When much of the U.S. is suffering through arctic freezes, the residents of Paradise Valley, Arizona, are donning shorts and hitting the golf courses. That’s because they’re among the 13,000 residents of the Sonoran Desert town outside Phoenix, where they enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine and warm temperatures each year. It’s Arizona’s wealthiest…
(NEXSTAR) – Shopping for a home has been an American nightmare for Generation Z in recent years, as mortgage rates and home prices skyrocketed – but in 2024 there are some cities where hope springs anew. A recent analysis by Point2Homes found that Gen Z buyers, who are more likely to have entry-level incomes and…
PHOENIX — In Arizona’s housing market, lawmakers want to make sure condo owners get a fair deal if they’re ever forced to sell to investors.Under the Arizona Condominium Termination Act, if an investor reaches 80% ownership of a condominium complex, they can dissolve the HOA and require the remaining homeowners to sell for fair market…
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…
Arizona State University and the University of Arizona both ranked in the top 15 schools in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online Bachelor’s Program Rankings released Wednesday among an influx of online students for the state.Arizona’s public university system has attracted an increasing number of online students over the last several years. This…
Arizona saw significant amounts of snow and rain on Tuesday and Wednesday as a major storm system continued on a path across the stateWhile the rain in metro Phoenix was around the average, snow closed major roads and schools across northern Arizona.On Wednesday, scattered showers continued across metro Phoenix. Northern Arizona also continued seeing heavy…
Photo: Jason MarranoOne person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Or perhaps their house, as was the case with a recently listed Tucson, Arizona, home made from thousands of glass bottles. According to Robb Report, the original owners and builders of the 2,700-square-foot abode collected countess tossed bottles from landfills, roadsides, and even the Pepsi corporation…
Anything-goes “solutions” from developers’ wish lists aren’t what Arizona needs to address the housing crisis in our state.It’s one thing to adopt commonsense and tailored approaches to reduce the housing shortages. It’s quite another to try to ram through zoning deregulation measures that trample local control by imposing top-down edicts by the state.Responding to the housing crisis,…
A custom home surrounded by a lake on three sides within the Ocotillo Golf Course Community in Chandler has sold for $2.755 million, breaking a 17-year record within the upscale community.The 6,4860-square-foot home at 3800 S. Clubhouse Drive is within the exclusive private community of Crown Point with 11 custom built homes on its own…
PHOENIX — “We didn’t think that a brand-new home would have anywhere near this many issues,” Jon Engel said, echoing a sentiment he first shared with us one year ago. Jon and his wife Jocelyn first invited us into their home in January 2023. They were having issues with their new home built by Lennar.”We’ve…