Save money while improving your home’s energy efficiency
While these factors are beyond your control, there are some steps you can take to improve your home's energy efficiency and reduce your costs.
While these factors are beyond your control, there are some steps you can take to improve your home's energy efficiency and reduce your costs.
The death of a spouse, declining health or safety concerns can trigger the need to move. The first phase comes with the realization that what has been home is no longer suitable.
Granite Capital Corporation has purchased 128 finished lots in the Rancho Mirage community for $2.443 million.
According to the Arizona Department of Commerce's Energy Office, they do not prey on humans or other mammals, instead, these vampires suck energy from unsuspecting electric outlets.
What exactly is a foreclosure? According to the legal experts at FindLaw.com, the Web's most popular source for legal information, foreclosure is the legal process that a lender, often a bank or a mortgage company, uses to recover a piece of real estate property.
During the month of September, 173 homes closed in the Maricopa area.
If you're selling your home, you're not just competing against the house down the street anymore.
The Development Services Department is seeking resident input on Maricopa's Design Standards Manual.
Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., a Prudential Financial, Inc. company, today announced the affiliation of Desert Allstarz Realty. Effective immediately, the company will operate as Prudential One Realty.
Coming at the real estate equation from opposite sides, buyers and sellers may feel they have little in common. The truth is, however, that both groups share a common path to real estate success - the Internet.
As recently as two years ago, sellers had all the advantages in the housing market. Now that buyers have the upper hand, the plethora of options, pitfalls and opportunities can be overwhelming and confusing, particularly as buyers weigh whether to purchase a foreclosure or buy a new home.
And in the difficult housing market of today, sellers are looking for new ways to attract buyers. Making a home greener with cleaner air quality may just be the answer to getting bids.
Toilet bowls, or more specifically Mansfield toilet bowls, are giving the residents of the city something else to worry about.
As first-time homebuyers grow curious about the home-buying process, they often turn to friends and family for advice about purchasing a home. While these sources can provide useful tips and information, they also may perpetuate some common home-buying myths.
In September the city issued a total of 87 building permits. In August the city issued 102 permits, and a year ago they issued 228 in the month of September.
The Arizona Corporation Commission is alerting investors that the current real estate market is ripe for a variety of investment opportunities that may in fact be unregistered securities or worse yet--scams.
Maricopa city government is also working to assist and educate homeowners in various stages of foreclosure.
In November 2005 the city of Maricopa started collecting development impact fees. Now a capital improvement plan is in place to regulate the spending of those fees, and infrastructure construction can begin.
Despite a slumping economy, home improvements remain a popular investment for homeowners. With paint rollers and hammers in hand, they're getting the most out of their home-improvement dollar with do-it-yourself projects that make a dramatic difference.
Looking for a home near a park? Look no further.
Arizona families are feeling the effects of the national economic downturn, and need all the help they can get to stay on their feet and in their homes.
A bill that would ensure that down payment assistance doesn't disappear in October has passed the House Financial Services Committee and could be voted on by the entire House in the next few weeks.
Thus, the local housing market still contains considerable uncertainty over when any potential strengthening can be expected," Butler said.
Kermit the Frog once sang, "It's not easy being green." When it comes to modern remodeling, however, not only is it easier than ever to go green, environmentally conscious renovations can deliver significant cost, health and aesthetic benefits.
In today's market, selling a home involves much more than posting a "for sale" sign in the yard. Preparation is key. In fact, experts agree that property appearance and condition play a big role in the home sale process.
The buyer can't go wrong with a golf course, cherry wood and fans galore in this week's featured home.
That vacant, foreclosed home next door isn't just bringing down your neighborhood's property values. It may also be a haven for a myriad of pests that can threaten the health and safety of neighbors, children and pets.
With less than a month until the elimination of down payment assistance programs across the U.S., further legal analysis of the language within the recent Housing Bill also bans local governments and agencies from providing this assistance. This will greatly impede these entities from reselling foreclosed homes to worthy families and begin to recover neighborhoods being overcome by foreclosures.
A history of more than a decade of failed state land reform measures continued last month due to a shortage of signatures needed to get an initiative on the November ballot.
'Read my lips, no new taxes' on the purchase and sales of real estate.