HomeSmart, Metro Phoenix Real Estate
Charles SantAngelo, MBA
Hoping to reach more people, Phoenix nonprofit Homeowners Financial Care Fund has changed its name.
The group that pays mortgages or rent payments for people when a sick child prevents parents from working has dropped Homeowners Financial from its name and now goes by simply Care Fund.
For full article see: http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2013/09/25/homeowners-financial-care-fund-changes.html?iana=ind_rre
The Federal Reserve Bank’s decision to keep buying bonds had a predictable effect on mortgage rates that fell to their lowest level in nine weeks.
For full article see: http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/morning_call/2013/09/mortgage-rates-fall-as-fed-continues.html?iana=ind_rre
The chronic supply shortage that has had a stronghold on the metro Phoenix housing market this past year is finally loosening its grip and may return to a state of normalcy by year end, according to the latest Arizona State Univesity report released Friday.
For full article see: http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2013/10/04/supply-shortage-in-phoenix-housing.html?iana=ind_rre
It fits the bill of any other mansion that’s usually in the eight-figure price range. The home is located on a 5-acre hillside property in Desert Mountain, north of major cross streets Loan Mountain and Cave Creek roads. It features six bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, 10 fireplaces, 12-car garage, 16-seat movie theater with its own popcorn/concession stand, 700-bottle wine cellar and, of course, an elevator.
For full article see: http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/business/2013/10/go-inside-the-89-million-scottsdale.html?iana=ind_rre
A California man was sentenced this week to five years in prison for his involvement in a scam in which many Arizona Latinos lost their homes.
For full article see: http://www.azcentral.com/business/realestate/articles/20130807california-man-prison-arizona-housing-scheme.html
Question: We purchased a home in Tempe from an investor who had purchased the home at foreclosure, and then fixed up the home. In the purchase contract, there was attached an “as is” addendum and also language stating that we waived the seller’s property disclosure statement. Almost immediately after we purchased the home, we discovered problems with the air-conditioning. When we were complaining to our next-door neighbors about the air-conditioning, the wife said that the investor told her that he did not have the money to properly fix the air-conditioning. If our home was sold to us as is, and we waived the seller’s property disclosure statement, could we still have a claim against the investor if the investor failed to disclose the known failure to fix the air-conditioning?
See the answer at: http://www.azcentral.com/business/realestate/articles/20130808seller-home-liable-defect.html
The U.S. is on track to end the year with the fewest homes repossessed by lenders in six years, a trend that should help limit the negative impact foreclosures have on home values.
For full article see: http://www.azcentral.com/business/realestate/free/20130815us-home-foreclosures-track-year-low.html
The Phoenix brownstone mansion project Chateau on Central has been a magnet of attention in its short life. It’s had its detractors, but now it has a major new homebuyer and potentially new momentum.
For full article see: http://www.azcentral.com/business/realestate/articles/20130822chateau-central-sells-million.html
Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy U.S. homes in July, but the level stayed close to a 6 ½-year high. The modest decline suggests higher mortgage rates have yet to slow sales sharply. The National Association of Realtors says its seasonally adjusted index for pending home sales declined 1.3 percent to 109.5. That’s close to May’s reading of 111.3, the highest since December 2006
For full article see: http://www.azcentral.com/business/realestate/free/20130828pending-sales-us-homes-slip-remain-solid.html
