by Bryan Watkins | Apr 21, 2020
Instead of Catering to Travelers, Many Now Serve Locals By Stephanie Ricca Hotel News Now, April 15, 2020 | 10:12 A.M Courtesy of Costar.com While the coronavirus pandemic is shutting down many hotels completely, some hoteliers are finding revenue, marketing and even...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Jul 23, 2018
Buy a home for 50% of the Bay Area price and 2x the size. Ask me how! LRA Real Estate can help you Discover your next...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Jul 7, 2018
Want a new idea to save money and reduce commute stress? Consider another option favored by Millennials: A recent survery found that Indeed.com has 275+ jobs posted along the light rail corridor in the Phoenix-Tempe-Mesa area. So, what does that mean for you? Of...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Feb 9, 2018
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by LRA Real Estate Group | Oct 4, 2014
Catherine Reagor, The Republic | azcentral.com September 26, 2014 In metro Phoenix’s housing market, there are the haves and have-nots, those homeowners who have equity and those who don’t. Anyone who bought a house or refinanced in the Valley between...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Dec 3, 2012
courtesy of Kristena Hansen Reporter- Phoenix Business Journal After a seasonal slowdown during the scorching summer months, the metro Phoenix housing market was back on the upswing again in October with existing home prices up more than 34 percent year-over-year and...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Mar 13, 2012
Courtesy of Art Thomason – Mar. 9, 2012 The Republic | azcentral.com Mesa officials treated 50 developers to breakfast, inventive videos, a bus tour and Cactus League game as part of a six-hour sales pitch about investment opportunities in downtown Mesa. The...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Mar 13, 2012
Courtesy of Stephanie Snyder – Mar. 13, 2012 Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – There is a growing shortage of affordable housing in the country, and the situation is even more severe in Arizona, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. It...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Mar 13, 2012
Courtesy of BY NICK TIMIRAOS | March 12, 2012 PHOENIX—As home prices continue to drop in most cities, a nascent real-estate rebound here holds lessons for the rest of the country. This sprawling desert metropolis was one of the hardest hit housing markets during the...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Mar 13, 2012
Courtesy of Javier E. David, WSJ Optimism amongst small U.S. businesses rose to its highest level in more than four years in February, data released Tuesday showed, yet business owners remain concerned about future prospects. The National Federation of Independent...
by LRA Real Estate Group | May 29, 2011
Foreclosures selling faster here than in other areas by Catherine Reagor – May. 28, 2011 The Arizona Republic Metro Phoenix has a “shadow inventory” of nearly 100,000 homes, the kind that market watchers sometimes fear could flood the region’s...
by LRA Real Estate Group | May 19, 2011
by Catherine Reagor – May. 19, 2011 The Arizona Republic Metro Phoenix’s homebuilding market is on the second step of a five-phase recovery process, according to one of the nation’s top housing analysts. During a Wednesday Urban Land Institute panel...
by LRA Real Estate Group | May 8, 2011
by Betty Beard – May. 8 The Arizona Republic As the nation goes, so goes Arizona. The state’s rebound from the depths of recession is fundamentally bound to the recovery of the U.S. economy as a whole, according to Arizona State University...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Apr 5, 2011
April 05, 2011, 12:08 AM EDT By Hui-yong Yu April 5 (Bloomberg) — Office vacancies in the U.S. dropped for the first time in more than three years in the most recent quarter and rents climbed, signaling the market is beginning a recovery as the economy improves....
by LRA Real Estate Group | Apr 5, 2011
courtesy of the Wall Street Journal By A.D. PRUITT The amount of occupied office space in the U.S. continued to inch higher during the first quarter of 2011 as businesses slowly began to expand. Average effective rents, which include such benefits as free rent and...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Apr 5, 2011
Courtesy of Mortgage Orb Twenty-two percent of people with mortgages are having trouble making their payments, a new Harris Interactive poll finds. That number includes 7% who are having “a great deal of difficulty.” Twenty-one percent those with mortgages...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Feb 26, 2011
by Lisa Gibbs, Money Magazine Saturday, February 26, 2011 via Yahoo Finance When there was easy money to be made in real estate and stocks, mortgage debt seemed like nothing to fear. Now an increasing number of homeowners are wondering if it makes sense to hasten the...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Feb 26, 2011
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal The national housing market still seems shaky, but what about your area? The following yardsticks can help you gauge whether your neighborhood is poised for a comeback. Jobs. Some parts of the country were less affected by the...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Feb 12, 2011
Feb. 11, 2011 Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is laying out three broad options for overhauling the mortgage lending system, but will let Congress make the final decision. The Treasury Department says in a report released Friday that the...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Feb 5, 2011
Short Sale vs. Keep the Property? You decide! February 5, 2011 Bryan Watkins You have probably read articles from time to time of a person owning an investment home, and trying to decide whether to keep it or short sale the property. Well, here is a real example. You...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Feb 4, 2011
REAL ESTATE by AnnaMaria Andriotis, Wall Street Journal Once every homeowner’s answer to a cash shortfall, the ability to borrow against your home equity all but disappeared a few years ago right along with, well, home equity. But now, at a growing number of...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Feb 4, 2011
By BRETT ARENDS Wall Street Journal, 2/4/2011 View Full Image Associated PressHundreds of cars are were stranded on Lake Shore Drive earlier this week in Chicago. Will this drive boomers to live somewhere cheaper? It might. And that may also be a case for looking...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Feb 3, 2011
Jan. 31, 2011 Associated Press Arizona Republic WASHINGTON – A leading Republican lawmaker is asking regulators to explain why taxpayers have spent more than $160 million in legal fees to defend the giant mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and their...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Feb 3, 2011
by Megan Neighbor – Feb. 3, 2011 The Arizona Republic In a strategic move by its new ownership group to get a fresh financial start, the Arizona Biltmore, one of Phoenix’s oldest and most iconic resorts, has gone into bankruptcy. The resort’s...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Feb 3, 2011
S&P: Slower liquidation rates to blame By Inman News Inman News™ February 02, 2011 It may take more than four years to clear the “shadow inventory” of distressed homes lurking on the sidelines in the U.S., a factor that’s likely to...
by LRA Real Estate Group | Feb 1, 2011
by Griselda Nevarez – Feb. 1, 2011 Arizona Republic PHOENIX – Attending a renewable-energy company’s grand opening Monday, Gov. Jan Brewer said Arizona will become the U.S. leader in solar manufacturing and technology. “I believe Arizona is the...
