Night under the Stars at Alamo Lake State Park on November 3rd

On Saturday, November 3rd, Alamo Lake State Park will host “A Night under the Stars” to celebrate State Parks’ 50th Anniversary. more »

PHOENIX, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ — The Arizona Association of REALTORS(R) has joined other National Association of REALTORS(R) organizations in contributing much-needed aid to the victims of recent California fires. The Arizona association is sending $50,000 in aid to the REALTORS(R) Relief Foundation. more »

Now Consumers Receive Immediate Notification When Apartments Become Available

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Realty DataTrust, the makers of VaultWare, announced today that it has launched Apartment Availability Alerts for consumers who opt in to the free service. For the first time, consumers searching for apartments online can sign up to receive Availability Alerts directly to their mobile phone through text messaging or via email. more »

VaultWare(TM) User Forum to Precede Industry’s Premiere Internet Marketing Conference

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Realty DataTrust, the makers of the industry’s premiere online leasing tool VaultWare, announced today that it will hold its user meeting April 23, 2008, preceding the Apartment Internet Marketing (AIM) Conference to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona. more »

Ground-up regional shopping center sets stage for Phoenix-area pipeline

PHOENIX, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ — The centerpiece of a flourishing retail corridor emerged today with the official Grand Opening of SanTan Village — a new super-regional shopping center at the core of a 500-acre, mixed-use development. more »

On the national level, slow real estate sales and sinking prices are prompting some comparisons to the Great Depression.

Little wonder, then, that a home-buying program from the New Deal is beginning to make a comeback. more »

Industry’s Premiere Internet Conference Expected to Grow Under New Ownership of Steve Lefkovits

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Realty DataTrust, the makers of VaultWare, announced today that the Apartment Internet Marketing (AIM) Conference has been sold to Steve Lefkovits’ Joshua Tree Internet Media firm. The AIM Conference, which will be held next spring, is the only industry educational conference that focuses exclusively on the intersection of marketing strategies and Internet-powered leasing tools. more »

SEDONA, Ariz., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ — A national association of homeowners in the Sedona area is responding to mis-categorizations of Sedona commerce as non-tourist in nature and to its Mayor’s refusal to modify outdated ordinances prohibiting tourists from visiting less than a month in a Sedona vacation home — a promulgated prohibition of short-term or weekly vacation rentals. more »

- Staffing Level Increases 60%; Positions Added in All Departments -

- Acquisitions in 2007 Nearly Double Total Assets Acquired in 2006 -

PHOENIX, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — In a year mired by a dismal credit market and a less than favorable REIT market, one real estate veteran is finding ways to sustain significant growth. more »

PHOENIX, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — The Shidler Group has announced three leases in the US Bank Center totaling 23,697 square feet of office space. more »

Fallout from the implosion of the residential-housing market will dampen what has been a white-hot commercial real-estate market, Valley economist Elliott Pollack told a group of commercial brokers and developers Thursday. more »

SCOTTSDALE , Ariz., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ — MoneyNowUSA.com, a Scottsdale , AZ-based online loan service, has just added sub-prime personal loans enabling borrowers to get caught up on mortgage payments. This new sub-prime loan product will allow borrowers to take out an unsecured loan for up to $15,000 . Flexible underwriting allows consumers with bad credit to get cash even if they are currently behind on their housing payments. Homeowners can take out a loan even with a credit score as low as 530 (pre-qualifying over 91% of homeowners). more »

Fallout from the implosion of the residential-housing market will dampen what has been a white-hot commercial real-estate market, Valley economist Elliott Pollack told a group of commercial brokers and developers Thursday. more »

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Nouveau Riche University (NRU), the only tuition-based real estate investment education company in the country, recently purchased 23.6 acres at the junction of I-17 and the Loop 101 in order to build its first “brick and mortar” campus. Plans are underway to build a 140,000 square-foot campus complete with administrative buildings, cafeteria and dormitories, to become the permanent home of this one-of-a-kind university. more »

If you’re having trouble selling your home in the current housing slump, it might make more sense to lease it instead.

Doing so could turn your property into a rent machine and open up extra tax breaks. Plus, it would buy time until market conditions improve. more »