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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.

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is responding to mis-categorizations of Sedona commerce as non-tourist in nature and to its Mayor's refusal to modify outdated ordinances prohibiting tourists from visiting less than a month in a Sedona vacation home -- a promulgated prohibition of short-term or weekly vacation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%.

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)

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.

PHOENIX , Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Cole Companies and Niche Residential, both based in Phoenix , announced today a joint venture under the entity name VSH Cave Creek, LLC to acquire The Village at Surrey Hills, a 45-unit luxury hillside townhome community currently being developed in Cave Creek, Arizona.