From the Arizona Department of Transportation for Aug. 9-11, as part of a project to construct high occupancy vehicle lanes: The northbound lanes of the Loop 101 Freeway will be completely closed between the Loop 202 Freeway and Chaparral Road from 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, through 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11. Adapted: Original photo [...]
From the monthly archives:
August 2008
Enjoy art? photo credit: kevindooley The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art has free admission on Fridays, through the end of August, courtesy of Lewis and Roca. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: 7374 East Second Street, Scottsdale, AZ Museum Front Desk: 480-874-4666 UPDATE: Just discovered that Thursdays (10a – 8pm) are still free too!
Shailesh Ghimire over at CTX published a post last week that gives some insight into the inner workings of the HR 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. Entitled, How to Take Advantage of the Mortgage Rescue Bill, the article explains how the process works, what the roadblocks could be, and cost of accepting government [...]
Market Action is a proprietary Altos Research statistic that tracks where the market. Tilted to the buyer or the seller. Index under 30 indicated a buyer’s market. From the chart for single family home activity, it’s easy to see that we have been stagnated in a buyer’s market for over a year, and that since [...]
My son attends Chaparral High School in the Scottsdale school district, and has loved watching the construction over the past year, as buildings have been erected and demolition has started. I’ve been taking photos over the past several months, anticipating the final removal of the 200 building. Today, I got a Google alert where a [...]
This chart pretty much says it all. As prices have decreased over the summer, single family homes homes have sold or been taken off the market. Condo prices have been falling steadily over the past year, and inventory (number of homes available for sale) started tapering off this past spring.

