Daily News from the desk of Nicholas L Miner, CCIM
Here are the news stories you might find interesting today:
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Big improvements at 2 Mesa parks
No takers yet for old City Hall space
Chandler scraps Arizona Ave. lane reduction
Small companies grow as large firms cut costs
Land owner has right to road access
First-time buyers grab foreclosures
Index: Phoenix home price decline leads nation
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The first-quarter S&P/Case Shiller Home Price Index affirms that home prices are dropping more quickly in Phoenix than any other major U.S. city. |
Flagstaff ranks among Kiplinger’s best cities
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Kiplinger’s Personal Finance named Flagstaff among its Best Cities of 2009 – the only Arizona city to make the top 10 list. |
Axway shifts HQ from Scottsdale to Phoenix
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Axway has moved its headquarters to Phoenix as a way to have more space for the company’s continued expansion. |
Consumer confidence up dramatically
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Consumer confidence jumped in May to its highest level since September. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index now stands at 54.9, up from 40.8 in April. |
Intermountain Drilling opens AZ office
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The Phoenix commercial real estate market is barely moving when it comes to commercial properties sales, but leases are being signed here and there. Here’s a look at some recent deals: |
The Expert: The Uneven Road to Recovery
By Ken Riggs, Real Estate Research Corp.
No one ever promised that the road to economic recovery would be a smooth one, but even those of us who were prepared to navigate hills, curves and steep valleys are finding the beginning stages of economic stabilization more tiresome than we had imagined.
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