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Three homebuilders in the Tucson region have grabbed top honors for environmentally friendly "sustainable building design and construction" from Calvert, a diversified investment management firm that touts "sustainable and responsible investing."

PHOENIX - Governor Janet Napolitano announced today the latest effort in a series of state initiatives to better serve Arizona families facing foreclosure. Homeowners who are either delinquent on their mortgage or face foreclosure now have a new, dedicated 24/7 toll-free help line to reach a local Arizona foreclosure counselor: 1-877-448-1211.

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On April 17, the Arizona Legislature passed an amended FY 2008 budget, which Governor Napolitano then signed. The Department of Housing has been tapped for significant financial adjustments totaling $13.3 million in budget sweeps to three of our agency funds for the current fiscal year. While these sweeps pose significant cuts to an agency of this size, ADOH had planned for this inevitability and existing projects and programs should not be affected by the FY2008 sweeps.

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PHOENIX – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson today awarded the City of Phoenix Housing Department nearly $8.9 million to support the redevelopment of A.L. Krohn Homes public housing complex into an attractive mixed-income community

PHOENIX, AZ (February 12, 2008) — Arizona-based VisitMyLuxuryHome.com today unveiled a new DVD Production Service for real estate professionals. The HomeDVD service allows realtors to supply prospective buyers with DVDs containing room-by-room tours of high-end homes in high definition, full motion video with live commentary by professional presenters

NEWPORT BEACH, CA– Freedom Realty Exchange (FRE.com), a real estate auction marketing website and part of the LFC Group of Companies, has just announced the launch of an online auction campaign to sell seven new homes and two residential lots in Bullhead City, Arizona, with minimum bids starting at only $1.

GOODYEAR, Ariz., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Local Real Estate Specialist, Brenda Kilhoffer, of the BK Family Homes Team at Keller Williams Professional Partners and Villas at Palm Valley will be hosting a free brunch and Investor Limo Tour of featured west valley investment properties.

Scottsdale, Arizona, January 24, 2008 -- According to Realty DataTrust, the apartment industry’s first up-to-date source for aggregated leasing data, average nationwide apartment rental rates increased 1.9% in 2007.

PHOENIX, AZ (January 15, 2008) — Arizona-based visitMyLuxuryHome.com today released a new Virtual Open House service enabling prospective buyers to receive room-by-room tours of high-end homes in high definition, full motion video with live commentary by professional presenters. Initially available exclusively in Arizona, the Virtual Open House is a compelling new way for buyers to quickly visit homes online.

Tucson, AZ – Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, along with the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco), announced today that more than $4.7 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants have been awarded to housing projects throughout Yuma, Pima and Maricopa counties, funding nine projects expected to generate 432 new affordable housing units.

LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- RealtyBid.com, the nation's leader in online home auctions, has announced the sale of 16 new Lennar homes in the Phoenix, Ariz., area. Competitive bidding on 17 Lennar-built new homes in the community of Laureates at Savannah in Litchfield Park, Ariz., took place during a two-week online event in late 2007.

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

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

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.