The Dealmaker: 11/11/2016

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Maricopa rising, retail lagging. At Maricopa’s “State of the City” address, a panel composed of some of the Valley’s heaviest hitters discussed the city’s outlook for growth, home buying, retail, infrastructure and more. Rose Law Group Social Media Coordinator Callan Smith was there and has coverage of the event, at Rose Law Group Reporter. http://bit.ly/2fInd9Y

Casa Grande may partner with new greenhouse-energy plant; Court Rich, Rose Law Group Senior Partner & Director of Renewable Energy Department calls it ‘a truly unique project on many levels.’ Casa Grande Dispatch: “nFlux [Energy Products based in Phoenix] plans to develop 300 acres near Rodeo and Burris… into greenhouses that would produce tomato crops…. [N]atural gas from a pipeline would be processed and converted into electricity, heat and carbon dioxide that would be piped into its greenhouses to enhance plant growth.” Click through for the full report, plus more from Court Rich on what “could be a model for future competitive supply of power at low prices to communities around Arizona.” http://bit.ly/2fXihzo

Donald Trump’s transition team: We will ‘dismantle’ Dodd-Frank. In a “brief note on [a] new website [President-elect Trump] promis[ed] to ‘replace it with new policies to encourage economic growth and job creation’ but provid[ed] few details….” However, a GOP “wish list of changes” may offer some clues. (BTW, after predicting and then winning an election that no one thought he could, who on earth would be foolish enough now to doubt that he could also pull this off?) See the story in The Wall Street Journal. http://bit.ly/2frvVXf

Housing affordability slipped even as rates slid. “Home price appreciation… offset a small decline in rates and the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI), a measure of housing affordability, moved slightly lower.” For a full breakdown including median income figures for the nation’s most/least affordable housing markets, head to Mortgage News Dailyhttp://bit.ly/2eKwc5T

The affordable housing crisis is a rural issue, too. “Statistics paint a grim picture… The rural poverty rate… is roughly three percent higher than urban areas… [N]early one in seven households earn… less than $15,000 per year…. [A]bout 50 percent of poor rural Americans have housing expenses that exceed half of their incomes.” Curbed.com looks at the problem — and the “help” that may be “on the way.” http://bit.ly/2eoJpGl

What’s behind a sudden foreclosure spike. And could this “curious” October jump in foreclosures actually be, as CNBC’s Diana Olick suggests, “the first sign of a crack in the recovery”? Read her report (and get the numbers for foreclosure activity in Arizona), here: http://bit.ly/2eoETHL

Expect busier months ahead in real estate. “The housing market remains strong this fall, and it’s poised to remain that way for the rest of the year, notes Jonathan Smoke, realtor.com®’s chief economist. Still, the economy and housing inventory woes may present some challenges in the months ahead.” Much more Smoke, at REALTORMag. http://bit.ly/2fXlSNB

Home owners get more realistic on prices. “This is the fourth consecutive month the index has moved closer in line between home owner and appraiser estimates on values.” Click through to REALTORMag  for figures from the latest Quicken Loans Home Price Perceptions Index. http://bit.ly/2g30INE

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Because you are an informed person, as a supplement to the Dealmaker, we are providing you 3 (sometimes more/less) non-real estate related articles we thought you might enjoy!
State Supreme Court rules state retirement plan law unconstitutional. You’re told you have to contribute “just 7 percent “ to your retirement plan. But then the state comes along and “unilaterally [boosts it] to 10 percent” and then, later, to “13…” According to the state’s high court, this is unconstitutional, “even if lawmakers said that [doing so] was necessary to maintain the financial stability of the pension fund.” Capitol Media Services’ Howard Fischer has more on the ruling, which includes “a stinging dissent from Justice Clint Bolick,“ in Arizona Capitol Times. http://bit.ly/2fjQjMh

LET”S MAKE A (WATER) DEAL – Arizona cities cut deal to store more water in Lake Mead. “The deal [between water officials in Phoenix and Tucson] is intended to keep the water level in Lake Mead high enough to prevent the federal Bureau of Reclamation from declaring a water shortage that would require states to reduce their withdrawal of water from the lake…” Find out how they plan to do it, in Las Vegas Review-Journal. http://bit.ly/2frAj8z

HEALTHCARE DOT GONE? – Ducey says Obamacare needs to be replaced before it’s eliminated. “‘We know that Obamacare isn’t working, we know that it’s badly broken and in need of improvement…’ But [Gov.] Ducey said any solution has to be about not just repeal but replacing it with something.” And what, if anything, in the Affordable Care Act does the governor think “should [probably] be preserved”? Find out in this report from Capitol Media Service’s Howard Fischer, at Arizona Capitol Times. http://bit.ly/2fE9fUc

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