By Tim Mullaney, USA TODAY, December 21, 2011 After years of pain and a market free fall that has shaved $6.8 trillion off the value of the nation’s 104 million homes, the decline in U.S. house prices may be nearly over. U.S. homeowners lost $681 billion this year, according to a study by real estate [...]
Carefree’s the smartest small town in Arizona according to data from On Numbers rankings nationwide. Small towns are those with 1,000 to 9,999 residents. And Paradise Valley is the brainiest of the mid-sized cities in Arizona. The population of those cities are between 10,000 and 49,999 residents. On Numbers rated local brainpower by using raw [...]
I know, I know… we have plenty and all kinds, from small malls to gigantic malls (Fashion Square, Kierland Commons, Promenade, from quaint downtown Scottsdale shops to Carefree’s El Pedregal. But, this is different! It’s Scottsdale’s first factory outlet shopping center! It’ll be on a new location on the Salt River Reservation on the border [...]
Green jobs have been increasing because of the solar and alternative industry in the Valley and is expected to grow 8 times more than other jobs this year. And Arizona was named third among states for being a leader in alternative energy, according to Business Facilities magazine First Solar Inc.’s Mesa plant represents a $300 [...]