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The Most Expensive States To Insure Your Home 2006

Never mind the dramatic events like earthquakes and floods. More than anything else, insuring a home comes down to the less damaging but more common phenomena of wind and hail.   More...

Refinancing your refinancing

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - The fed raised short term rates for the 15th consecutive time earlier this week. And for millions of homeowners out there who have adjustable rate mortgages, that's very sobering news.  More...

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Maricopa County movin' on up millionaire list

Maricopa County ranks fourth in the United States in the number of millionaire households. It counts 106,210, or roughly 8.2 percent of all households, as having $1 million-plus in net worth.   More...

To housing speculators, LA is so yesterday

LOS ANGELES - Southern California's high housing prices have at least one silver lining. They have kept speculators like Jay McKee from bursting the bubble.  More...

Mortgage rates rise after Fed action

WASHINGTON - Rates on 30-year mortgages rose this week after the Federal Reserve pushed a key short-term rate up for the 15th time and indicated that more rate increases were possible.  More...

Last trace of Tri-City Mall to vanish

An era will pass in two weeks when Mesa demolishes the abandoned JCPenney store, the last vestige of Tri-City Mall.   More...

Senior housing buildings scaled back

A Virginia company plans to use shorter buildings for its proposed 144-unit senior living community in Gilbert.

Officials for Sunrise Senior Living told The Gilbert Republic on Thursday it no longer wants to operate four-story units on the parcel near Gilbert Road and Long Meadow Drive. The decision follows complaints the concept would disrupt the neighborhood's look and feel.  More...

Don't fret drop in new-home permits

The after-effects of last year's housing frenzy have caused a drop in new-home permits, even in the West Valley, which remains one of the few regions in Maricopa County with large parcels of undeveloped land.   More...

Building permits rise 24% in Northeast Valley

SCOTTSDALE - Building permits for single-family homes in Scottsdale and the Northeast Valley were up 24 percent in February over a year ago, according to RL Brown, publisher of the Phoenix Housing Market Letter.  More...