*Sigh* If you’ve listened to any local news source over the past…. what, two years? then you’re aware that Arizona – like many states and the Federal government as well – is in a bit of a budget crunch. It’s been painful for Arizona residents, taxpayers, and lawmakers. I understand that things are rough, that money has to be scraped together, spending cut, taxes raised, etc etc etc. … [Read more...]
Arizona Lawmakers Gut Consumer Protection Funds, Including the Real Estate Recovery Fund
Federal Government at Work: New Rules for FHA mortgages.
Sometimes I don’t understand Congress and the government. Ok, often I don’t understand them… Case in point: The flurry of activity in the hollowed halls of the U.S. Capitol building over the last couple of months to get the first-time homebuyer’s tax credit extended (and expanded beyond first-time buyers) was touted as necessary to help people buy homes and turn around the ailing real … [Read more...]











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