Arizona Governor Jan Brewer recently signed into law House Bill 2137. The bill imposes a criminal penalty on owners of "aggressive dogs" who fail to take "reasonable care" to prevent their dogs from escaping their residence or from biting or attacking other domestic...
Each day, about 1,000 U.S. citizens require emergency care treatment for dog bite injury. In Arizona, victims of dog bites have two ways to seek recovery from at-fault dog owners for their injuries: (1) Bring a claim against the dog's owner under Arizona's strict...
This sort of stuff makes me shake my head. See this article at AZCentral.com. Recently, the federal government provided $269 million to the Arizona Department of Housing for the purpose of helping Arizona homeowners prevent foreclosure. The money was not used to...
I get a lot of calls from people who are looking for foreclosure or short sale help in Arizona. With these calls, I consult with a lot of people about their options when it comes to either walking away or pursuing a short sale. I will state at the outset that I almost...
Shocking, I know, but another government program is proven to be a failure. A recent paper published by Jonathan Brogaard & Kevin Roshak, both of Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, shows that (1) contrary to the purpose of certain stimulus...
Highest Home Sales in 10 Years According to the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service, there were an astonishing 11,125 residential unit sales last month. This is incredible considering that there were more homes sold in June 2011 than were sold in June 2005, the...
Did your home lose value over the past 5 years? Yes. Did your home lose value overnight? According to Zillow.com, probably. On June 14th, the real estate website Zillow.com issued a press release stating that it had "modified the formula it uses to estimate the value...
We are always looking for ways to give Mesa AZ foreclosure help. Here are a couple of new programs in Arizona available to homeowners to help them stay in their homes if they are having difficulty making their mortgage payments. Save My Home AZ are federal government...
DON'T LET THE SHORT SALE NEGOTIATOR REDUCE YOUR REAL ESTATE COMMISSION In a previous article, I briefly outlined the short sale process. Like most real estate transactions, the seller's broker or agent in a short sale will be paid a commission. However, because the...
Recently it was reported that about 50% of all home loans in Arizona are currently at or near negative-equity. This means that the balance owed on about half of all home loans in Arizona is at most only 5% greater than the home's value. More significant though, most...
