A new study conducted by Construction Coverage notes that the Arizona’s minority homeownership gap is smaller that the national average — with one Arizona city having one of the lowest gaps in the country.The study uses U.S. Census data to compare the homeownership rate of white people with the homeownership rate of minorities across more than…
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Sometime this summer, something already occurring on Arizona streets will become legal.That’s the sale of home-made tamales and certain other items classified as “cottage food products.’’Gov. Katie Hobbs penned her approval Friday to the legislation. That means it will take effect 90 days after the Legislature’s session ends, a date that,…
Metro Phoenix is home to spring training games in March and a hub year-round for baseball players buying homes.And not just Arizona Diamondbacks players. Some MLB buyers play in the Valley during the spring, and some just want to have a home here to maybe go watch their former teams play.Here’s some of the MLB…
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on March 18 vetoed House Bill 2570, known as the Arizona Starter Homes Act.Saying the bill is “a step too far,” Hobbs called HB 2570 unprecedented legislation that would put Arizonans at the center of a housing reform experiment with unclear outcomes, according to a letter she sent to House Speaker…
In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” painting was cut out of its frame. The painting was traced back to the home of Jerry and Rita Alter, a New Mexico couple. The question remained: If the Alters had stolen one painting, could they have stolen others?In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” painting was cut out of…
Bookseller Kat Ysals is helping others find books at Changing Hands on a rainy Friday afternoon. She knows the store quite well after two years of working there and even longer of being a customer — as a child, she dreamed of working at the community-based bookstore. A couple pushes a cart filled…
Arizona mayors railed against a bill sitting on Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk dubbed the Arizona Starter Homes Act, and asked her to veto it on Thursday, saying it would cut out local input and upend cities’ authorities to shape the look and feel of their communities.City mayors and vice mayors from Mesa, Phoenix, Goodyear and…
A downtown Phoenix industrial laundry building that operated for more than a century now has its owners feeling put through the wringer.The building, first called Phoenix Laundry and Dry Cleaning and now called Milum Textile Services, located on Seventh Avenue and Van Buren Street, has been in Craig Milum’s family since the 1950s.The laundry operations…
With more than 20 luxury homes listed for more than $20 million in Paradise Valley and Scottsdale, the luxury market in metro Phoenix is pushing into new price heights.”I believe we are at an inflection point in the upper echelon of the luxury space where we may indeed see a new stratospheric price threshold pushed…
Back when avid pickleballers Ashley Leroux and Patrick Sullivan Jr. started making their mark with a supplement formulated for pickleball players’ hydration and energy needs, the sport was often not taken seriously, not played by many and considered an activity reserved for the senior citizen crowd.How times have changed.For the third consecutive year, pickleball is…