A directory of real estate links, outlining the most popular news and other articles as voted on by the BiggerPockets community.
Metrocenter sale price shows woes, Metrocenter, once the crown jewel of mall developer Westcor's empire, has been sold out of receivership after years of decline to a New York investment firm for a mere $12.2 million, a broker involved in the deal...
Man tells IRS he's resident of 'heaven,' owes no taxes, BREVARD, Fla. -- A 40-year-old man who told IRS agents he was not subject to man's laws but instead was an American national who "resided in the Kingdom of Heaven," pleaded not guilty this we...
Intel exploring ways to help Stephen Hawking speak, LONDON - A senior Intel Corp. executive says the American chipmaker is studying ways to help renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking overcome his slowing speech.
Arizona support grows for startups, The Arizona Commerce Authority has begun a major effort to create more jobs by encouraging small companies to expand. One new program, the Arizona Innovation Challenge, enables companies to get grants of up to $...
Odds of an IRS audit are rising for millionaires, If you earn less than $200,000 a year, there's a strong chance you don't have to worry about an Internal Revenue Service audit.
Inheritance issues play role in how to title real estate, Prior Marriages with Children May Change How You Hold Title to Your Home
Home-sale contracts jump 7.3%, The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes in November rose to the highest level in a year and a half.
The Phoenix area's biggest real estate deals, A principal of a research and development company in Boston working on antibody-based cancer therapeutics, a hotel and leisure practice attorney an otolaryngologist, a of a company that designs, develo...
U.S. economy to pick up, but still vulnerable, survey says, The U.S. economy will grow faster in 2012 -- if it isn't knocked off track by upheavals in Europe, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists.Unemployment will barely f...
Arizona's billionaires, Five Arizona men were among the more than 1,200 global billionaires listed on Forbes magazine's 2010 roster of the world's richest people
Economists see Arizona recovery in 2015, It might hurt less due to slow improvement, but Arizona's economic pain is now expected to linger into 2015. That's a year longer that local economists predicted a year ago and two to three years longer tha...
China slowdown fears hit markets, SHANGHAI - Signs that the powerhouse Chinese economy is slowing have spooked global markets and sharpened fears that the world economy will not escape another recession, so much so that a small, preliminary survey...
Missing moon rock found among Clinton's papers, An archivist sifting through the papers and memorabilia amassed during former President Bill Clinton's time as Arkansas governor found a moon rock brought back by the Apollo 17 mission that had myste...
Haunted houses are scaring up big dollars in Phoenix area, Haunted houses around the country are opening this weekend, including 2 of the Valley's biggest. {snl} 13th Floor | {snl} The Nest | {snl} 2010 Halloween parties
Agency encourages short sales by offering money, The Housing Department wants homeowners to complete short sales instead of losing homes to foreclosure.
Part of Glendale Westgate City Center repossessed by lender, Westgate City Center now partially lender-owned after a foreclosure auction Monday.
Federal loan guarantees set to shrink, A temporary boost to Federal Housing Administration-guaranteed loan limits passed in 2008 is set to expire on Oct. 1 unless Congress acts to extend it. Homebuilders and real estate agents in the Phoenix area ...
Rebound for luxury condos in Valley, Five years after the housing crash started, several of the high-rise towers and other luxury condo projects are filling up with buyers and renters.
Retail, office properties still battling uncertainty, Experts at a recent Urban Land Institute conference in Phoenix said only the youngest, hippest, best-funded and most attractive retail and office buildings will enjoy the full effects of econom...
Metro Phoenix housing market showing signs of upswing, 'Double dip' has made market watchers weary of being too optimistic about the latest positive news.