Real Estate Transactions

Small business owners lease commercial space all across Phoenix. Many assume that as long as they pay rent and comply with the terms set in the lease agreement, they will be able to stay in that space as long as the lease allows.However, there are situations when a...

Arizonans who suffered during the housing crash that began in 2008 may be getting some good news after a recent national settlement. Under a deal with mortgage firm HSBC, Arizonans whose residential mortgages were serviced by HSBC and who lost their homes due to...

The real estate market is often fluid; sales rise and fall as the market changes. In November there was a decline in the number of home sales in Phoenix. In the greater Phoenix Valley region, 6,064 homes sold in November, a decrease of over 1,000 homes from the prior...

An Arizona resident who is considering purchasing a home in a short sale real estate transaction, or a buyer who hopes to sell his home through a short sale, may be interested to learn the pros and cons of such a transaction before proceeding. A short sale is a...

Buying a home can be a complicated process. Rarely is it as simple as seeing a home you like, asking the homeowner the price, writing a check and getting the keys. The process does not have to be overly stressful, however, and having knowledge about real estate...

Rarely these days are real estate transactions as simple as one buyer turns over the full purchase price for a piece of property to a seller and the deal is done. Often, in Arizona and elsewhere, real estate transactions have a greater level of complexity and could...

A homeowner's choice to move forward with selling his or her Arizona home is a major decision. It means uprooting his or her family and establishing a home in another location. There may be many unknowns and many questions. One question that often arises at the early...

  The financial crash of 2008 had wide-reaching effects, and some of those effects continue today. Fortunately, however, there are signs that the effects are dissipating as the real estate market continues to pick up traction in Arizona. This change is evident in...

It is always wise to know what you are buying. From inspecting eggs in a grocery store, to looking over a new car for scratches, thorough investigation benefits the buyer so that he or she can be confident in the product he or she is buying. Nowhere is this more true...

It can feel overwhelming to realize that you and your family might be on the brink of losing your home. You may have initially missed just one residential mortgage payment, but then another slipped by and before you knew it, the bank is threatening foreclosure. It is...