Phoenix Metro Area Resale And New Homes

Lenders in 2009 foreclosed on about 41,000 single-family detached homes in Maricopa County, according to a report from Arizona State University. That's more foreclosures than the Valley has seen during any previous year on record, accounting for more than 35 percent of all existing-home transactions, the report said. Its author, Jay Butler, ...

The Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 has extended the tax credit of up to $8,000 for qualified first-time home buyers purchasing a principal residence. The tax credit now applies to sales occurring on or after January 1, 2009 and on or before April 30, 2010. However, in cases where a binding sales contract is signed by ...

Many foreclosed homes are bought by investors who can pay cash, market watchers say. That means fewer homes are going to buyers who plan to live there and hang onto the house for a while. Owner-occupied homes ultimately help an area's recovery. The Valley's housing market is seeing the flipside of the investor cycle now. In 2004, investors ...

 FHA LOAN CHANGES In February, President Bush signed a bill that made a temporary increase to both conforming and FHA loan limits. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released the new limits, which range from $271,050 to $729,750 depending on the county. Previously, they were capped at $362,790. With FHA ...

Bush administration officials on Friday said they had made a major change to existing U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations for mortgages endorsed by the Federal Housing Administration, lifting a key anti-flipping provision that lenders and disposition firms have long said limits their ability to resell distressed real ...

 There's no guarantee that prices have hit bottom yet - but that doesn't mean that you can't get a great deal now. There's no telling how long the housing crisis will drag on. Here's what you need to know before you start shopping in a rocky market. Rule 1: You can't time the bottomFace it: The house you buy ...

During the housing boom, investors flocked to metro Phoenix and climbed onto buses that took them to the Valley's fringes, where they checked out affordable new homes they could buy low and sell high. Now, the bus tours to those edge suburbs are starting again. But this time, home buyers are looking for foreclosure properties they can flip ...

HUD just announced today the new loan limits for Arizona. Maricopa County now has a max base loan amount of $346,250 which translates to a purchase price just under $357,000 for a 1 unit SFR. As you know, FHA still requires a 3% down payment. Nehemiah and Ameridream is still available for down payment assistance. This is great news considering the ...

The Valley's growing foreclosure problem is hitting the upper and middle class the hardest. Metro Phoenix homes in neighborhoods where prices range from $400,000 to $450,000 now have the highest foreclosure rate. Almost 90 out of every 10,000 homes in that price range are in foreclosure, which is more than double the rate for homes costing ...

West Valley hit hardest by home price drops in 2007Click Here To Search For Phoenix Metro Area Homes: www.AzRealtyPros.comNot surprisingly, median prices for existing homes fell throughout most of the Phoenix area from 2006 to 2007, especially in the West Valley, according to a report released today by Realty Studies at Arizona State University. ...