Yearly Archives: 2010

Scottsdale, AZ - October 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- If you are thinking about buying or selling horse property, you first step is to visit http://www.nicholasmcconnell.com. There, you can get in contact with an experienced Realtor to help you with all of your Arizona Horse Property needs. If you have been thinking about selling a home in Arizona, this is the first place you will want to start. Pricing your home correctly may be the most important factor when putting your home on the market with a Real Estate professional with the current market conditions. Many home owners wonder how to price their home correctly.

TUCSON, AZ - October 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today announced that a Tucson agency will receive a grant worth more than a quarter million dollars annually from the Veterans Administration to house 20 job-seeking homeless veterans

Scottsdale, AZ - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- It is of extreme importance to higher a Realtor that has been in this type of market before. You may visit at any time to contact an experienced, aggressive Realtor with Coldwell Banker that will help you buy or sell propery in Desert Mountain. The guidelines have changed along with the time frames, and paperwork needed to execute a purchase or sale of a property here in Arizona

Scottsdale, AZ - October 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- If you are thinking about buying a foreclosure in Scottsdale, Arizona please visit http://www.nicholasmcconnell.com for all of your Arizona Real Estate needs. The difference between a good Realtor and a bad Realtor can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars. Purchasing a home may be the single most important investment of your life, and possibly the largest purchase you will ever make. When you are dealing with hundreds of thousands of dollars, it may be a good idea to use a Realtor with experience, a fine knowledge of the area, education, and aggressiveness. An aggressive Realtor that knows how to negotiate the price of the home with you effectively may be the single most important factor when getting a good price on a home.

Scottsdale, AZ - October 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nicholas McConnell http://www.nicholasmcconnell.com with Coldwell Banker is the first experienced Realtor you want to speak with when thinking about buying or selling property in Silverleaf. If you want the best possible price regardless if you are buying or selling property, I am the first Realtor you want to speak with. Nicholas McConnell is a Short Sale / Foreclosure specialist in Scottsdale.

TUCSON, AZ - October 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today called for an immediate three-month national moratorium on foreclosures so lenders and loan servicers can address rampant problems that have led to homeowners being wrongly removed from their homes

WASHINGTON, DC - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is introducing legislation to benefit members of the military by relieving housing financial pressures for those who are transferred and easing the transition to civilian life.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - September 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell today attended SCORE's 2010 Phoenix Green Business Forum at Skysong in Scottsdale, highlighting the economic importance of local small businesses, as well as green energy industries. Approximately 100 people attended presentations from experts from Arizona's burgeoning solar and green-energy industries.

Phoenix, AZ - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Full moon power lightens the Arizona desert sky, at least cooling down from the intense summer. Yet, with an ever-increasing abundance of investment in Arizona’s sky islands, Canadians flock for visits and investment themselves as home owners to the Valley of the Sun which heralds, for them, significant economic value, so much so that North America’s northernmost travelers are now the largest percentage of new home owners in Arizona. In April, 2010, about ¼ of home buyers to metropolitan Phoenix were not from Arizona. According to Catherine Reagor from The Arizona Republic, “Now, the dominant group of out-of-state buyers is from outside the country.” Phoenix-based Information Market stated Canadian investments in Arizona homes have grown 80%, per comments made during a recent Marketplace interview on American Public Radio.

Washington, D.C. - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today congratulated the The Dunbar Coalition, Inc. on a newly announced $250,000 grant for the creation of an African American Museum and Cultural Center at the historic Dunbar School. Funding from the Economic Development Initiative, secured by Rep. Grijalva in the FY2010 consolidated appropriations bill, was designated to construct the museum under the guidance of the Pima County Cultural Resources and Historic Preservation Office.

Scottsdale, AZ - September 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- If you or any one you know is looking to purchase or sell horse property in Arizona, look no further. Please visit the website below at any time to view all horse property for sale in Arizona free, or to contact an experienced Realtor to answer any questions you might have.

Scottsdale, AZ - September 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- If you are a home owner facing foreclosure, or need to execute a short sale, you are in the correct place. If you are a buyer looking to purchase a home in the Gainey Ranch area of Scottsdale, Arizona, you are in the correct place. Please visit http://www.nicholasmcconnell.com for more information.

September 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The city of Phoenix Planning and Development Services Department will offer money-saving incentives to promote “green” construction in homes and businesses beginning Oct 1. The Green Building Incentives Program is funded by a $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy

Tucson, AZ - September 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Arizona received approximately $45.4 million yesterday from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), which the state can use to purchase foreclosed homes at a discount and rehabilitate or redevelop them. The money was authorized by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Phoenix, AZ - September 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Phoenix property owners will soon receive this year's property tax assessments in the mail and the average Phoenix homeowner will pay a lower tax bill to the city. Phoenix's property tax rate is $1.82 per $100 of assessed value. This rate has not changed in 14 years.

Washington, D.C. - September 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today congratulated the Tonto Apache Tribe and the Ak-Chin Indian Community for receiving housing awards of $54,019 and $384,994, respectively, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The grants come through the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, which awards funds to tribes through a formula based on need and prior funding levels.

PRESCOTT, AZ - August 31, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Wednesday, Representative Ann Kirkpatrick had the opportunity to join tribal communities from across Arizona and neighboring states at the first inaugural Navajo Housing Summit, where she delivered the conference’s introductory keynote speech. Rep. Kirkpatrick congratulated conference leaders and membership on their success in organizing the historic gathering and discussed her ongoing efforts to serve Native American communities.

PRESCOTT, AZ - August 31, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representative Ann Kirkpatrick announced today that the Navajo Housing Authority (NHA) will soon be able to provide critical new assistance to families across the Navajo Nation. The organization has been awarded access to new resources from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that will allow it to expand the availability of quality, affordable homes to Diné communitie

Phoenix, AZ - August 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Learn about fair housing practices and laws at a free workshop from 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Sept. 9, at Phoenix City Hall, 200 W. Washington St., assembly room D.

Scottsdale, AZ - August 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nicholas McConnell with Coldwell Banker in Scottsdale, Arizona is the first Realtor you want to speak with when thinking about doing a short sale. A short sale is when a home owner sells a property at a price below the amount of the mortgage obtained by the home owner. It is absolutely, positively, one hundred percent imperative that you use a Realtor that knows how to conduct a short sale property on your behalf. If you use a Realtor that does not know what they are doing, chances are the short sale will not go through.