopher J. Charles, Esq. Founder, Provident Law Just like the ancient feudal lords, commercial landlords today have considerable rights and remedies if a tenant defaults. Two chief examples include the non-judicial lockout and pre-judgment provisional remedies. Fortunately, provisional remedies are rarely needed because the mere threat of enforcement generally accomplishes the landlord’s goals. Commercial… Read more
2017: Phoenix Market Leads the Nation
December 21, 2016
Jonathan Smoke Chief Economist, realtor.com Despite a more moderate housing market overall in 2017, strong local economies and population growth will continue to fuel the nation’s top markets. The realtor.com® 2017 top 10 housing markets based on price and sales gains are: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Mass.-N.H. Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, Calif. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario,… Read more
Real Estate CrowdFunding
December 21, 2016
Nav Athwal Founder and CEO, RealtyShares Since the passage of the 2012 JOBS Act, real estate crowdfunding has become one of the fastest-growing segments of the crowdfunding industry. According to research from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, U.S. investors used crowdfunding platforms to invest $484 million into real estate deals in 2015… Read more
Market Summary
December 21, 2016
Michael Orr Journal Columnist Founder and Owner, Cromford® Report Each month in 2017, I will be creating a chart to illustrate how the Greater Phoenix housing market is changing. At the end of each quarter, I will then provide a written market summary of that quarter and how it compared to twelve months… Read more