Gilbert Woman “Donates” Home to Charity – Kinda sorta

From Friday’s East Valley Tribune comes the story of Gilbert resident Heather Gray, who is “donating” her home to a charity to give away in a raffle.I put “donate” in quotes because this doesn’t really seem like a charitable donation to me. The plan is to sell $100 raffle tickets, ostensibly to help out what seems like a very worthwhile charity, the Murray Grey … [Read more...]

Phoenix Home Search Temporarily Off-line

UPDATE: The home search is back on-line! My apologies, the Phoenix home search and associated goodies appear to be broken at the moment. This is unrelated to the blog software update that I completed yesterday as it is also down on my other sites that don’t use this software as well as other sites across the country utilizing the same product. The vendor that runs this search … [Read more...]

Phoenix Historic Homes Tour: F.Q. Story Historic District Dec 6 & 7

The Phoenix historic home district of F.C. Story is holding the 24th Annual F.Q. Story Holiday Home Tour and Gift Sale on December 6th and 7th.Here are the particulars:When: Saturday, Dec. 6 from 6:00 – 9:00pm (Luminaria Night)Sunday, Dec. 7 from 11:00am – 5:00pm (Food and gift vendors)Where: 9th Avenue and Lynwood Street (1 block south of McDowell)How much: $15 ($14 with … [Read more...]

Phoenix Real Estate Investment Firm “Blindsided” by Home Price Declines. Sticks it to Investors

This little nugget was in Saturday’s Arizona Republic: Last week, Phoenix-based real-estate investment firm Right Place Properties spent investors' money to purchase multifamily housing units, promising a healthy return on their cash. Then on Monday, the company and its designated broker, Red Door Commercial, shut down their Web sites, disconnected the phones, laid off the bulk of their … [Read more...]

Personal Data Found in Bankrupt Builders Model Home

Straight from the “what were they thinking?” files:The Arizona Republic reports that “Boxes containing loan applications, Social Security numbers and bank account information for residents of a Gilbert neighborhood were discovered in a ransacked model home abandoned by a bankrupt developer”.That builder would be Randall Martin Homes. The subdivision is Higley Park in … [Read more...]

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