Arizona Real Estate Informer

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company to Acquire Maracay Homes

FEDERAL WAY, Wash., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (WRECO), a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY), has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Maracay Homes LLC, a privately-held homebuilder located in Phoenix, Arizona.  More...

Fed Raises Rates by Quarter Point to 4.50 Percent

WASHINGTON  — Federal Reserve officials, meeting one last time under Alan Greenspan's guiding hand, on Tuesday to raised U.S. interest rates for a 14th straight time to 4.50 percent, cautioning that borrowing costs may still need to move up.  More...

On surface, Maryvale hasn't changed, but groundwork has begun

It's been year and a half since the City Council vowed to improve Maryvale and the rest of the west side through the West Phoenix Revitalization Project.

And although Maryvale still has cars parked in front yards and weeds poking through sidewalks, residents and some Phoenix officials say... See story.

Resale home costs rise in Pinal County

Pinal County's aura of home affordability lost some of its shine as resale home prices soared in the third quarter of 2005.

The Arizona Real Estate Center at Arizona State University released its latest report Friday. Fewer homes were sold and prices were higher during the third quarter, compared with the quarter before and with last year.  Full story here.

Resident lofts seen in revival

A recipe to revive Gilbert's downtown: More...

Quality of homes improves significantly in Phoenix area

PHOENIX Phoenix homes are better now than they were ten years ago.  More...

Fountain Hills to consider annexing state trust land

FOUNTAIN HILLS - As many as 1,750 homes could be built on more than 2 square miles of state trust land north of Fountain Hills under an annexation plan released Monday by the Arizona State Land Department.   More...

New homes changing face of reservation

FORT MCDOWELL - Clothes racks and storage boxes fill the cramped bedroom Starlette Dorchester shares with her two daughters.  More...

Camelback Corridor building talks to begin

PHOENIX - Negotiations between neighborhood leaders and developers over building heights in the Camelback Corridor are set to begin Tuesday.

Longtime mediator Sherman Fogel will be leading the talks, and Phoenix taxpayers will be...Continued.

Gilbert plans Power Road annexation

Gilbert has taken a step to reduce the often confusing "ours or yours" jurisdiction question that occurs on Southeast Valley thoroughfares. More...