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09/05/09
Acquisition positions manufactured-homes builder for growth
Filed under: General, Business, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 8:49 pm

Cavco Industries Inc., the state’s largest manufactured-homes builder, has proven that even in a severe recession it’s possible to double in size.

The Phoenix company last month scooped up part of one of its largest rivals, Fleetwood Enterprises Inc., out of bankruptcy court and elevated itself from the nation’s seventh-largest manufactured-home builder to second place.   more…



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Valley foreclosures drop, but reasons unclear
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 7:29 pm

For the first time this year, all three key measures of home foreclosures in the Valley have fallen. What that may mean is still unclear.

In August, the number of homes foreclosed on by lenders in metropolitan Phoenix dropped 26 percent from a month earlier.   more…



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Digital guru: Most already have tools for online success
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 6:51 pm

Business people who think they don’t have time to blog, Tweet or otherwise engage in what’s known as online social networking are in for a surprise, according to Brad Andersohn.

Same to those who think they have nothing to write about.  more…



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Radical new vision of land-use planning
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 6:07 pm

The dream won’t come true until long after most of them are dead - if ever.

But that didn’t stop about 300 people from endorsing a radical new vision for planning a huge swath of state trust land in northern Pinal County, a vision that will require sweeping changes in Arizona land law and tough-minded governance to enforce development standards.  more…



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Program revision aids home buyers
Filed under: General, Real Estate, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 5:40 pm

Valley cities have been trying to spend federal funds they received in April to help people buy and renovate foreclosure homes.

Unfortunately, investors have been beating buyers to the best homes.  more…



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Colorado company invests in Valley condominium projects
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 5:30 pm

The Colorado condominium investors who recently bought a lakeside condominium tower from Suncor in Tempe are now sinking their cash into two Starpointe Communities projects, one in Scottsdale and the other in Phoenixmore…



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IRS mining mortgage and UBS data to find tax cheats
Filed under: General, Business, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 5:22 pm

UBS (UBS) data won’t be the only data used to find tax cheats. Thanks to a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), called “Mortgage Interest Data Could Be Used to Pursue More Nonfilers and Underreporters,” the IRS plans to start looking at how it can use Form 1098 mortgage interest statements to catch tax dodgers.  more…



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Gaylord flashes caution signs on Mesa project
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 5:03 pm

A year ago, scores of business and political leaders at the Mesa Arts Center celebrated news that a huge Gaylord resort-conference center would anchor a billion-dollar development in the city’s southeastern corner.  more…



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Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 4:47 pm


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