PHOENIX, AZ - November 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Voit Real Estate Services’ Phoenix office has announced the addition of two new brokers to its team, according to Todd Brown, Managing Director of Voit’s Phoenix office. The company has hired Michael Kasulaitis and Aric Adams, who join Voit from Cushman & Wakefield, bringing more than one million square feet of listings to Voit’s Phoenix operations.

EUGENE, OR - November 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Realtor Ronda Lea Clifton to the growing network of real estate professionals using the revolutionary IDX Broker software on their websites. Western Arizona Realtor Data Exchange MLS (WARDEX) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto Clifton’s search page, making thousands of detailed property listings instantly available for home seekers and potential clients. With her customized IDX solution, Clifton can host one of the most dynamic and informative real estate websites and searches for Kingman, Arizona buyers.

Torrance, CA - November 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Arizona is pleased to announce local agents Doug Hill and Clay Strawn have been recognized as two of the top sales agents in the U.S. by The Wall Street Journal. The agents both clinched a spot inside the Top 250, which the newspaper compiled with REAL Trends, Inc., based on the number of closed transaction sides for 2010. Given the economic downturn, both agents have found a way to be successful and thrive in this unpredictable real estate market.

LAKE HAVASU, AZ - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Longevity is a mainstay at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. This month the company’s Lake Havasu office kicks off its 25th anniversary celebration, which falls on the heels of its national 105th anniversary, which was celebrated last month.

EUGENE, OR - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Juan Chaves of 365 Realty Solutions is the latest real estate professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution for his website. Arizona Regional (ARMLS) MLS listing data is extracted by IDX Broker software and displayed with ease on the website Chaves represents. He can now give his clients a comprehensive online property search experience, making it easier than ever for home seekers to find Scottsdale, Arizona homes online.

Torrance, CA - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- To say Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage agent Megan Fernandez is passionate about fighting for a cause is an understatement. In fact, the Scottsdale real estate agent currently is training for her fifth Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure®, a 60-mile walk held Nov. 11-13 throughout the Phoenix Metropolitan area.

Phoenix, AZ - October 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Many retail market indicators continue to improve, despite erratic employment trends and sovereign debt worries. These economic headwinds have strongly impacted consumer sentiment, dropping third quarter expectations to the lowest point since early 2009, when layoffs peaked. Still, retail sales reached an annualized average of $380 billion in September, up 7.6% year over year. Total nonfarm payrolls have expanded by nearly 1.1 million positions so far in 2011, with the wholesale and retail trade sectors alone adding 205,000 workers combined. Rising retail payrolls and sales, in turn, have supported investor interest. An estimated $21.5 billion in retail assets have sold over the past six months, more than double the transactions recorded during the same stretch in 2010. Steady employment gains are predicted to keep inves tor confidence and deal flow near current levels through year end. In 2011, a total of 1.4 million jobs will be added, a 1.1% increase, while the key wholesale and retail trades will expand by 256,000 positions, or 1.3%.

Phoenix, AZ - October 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Resurgent economic headwinds have rattled the nation’s employment and industrial markets, as both hiring and industrial property sales volume eased in the third quarter. Nevertheless, the economic turbulence is not expected to lead to a double-dip recession. So far in 2011, national blue-collar employment levels have expanded by an estimated 361,000 positions, or 1.3%, and roughly $17 billion in industrial transactions have closed. During the same stretch last year, fewer than 3,000 manual-trade positions were added and industrial sales volume reached just $11.7 billion. Furthermore, several key hiring and industrial market indicators, including the Institute of Supply Management’s PMI index, showed improvement late in the third quarter, strengthening fourth quarter expectations. Total nonfarm employment is an ticipated to expand by 1.4 million new jobs in 2011, or 1.1%, after 940,000 workers were added last year. Manual industries will generate 451,000 positions, representing growth of 1.6%.

