New Construction

Local builder posts 4th quarter loss

In The News

Local home builder K. Hovnanian reported its 4th quarter income, which showed a smaller loss than 1 year ago, but came in lower than analysts expected. “K. Hov” is still building homes across the Valley. In the far West Valley K.Hov homes in the community of Verrado start at $149,900. They’re building substantially the same [...]

22 December 2010 Read the full article →

Should I have my New Construction Home inspected?

New Construction

ABSOLUTELY! And probably more than once! One of the nice things about buying a new home is that the builders will give you a one-year home warranty, where they’ll come out & fix anything that isn’t working properly. Most builders will even take care of you after the one-year mark has passed, in my experience. [...]

4 March 2008 Read the full article →

DR Horton homes at Camino A Lago

New Construction

I’ve been watching DR Horton clear the desert and prepare the site (west of 95th Ave and north of Lake Pleasant Pkwy in Peoria), but today I noticed they’ve put 3 spec homes into the MLS (with no pictures or descriptions, just a note to see their sales office.) So it looks like they’re actually [...]

6 December 2007 Read the full article →

Solar powered homes selling quickly

Green Living

Need proof that there’s more public support than ever for environmentally friendly homes? Clarum Homes is building a community of 47 zero-energy homes in Menlo Park, California. They began selling these homes this summer, and have already sold 44 of the 47! As a community, Menlo Park’s real estate market is trending downward, but is [...]

12 November 2007 Read the full article →

Glendale Hotels On the Clock as Big Games Approach

New Construction

In a post I wrote a few months back, I commented on the lack of hotels/entertainment the West Valley has in order to support the upcoming Superbowl XLII & Fiesta Bowl attendees.  Now it’s nearly May, and it looks like Glendale finally might have some places for the visitors to lay their head at night.  According to a [...]

1 May 2007 Read the full article →

Loop 303: Road Construction AHEAD!

New Construction

Get ready folks!  Those of you who travel the 303 will have some bumpy roads & detours to manipulate in the near future.  The Maricopa County Department of Transportation will be installing traffic lights at the intersection of Waddell & Loop 303.  For those of us who travel this strip very often, this intersection can [...]

29 April 2007 Read the full article →

Mesa Waterpark @ Riverview

East Valley

Although Surprise was expecting to be the site for a revolutionary water park, in the end, Mesa has convinced the builder that their offer was a better fit. Currently, there are 3 water parks in the metropolitan Phoenix area (not including those which require a hotel-stay)… Waterworld Safari in North Phoenix, Big Surf in Tempe, [...]

6 March 2007 Read the full article →

Prasada Part 2

General Musings

Okay Surprise folks, as I said in my last posting on Prasada, we are beginning to hear which tenants will be moving in when Prasada begins catering to the community. Catholic Healthcare West, which owns St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, Chandler Regional Hospital, and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, will be building an outpatient facility (including [...]

6 March 2007 Read the full article →

Builder Spec Inventories Down

Buyer Help

I spent some time this week talking to someone who works for one of the larger Phoenix homebuilders, and I was very excited to hear what he had to say. I’ve written many times in recent months about how multiple economists and other “experts” all seem to have different views about what’s in store for [...]

18 February 2007 Read the full article →

Old Rawhide…..New Development

In The News

For those of us who have lived in Phoenix for some time (not too many of us left!), Rawhide was one of those places that we remember going to every few years when we had visitors in from out of town and we wanted to show them what living in Phoenix was all about. You [...]

19 December 2006 Read the full article →