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The Problem With and Solution For Short Sales

May 6, 2008 – 12:46 pm

Kenneth R. Harney reported in a Realty Times article that ” Fannie Mae, the single biggest player in the American mortgage market, plans to crank up the pace of short sales on properties in its bulging portfolio. Fannie intends to “streamline” procedures to enable pre-foreclosure sales to speed through what is currently an extended, and [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Foreclosure-short sales-REO's, Market Update | Comments (0)

Canadian pays record amount for Paradise Valley mansion

March 20, 2008 – 6:15 am

The article below has nothing to do with urban living or high rises or lofts but it’s certainly relevant to what’s going on in Phoenix real estate with respect to higher end properties. Contrary to what anyone may be telling you, Canadians are in town buying properties. We know this for a fact (and not [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Market Update | Comments (1)

NOT Copper Point: DNA

March 13, 2008 – 4:15 pm

We posted last week that it appeared that Copper Pointe High Rise Condominiums were not moving forward. We have confirmation that we were correct. A man representing the former developer of Copper Pointe contacted us to let us know that in fact Copper Pointe would not be built but instead a community called DNA Condominiums [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in In-Fill Developments, Light Rail, Phoenix, What's New | Comments (0)

WeKnowUrban Launches Foreclosure and Short Sale Page

March 6, 2008 – 7:59 am

That’s right, from the home page of WKU you can find a very basic list of high rise condos and lofts that are being offered as short sales or are in foreclosure. We have really mixed feelings about posting information like this because we hate to see people getting hurt financially. But, these are the [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Trouble | Comments (1)

U Comment I Follow

January 21, 2008 – 11:06 pm

Most blogs today are set up as “no follow” meaning that if you comment on that blog the search engines don’t recognize your comment as a link to your web site or blog. In other words, NO LINK LOVE. Our WeKnowUrban blog is set up so that when you “log in” and make comments we [...]

By Will Daly | Comments (25)

Optima Camelview Offers Amazing Deals On Spec Homes

January 11, 2008 – 7:37 am

I had a chance to see some amazing spec homes at Optima Camelview last week while on tour with a client. Camelview always stands out with it’s unique architecture and landscaped terraces, now add some smoking deals on completed phase I homes and they have more to offer than ever. My favorite was a 1 [...]

By joyce | Also posted in Phoenix | Comments (2)

New Properties Release at Westgate, just in time for the Superbowl!

January 11, 2008 – 7:34 am

Trammel Crow has announced that a few of their new construction town homes located at The Quarter in Glendale have come available for purchase. If you closed quickly on a purchase you could be right in the heart of the developing Westgate district just in time for the Superbowl and all the weeklong events surrounding [...]

By joyce | Also posted in Glendale | Comments (0)
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