PHOENIX, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Cole Companies (Cole) continued its strong acquisition pace during the month of November, acquiring six new properties, totaling 147,699 square feet for a purchase price of $76.8 million

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NEWPORT BEACH, CA –– Freedom Realty Exchange (www.FRE.com), a real estate auction website and part of the LFC Group of Companies, sells more resort-style homes in the gated communities of Laughlin Ranch and Talon Pointe in Bullhead City, Arizona.

PHOENIX, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Foreclosures continue to swell in Arizona, flooding the market with excess inventory, earning the state an unwanted spot in the nation's top ten list for foreclosures. According to Realtytrac(R), Arizona ranked eighth in the nation among states with the highest foreclosure filings, reporting 6,339 filings in October 2007.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Solstice, the ultra-luxury leader in the $2 billion destination club industry, is adding to its expanding portfolio of luxury homes in the top 25 global elite travel destinations with a ski-in, ski-out chalet located in Verbier, Switzerland -- one of the world's premier ski destinations

Estimate of Number of Homeowners Who Could Save Home Based on Publicly Available Data from Center for Responsible Lending; Rep. Giffords Urged to Support Pending Bills to Eliminate Unfairness in Mortgage Foreclosure Process

Washington, D.C., Rep. Raul M. Grijalva voted in support of H.R. 3074, the FY 2008 Transportation HUD Appropriations Conference Report.

Mortgage market troubles give local tenants leverage. Among the relics left behind by failed mortgage lender First Magnus Financial Corp. is plenty of prime office space.

As containment progresses on the August Fire continued through the day, some of the assigned resources were detailed to assist with initial attack on a new start, the November Fire. Two air tankers and 2 helicopters were able to get a wet line around the perimeter of the November Fire and stop the spread as a fire crew and 2 engines were diverted to begin the suppression efforts.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lyle Anderson Company, Inc. has announced that on November 5, a limited number of Nalu Kai Homesites will be available for sale to the public at Hokuli'a, which is being developed by 1250 Oceanside Partners, the latest Lyle Anderson Company community on the Island of Hawai'i.

On Saturday, November 3rd, Alamo Lake State Park will host "A Night under the Stars" to celebrate State Parks' 50th Anniversary.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Shidler Group purchased the 31-story, 371,727-square-foot US Bank Center at 101 North First Avenue in downtown Phoenix in May 2006. At the time of purchase, the building was 76% occupied and subsequent leasing activity, including the new leases, has brought occupancy to 87%.