Appreciation still in positive territory…

What? But everyone is telling you home prices are down…well, it’s all about perspective.  I’ve commented on this before in various other forums, but I found yet another graph to illustrate the fact that the market isn’t that bad.  Check out this graph from www.PhoenixRealEstateBrokerage.comand you’ll see that even though prices are down, …

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Completion of Red Mountain Freeway Brings a PARTY!

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The road work on the last bit of the Red Mountain portion of the Loop 202 is due to be completed soon. Even more exciting is that ADOT is having a party to celebrate!  They are calling it the “Rounding Out the Red Mountain” and it is scheduled for 15 July between University and …

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Solar may get a boost from Greater Phoenix Economic Council

Arizona has many resources, but one we may or may not think about everyday is our abundant amount of sunshine.  Light is energy and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council would like the state to provide incentives for manufacturers of solar technology to bring their research and production facilities here.  This research is invauable in …

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Mesa Schools Graduate Highest % of Students in Nation

The Tribune reported in this article that Mesa Schools have the highest graduation rate of the 50 largest school districts in the country! Way to go! The national average is 70% and Mesa’s graduation rate is 77.1% of students.

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Mesa Police Chief Needs 50 New Officers…

As reported by AZCentral.com, In a Mesa City Council meeting last Thursday, the Police Chief, George Gascón cited the need for additional officers as the city’s population continues to grow.  Fifty new officers would of course increase the cost of public safety.  One way to pay for that would be a modest increase …

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Blog Probes Real Estate Models

www.REALonomics.net is a blog that is asking serious questions about where the real estate industry is going. More specifically, REALonomics poses challenges to the broker/owners to adopt models that will allow their organizations to become more transparent.REALonomics.net advocates that the industry open up the property information portals to consumers and …

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Hwy 87 Open Again, but Restricted

Looks like ADOT was able to divert around the affected area using the northbound lanes.  Two-way traffic for about a 2 mile stretch so expect slower traffic and longer than usual travel times.

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Are you a Cubbies Fan?

So another year of spring training has come to an end.  Mesa’s Hohokam Stadium is home to the Cub’s Spring Training Games.  Attendance was fantastic this year.  This article in the AZCentral outlines the numbers and the economic impact on our city.

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Guy Sells House via YouTube???

I found this today and thought it was interesting… this person sold his house via YouTube?? Interesting idea; thought I would share:

Do you think this works?

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Las Sendas Resort Proposal - your thoughts???

Do you know about Desert Creek at Las Sendas? Here is an article from the AZ Republic about the latest developer plans. There is also information on it at http://lassendas.info/ as well as members area of http://www.thetrailhead.org What are your thoughts? Have you seen …

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