GOT A COMPLEX? – Phoenix metro apartments sales hit record $4.97B in 2016. Phoenix Business Journal’s Mike Sunnucks looks at the “new numbers from ABI Multifamily,” along with the impact of “investors and landlords from California, the Pacific Northwest and Canada” on the “record sales volume” for apartment complexes. —> http://bit.ly/2ko7cZs
Largest deal in history of Arizona MLS closed by Robert Joffe. According to this press release in Digital Journal, Joffe “has closed on the sale of a $12,750,000 home in Paradise Valley.” The deal for the “14,150-square-foot, 2.5-acre gated estate… is the largest…in the state’s history.” For a few of the features in this “Georgian Revival-style mansion” (“12 bathrooms’!), along with Robert Joffe’s 2017 market prediction for “homes in the $7 million-and-up price range,’ click it: http://bit.ly/2jVOS94
Scottsdale’s Artesia revived with 500 new, luxury condos. “Meritage… is partnering with iStar Inc. to develop the… project on the [NE] corner of Scottsdale and Indian Bend…” The Republic’s Catherine Reagor reports that plans for the “stalled luxury condominium development… call for adding… a 10-acre park, resort-style pools and a large clubhouse…” View a rendering and get price and sq. foot info, plus expected move-in date, here: http://bit.ly/2jaRhbL
First ‘smart home’ apartments in Arizona coming to Gilbert. “Cisterra… is developing Vistara [‘a 366-unit apartment community’] at SanTan Village, which will offer remote control locks, temperature and lighting to its residents…” According to Cisterra, this “it will be the [state’s] first apartment community to offer remote, mobile-device enabled technology to residents…” Other smart-home features and a poolside-perspective of Vistara at AZRE. http://bit.ly/2kemDjw
Industry reacts: Is Trump’s suspension of FHA mortgage insurance premium cut good or bad? Mortgage Bankers Association, Community Home Lenders Association, National Association of Realtors, California Association Of Realtors — the head honcho from each weighs in, in this HousingWIre report by Brena Swanson, who notes: “The controversy and uncertainty surrounding FHA MIPs has left [them] divided.” http://bit.ly/2jmOCPw
Cameron’s $5M + deals of the day – http://bit.ly/2jtKKKd
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