Comments on: Maricopa County: Suburbia and Sprawl http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/maricopa-county-suburbia-and-sprawl/ Phoenix Real Estate -- Anything and everything about it. Plus random musings... Now with Phoenix area MLS Listings Search! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:25:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/maricopa-county-suburbia-and-sprawl/#comment-12506 Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:18:32 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/maricopa-county-suburbia-and-sprawl/291#comment-12506 Stacey - thanks. I like to link to sometimes seemingly unrealted things like that. Provides a nice diversion over the typical links to news, other RE blogs, etc. The gov't lenders have done OK keeping pace. Biggest problem for them was the explosion a couple of years ago in our home values (50%ish AVERAGE increase in one year) drove a LOT of homes past the max loan limits for a lot of programs. The fed just couldn't change the limits fast enough... Stacey – thanks. I like to link to sometimes seemingly unrealted things like that. Provides a nice diversion over the typical links to news, other RE blogs, etc.

The gov’t lenders have done OK keeping pace. Biggest problem for them was the explosion a couple of years ago in our home values (50%ish AVERAGE increase in one year) drove a LOT of homes past the max loan limits for a lot of programs. The fed just couldn’t change the limits fast enough…

]]> By: Stacey http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/maricopa-county-suburbia-and-sprawl/#comment-12503 Stacey Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:15:57 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/maricopa-county-suburbia-and-sprawl/291#comment-12503 The bunny rabbit link was an excellent touch. Have government leaders kept pace with the influx? We had a few wrinkles with the rapid growth in our area. I’d say they have redeemed themselves in recent months. The bunny rabbit link was an excellent touch. Have government leaders kept pace with the influx? We had a few wrinkles with the rapid growth in our area. I’d say they have redeemed themselves in recent months.

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