CoreLogic: Home Prices Still Going Up

Home prices increased by 3.7 percent year-over-year and one percent month-over-month in March, according to new data from CoreLogic.

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The 55+ housing market is booming

The 55+ housing market is thriving right now as more Baby Boomers look to invest in a new nest to live out their retirement dreams.

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Where did home buyers flock? Here are the 5 metro Phoenix areas with the biggest increases in home sales

Phoenix-area homebuyers flocked north in 2018.

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Fewer first-time home buyers likely to qualify for mortgages under tougher FHA standards

Some first-time and low- to middle-income home buyers will likely be edged out of the housing market under tougher standards recently adopted by the Federal Housing Administration, experts say.

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Phoenix homes prices climbed 130 percent in 10 years. What's next?

Home prices hit a new record in metro Phoenix last year, and so did incomes in the Valley.

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D.R. Horton buys Phoenix land for $80 million, plans luxury homes

A homebuilder has paid a record price for approximately 120 acres in northeast Phoenix. Only one home was on the nearly vacant swath of desert.

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Metro Phoenix apartment rents climbed faster than anywhere in the U.S.

Apartment rents climbed faster in metro Phoenix than anywhere in the U.S. during the past year.

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