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Just a quick note, most of Marana is eligible for the USDA residential mortgage financing program that enables low to moderate income buyers to qualify for 100% plus mortgage financing. Depending on the home value, buyers who qualify can get enough to cover the purchase price plus most closing c...
07/28/2011
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A local realtor, Leigh Ann Ganuelas of Kai Associates arranged for HGTV's House Hunters to follow a home buyer in Oro Valley and Tucson. While it took a while to convince them to come all the way to Tucson, it worked out great and you can watch the show air on 7/18/11.
07/14/2011
The Oro Valley Business Club suggested I keep the comments about great businesses in Oro Valley, Arizona going, so I am going to state the obvious. That Fry’s on La Canada and Lambert is such a pleasure to shop in. The people are always friendly, the store is clean and the values are very good. D...
07/08/2011
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This week Lee Farkas, the former head of Taylor Bean Whitaker, one of the mortgages companies that went out of business 2 years ago and left many people "holding the bag" got a 30 year prison sentence and forfeiture of more than $38 million for leading a $3 billion fraud associated with fake mor...
07/01/2011
Let's answer the second question first. Home prices are affordable for more people than they have been in almost 20 years. The Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) indicated that 74.6% of all new and existing homes sold in the first quarter of 2011 were affordable to families earning the n...
06/29/2011