Phoenix area’s real-estate industry wants the shirt off your back — for a good cause. [Note: Rose Law Group represents JoAnn and Joseph Callaway.] Two real estate-agents walk into the Salvation Army’s Adult Rehab center… That may sound like the opening to a joke, but it’s actually what led real-estate agents JoAnn and Joseph Callaway to launch Real Estate for Rehabilitation, “a program to help people fighting addictions by asking homebuyers and-sellers to fill Salvation Army trucks when they move….” For the Callaway’s inspirational story and a look at the success of the program, click to Catherine Reagor’s piece in AZCentral. http://bit.ly/2fNbplO
Zillow puts Phoenix in top 10 house price cuts for Black Friday. See where we rank among “the 10 metros [with] the greatest share of listings with a recent price cut, as of September 2016.” (SLIGHT SPOILER: We do NOT top the list; that honor goes to the land of Breaking Bad.) —-> http://bit.ly/2fyJiIR
Arizona United SC reveals new name and logo, plus stadium plans for 2017 season. “The 15.8-acre soccer-specific training and stadium facility [for ‘Phoenix Rising FC’, formerly ‘Arizona United SC’] will be built… at McClintock Drive and Loop 202…” Click through to AZCentral for the full story; plus, see the new logo along with a rendering of the facility, which is sure to get soccer fans psyched up. (We wager that even non-soccer fans will be impressed!) http://bit.ly/2gFwufJ
$21 million bill for Glendale pro sports in 2016. All About Arizona Newstouches upon some of the “ongoing costs” incurred by the city of Glendale as a result of pro-sporting events “clustered” in the area, and what the economic repercussions could be “[i]f venues are moved” to other areas of the Valley. http://bit.ly/2fNfcjk
Major General Plan amendment sought to make way for new Scottsdale golf course, development. “The city council will discuss the future of this [’92-acre plot’] during a General Plan Amendment meeting… Dec. 1. The lot… sits between Pima and Cave Creek roads and borders the Town of Carefree…” In the mix? “55.5 acres of suburban neighborhood… 36.2 acres for developed open space or a golf course… [S]cenic corridor[s] along the Cave Creek… and… Pima…“, Carefree mayor Les Peterson is “supportive of the proposed change”; however, he has expressed “concerns” and “requested [that] seven conditions” be met as “part of the entitlement approval.” Read what they are, in Scottsdale Independent. http://bit.ly/2gSpWi1
‘Housing Wire’ says Ben Carson will accept HUD secretary role.HousingWire’s Kelsey Ramírez reports that “sources close to the appointment confirm [‘former GOP presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon’] Ben Carson will officially accept the role… [T]hose sources say a formal acceptance will come as soon as today…”(Hopefully it comes right around the time you usually receive The Dealmaker — in time for lunch — so that you won’t hate on us too much over use of the pun: BEN appétit!) http://bit.ly/2fyMUdO
New-home sales slow: Temporary blip? National Association of Home Builders’ chairman Ed Brady and NAHB chief economist Robert Dietz both weigh in on October’s 1.9 percent sales drop [blip?] — in REALTORMag. http://bit.ly/2g2j11G
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