Newport Beach, CA - October 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Determined to dispose of residual REO properties, Heartland Financial USA, a financial services company better known through their affiliates such as Arizona Bank & Trust, has employed the auction marketing experts at the LFC Group of Companies to sell prime development land and other real estate assets on the Freedom Realty Exchange (FRE.com).

EUGENE, OR - October 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Broker Bruce Hoskins of H Group Realty to the growing network of real estate professionals using the revolutionary IDX Broker software on their websites. Hoskins now hosts a dynamic search page, syncing his website with thousands of Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) listings instantly. The innovative search capabilities Hoskins now supports on his website have forever changed the way his clients and other Florida home seekers search for properties online.

Torrance, CA - October 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Westwood Financial Corp., one of the largest owner-operators of shopping centers in the U.S., has purchased the 24,452-square-foot Crossroads of Tempe retail center in the Arizona town. It is the company’s latest transaction toward the company’s value-add program, to which it has earmarked $100 million in purchases.

Tempe, AZ - October 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.’s Phoenix-based industrial brokerage group has orchestrated the sale of Normal Junction, a two-building, 140,000-square-foot warehouse/distribution property in Tempe. BlackRidge Real Estate Group acquired the asset for $7.65 million.

Scottsdale, AZ - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In September 2011, GPE Commercial Advisors reported closing four purchase transactions for $1.7M (83,658 square feet, including two-acre land sale), 20 lease transactions for $5.2M (64,478 square feet) and one dental practice sale for $410,000. Combined, GPE represented 25 completed transactions for $7.3M totaling 148,136 square feet.

TUCSON, AZ - October 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is holding a workshop today to provide information to homeowners and business owners who are considering solar energy for their properties.

Phoenix, AZ - October 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CoreNet Global Desert Mountain Chapter has chosen two recipients for the inaugural Corporate Real Estate Excellence Awards: Barry Broome, president and CEO, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, and Scott Smith, Mayor, City of Mesa.

EUGENE, OR - October 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces Nancy Hawkins of Hawkins & Associates Realty Inc. has adopted a customizable IDX solution for her professional website. Hawkins joins the growing network of agents and brokers who have already transformed their own online real estate websites with the innovative IDX Broker software. Hawkins can now sync her website to the Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS), making thousands of properties available for home seekers around Arizona to search through. Never before has such a comprehensive and thorough online real estate solution been so readily available to agents, broker or potential buyers online.

TUCSON, AZ - October 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is holding a workshop today to provide information to homeowners and business owners who are considering solar energy for their properties.

Scottsdale, AZ - October 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sperry Van Ness – SVN Partners in Greater Phoenix negotiated the $675,000 REO sale of the former L & G Center located at 9188 E. San Salvador in Scottsdale, Arizona. Neil Sherman, Nicole Ridberg, and Justin Horwitz of Sperry Van Ness’ Phoenix office represented the seller, Centennial Bank. The property was acquired by Mark Siegel, D.O. and Sathish Chari, D.D.S, who was represented by Thomas Weinhold of the NAI Horizon office in Phoenix, Arizona.

Phoenix, AZ - September 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate veterans G-II Varrato and Lori Klindera have seen it all in their 25 years in the real estate industry – until recently. The husband-wife duo, both military specialists with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, helped Army veteran Jose Cordova, Jr. — a 22-year-old with tours in Afghanistan and Iraq under his belt — re-purchase his parents’ foreclosed-upon Phoenix home in September.

Phoenix, AZ - September 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sperry Van Ness – SVN Partners announced that Goodman and Partridge OB/GYN has signed a ten year, 8,500 square foot lease in Rome Towers located at 1760 E. Pecos Rd in Gilbert, Arizona. Goodman and Partridge OB/GYN intends to begin occupying the new space at the beginning of 2012. Goodman and Partridge OB/GYN has offices in various locations throughout the Phoenix metro area and has been providing care to women in the valley since 1976. Rome Towers represents one of the most high profile mixed-use buildings in the southeast valley. Sperry Van Ness’ Justin Horwitz and Nicole Ridberg served as the only brokers involved in the negations.