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Long known for affordable housing, Arizona is now among the top 10 list of least affordable states, according to data compiled by BestBrokers.The study found that the median U.S. home price reached $408,428 last year, while national income per capita stood at $68,786 as of the third quarter. This equates to the median house costing…
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — The Legislature sent a measure Wednesday to Gov. Katie Hobbs to override many local zoning laws in the name of affordable housing.On a bipartisan vote Wednesday, the Senate approved legislation that would limit the ability of large cities, of 70,000 or more people, to mandate everything from lot sizes and setbacks…
There’s a good reason the population of our state grew at nearly double the national average over the last decade and was ranked among the top five fastest-growing states: Opportunity.But despite our economic growth, the cost of housing is growing way faster than wages.To afford the average single-family home in metro Phoenix, you now need…
QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. , Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced its newest community, Merion Grove, is coming soon to the heart of Queen Creek, Arizona. Merion Grove will showcase award-winning home designs on just 19 expansive quarter-acre-plus home sites for unparalleled indoor/outdoor…
For full immersion in Arizona’s nature and starry sky, Telescope House, the latest offering by architecture studio Wendell Burnette, is the place to be. The retreat was designed to ‘recede into the high-desert Sedona-landscape’, the architects explain in their project description – and looking at its glazed façade and minimalist architecture that allows the lush…
With Amkor Technology Inc. securing a development agreement this week for its $2 billion semiconductor assembly and testing facility in northern Peoria — the largest of its kind in the nation — it will have about 2,000 jobs to offer in the coming years.For the northwest Valley, that presents an opportunity for immense economic development…
‘Tis the season before the season as spring training 2024 is just around the corner. Arizona’s Cactus League is about to be in full swing at the 10 stadiums throughout metro Phoenix that serve as second homes to 15 Major League Baseball teams.Spring training 2024 runs Feb. 22-March 26.In 2023, the annual prelude of America’s…
Mining company South32 has decided to invest $2.16 billion in its Hermosa prospect in the Patagonia Mountains, pouring what it calls the largest private investment in southern Arizona’s history to produce zinc ore by 2027, executives announced on Wednesday.The mine is in the once-abandoned mining district of Harshaw, where previous companies left behind significant deposits…
One state lawmaker is stalling a reform that would let Arizonans see whether their doctor has committed serious misconduct on the job, like sexual abuse and violence. Rep. Laurin Hendrix, R-Gilbert, has given little explanation for his opposition to House Bill 2312.An Arizona Republic investigation found records about doctors who removed a patient’s ovaries without consent…
More rain and snow could hit Arizona on Thursday as another system speeds across the state, but the effects of earlier storms could linger into next week as water flows into usually dry creeks and rivers.The National Weather Service has posted a flood warning for the Tonto Creek and Tonto Basin areas northeast of Phoenix…