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12/02/07
Showrooms, office buildings going up near Grayhawk
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 12:48 pm

Work has started at La Curvata, a two-story, multi-tenant office development in North Scottsdale. Biltmore Holdings and LGE Design Build are developing the two-building, 102,000-square-foot project, located north of Union Hills Drive at Pima Road near the Grayhawk community.   More…

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Longtime Detroit builder making mark in the Valley
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 12:45 pm

The Meram family has a 30-year history in the Detroit construction market, but they packed their bags and set up shop in Scottsdale this past February.  More…

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Offbeat developer pushes envelope with real estate projects
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 12:42 pm

Dale Jensen, part owner of the Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks, is one of the prime players in the Jackson Street Entertainment District, which is expected to be developed on the blocks near US Airways Center and Chase Field in downtown PhoenixMore…

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Wave of foreclosures prompts bankruptcy battle
Filed under: General, Business, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 12:34 pm

Consumer advocates are looking to change federal bankruptcy laws to allow homeowners to rework their mort­gages with bankruptcy judges instead of losing their homes through foreclosure. The mortgage industry opposes such changes.  More…

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Plans firm up for Mesa proving ground
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 12:10 pm

For years, Valley planners have talked about the vast economic potential of the area surrounding Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in southeast Mesa. Someday, they have said, there will be a new urban center, tens of thousands of jobs and perhaps even a destination of international fame.  More…

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Countrywide sees rays of hope
Filed under: General, Real Estate, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 12:08 pm

It’s hard to talk about the mortgage meltdown without mentioning Countrywide Financial Corp. The nation’s largest residential lender, with 22 retail offices in Arizona and a major operations center in Chandler, has become a poster child for the crisis. It fully tapped an $11.5 billion credit line, laid off more than 10,000 workers (including an undisclosed number in Arizona), posted a $1.2 billion loss last quarter and watched roughly 75 percent of its stock-market value evaporate.  More…

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Where Countrywide Chief Is Finding a Life Preserver
Filed under: General, Real Estate, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 12:03 pm

When Countrywide Financial Corp. Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo needs cash to fund home loans these days, he doesn’t look to investment banks in New York or LondonMore…

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Citi’s $41 Billion Issue: Should It Put CDOs On the Balance Sheet?
Filed under: General, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 12:01 pm

A $41 billion question mark is hanging over Citigroup Inc. That is the amount, in a worst-case scenario, of potentially shaky securities the bank would need to bring onto its balance sheet. Citi has already taken billions of dollars of such securities onto its balance sheet and expects to take big write-downs on those holdings.  More…

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Development could bring 3,700 housing units
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 11:55 am

The intersection of Tatum Boulevard and Deer Valley Drive is about to get a lot busier. The Falls at Desert Ridge, which gets its first hearing before a city committee next week, is situated just west of Tatum, and the 270-acre development is expected to end up with something like 3,700 units of housing.  More…

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Paulson, banks work on loan plan
Filed under: General, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 11:53 am

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is working with industry on a plan to extend lower, introductory interest rates on home loans before they reset at higher levels.  More…

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Business booming for Mesa planners
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 11:51 am

Mesa planners are busy as the year winds down, and the biggest share of that flurry represents development plans for east Mesa, where more and more landowners and builders are hoping to parlay some of the Southeast Valley’s best demographics into profits.  More…

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Big auction plans for trust land in ‘08
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 11:50 am

State trust land will be in play next year in the northeast Valley with close to a dozen auctions planned for more than 2,400 acres. That includes a key site on the Phoenix side of Scottsdale Road, and 1,700 acres that Scottsdale has targeted for its McDowell Sonoran Preserve.  More…

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Bear Stearns cuts 650 jobs as mortgage crisis spreads
Filed under: General, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 11:47 am

NEW YORK - Battered by the subprime-mortgage crisis, Bear Stearns Cos. on Wednesday cut 4 percent of its staff in a move that could prelude a final push by investment banks to cull their ranks before bonuses are handed out.  More…

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Loan woes hurt banks; profits fall
Filed under: General, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 11:45 am

Rising delinquencies and subprime-loan woes came home to roost in the third quarter, shaving $9.4 billion from bank profits nationally.  More…

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Home Mortgage Assistance
Filed under: General, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 11:42 am

There’s a new program available to people in Arizona that could save their homes.  More…

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End of Chauncey Ranch’s pastures
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 11:38 am

The recent opening of a restaurant at northeast Phoenix’s Chauncey Ranch signaled the beginning of the end of development of the 160-acre parcel that not too long ago was one of the Valley’s best-known Arabian horse ranches. Tom Chauncey, former owner of Channel 10 (KSAZ-TV), owned the property. After he died in 1996, his children took over. In 1999, The Arizona Republic reported that the horse ranch was “holding (its) ground amid urban growth.”  More…

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Mayors tackle foreclosure crisis
Filed under: General, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 11:35 am

DETROIT - A mortgage industry group agreed Tuesday to help the nation’s mayors raise public awareness about ways to avoid falling into foreclosure as part of an effort to address the nation’s housing crisis.  More…

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Buckeye retail project gets $51 mil financing
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 11:34 am

Johnson Capital recently arranged nearly $51 million in permanent financing for the Sundance Towne Center in Buckeye on behalf of Vestar Development Co., a regional large-scale retail development company based in PhoenixMore…

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Plans vast for offices in Gilbert
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 10:59 am

More than 750,000 square feet of office space is in various stages of planning and development in an area of Gilbert stretching along the Santan Freeway from Gilbert Road to the SanTan Village shopping center at Williams Field RoadMore…

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Abu Dhabi invests in Citigroup
Filed under: General, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 10:55 am

NEW YORK - The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority will invest $7.5 billion in Citigroup, offering the nation’s largest bank needed capital to offset big losses from mortgages and other investments. The cash from the sovereign investment fund of the Gulf Arab state, which has benefited from this year’s surge in oil prices, will be convertible into no more than 4.9 percent of Citigroup Inc.’s equity. Citigroup characterized the investment as passive and said the fund will not be able to name any board members to the bank.  More…

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