From azcentral, “Arizona’s mortgage improvement fastest in U.S.” Delinquency leaders States with highest rates of past-due mortgages at end of March.     1. Florida, 13.87 percent.     2. Nevada, 11.16 percent.     3. New Jersey, 8.31 percent.     4. Maryland, 7.11 percent.     5. Arizona, 6.86 percent. Source: TransUnion Arizona has been the fastest state to work through it’s foreclosures. [...]

And that’s from the Florida Realtors, “The Distressed Property Market and Shadow Inventory in Florida: Estimates and Analysis.” Florida has nearly a third of the total shadow inventory nationwide. Part of this is due to what happened here during the housing recession. Part of it is due to the tie-up of potential foreclosures in the [...]

From John Burns Real Estate Consulting; Once considered to be at ground zero of the housing market collapse, Phoenix has orchestrated a dramatic turnaround in recent months and has considerably outpaced other distressed markets such as Las Vegas, Riverside-San Bernardino and Sacramento. Phoenix was one of the hardest hit housing markets during the bust, with [...]

Tucson is a wonderful place to live and has plenty of wonderful things to do outdoors for people of all ages. One of the coolest things about Tucson is that there are plenty of outdoor playgrounds for children to enjoy. Finding A Cool Playground If you are new to the area and you do not [...]

Short commercial on Willow Bend Environmental Education Center; a nonprofit organization here in Flagstaff dedicated towards teaching citizens of all ages about the environment which surrounds us.

A short promotional documentary providing a glimpse into three artists’s lives who have all come to The Old Jerome High School art center to embed their artworks upon the old cement walls. Through the High School’s history since it’s first use in 1932, the inner voices who have come to its company have transformed into [...]

Phoenix Infill Development Lot + Biltmore Area + 0.57 Acres + R-3 Zoning (=~7 units) By far the closest R-3 lot to Biltmore area listed for sale as I write this. South of Biltmore / Camelback Corridor area with its very high dollar employment. Newer units in this diverse R-3 neighborhood have been selling for [...]

Powered by Tableau NOTE: If you stumble upon this post in the future please keep in mind that even though the chart may be up-to-date that the text here was written in April 2012. See other Phoenix Real Estate Market at a Glance posts. Phoenix Home Sales Phoenix home sales (blue line) in March 2012 [...]

This video is about the Phoenix real estate market, the decline in Arizona mortgage delinquencies and it’s effect on the number of Phoenix foreclosures.

You can watch the Coachella performances on YouTube, where some stream live.  You can look at pictures and videos on Facebook and all over the Internet. But there’s one thing you can’t really understand until you’ve experienced it, and that is Carpoolchella. Car camping at Coachella is as if you’ve created a different world. There are [...]

When Rich Scangarello was hired as the new NAU offensive coordinator in mid-March, the Sacramento State alum knew he was inheriting some talent and experience, allowing for a smooth transition. So far, so good, for the new coach, as his offense has performed well during the spring session and Scangarello believes the team is ready for [...]

On April 18, The Los Angeles Times released disturbing photographs of U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan posing with the deceased bodies of suspected Afghan suicide bombers, against the wishes of the Pentagon.  The photographs were released on the “condition of anonymity.”  The anonymous solider reportedly told the Times he released the photos to prove a [...]

Understanding that people with radical ideologies, liberal or conservative, don’t comprise a too significant portion of the constituency, Obama and Romney will need to target and appeal to a wide range of moderates and persons undecided if they wish to be elected to office. This challenge will prove far more difficult than appealing to either extremes [...]

Invisible Children, the group behind the KONY 2012 campaign, who had held their universal promotion campaign push on the stoner holiday April 20, have come under a tremendous amount of scrutiny from supporters of gay marriage and liberals, which are of course the same group of people. Invisible Children’s first yearly report of 2006 gave [...]

Having fleas is no joke; many times it takes a serious effort to get rid of theses pests. Even if it means finding instant payday loans to buy all the equipment, it is worth it to act now. Fleas only get worse with time, female fleas can lay up to twenty or fifty eggs each [...]

NAU has tapped into the fountain of youth in an attempt to invigorate the athletic department. The administration hired Lisa Campos to fill the Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics post and subsequently tapped Jack Murphy,  a former assistant at Memphis who also had stops at UA and with the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, as the basketball coach. The [...]

All–Big Sky Honorable Mention and Golden Eagle Scholar–Athlete her freshman year, sophomore middle blocker Sydney Kemper of the NAU Women’s Volleyball Team takes time with The Lumberjack as it digs into her life off the court. The Lumberjack: Do you have any nicknames? Sydney Kemper: Skyd or Skydney. LJ: And what’s the story behind that? SK: Just friends from [...]

The culture of the American consciousness can at times be very vexing. Perhaps the most angering aspect of all is our concept of equality and justice. Since the first settlers came to this continent in the 15th century, inequality, discrimination and racism have been an integral part of our recipe for success. Within the last month we [...]

NAU draws people from all over the world for its forested mountain landscape — and draws people from through Arizona for its four seasons. However, what many do not know is that different climates exist here on campus — and plants from all over the world thrive within them. These artificial climates, sustained within two different [...]

Recognizing their dominant start to this past year, the women’s volleyball team hopes to come out with the same strength, but with a fire to remain with them through the season. Coach Craig Choate enters his fifth season as head coach, and with five seniors from his original 2008 recruiting class, has high expectations for the [...]

The 2012 college football season is over five months away, but the NAU football team is preparing itself for a new Big Sky Conference. The Lumberjacks have been practicing for a little over three weeks now, including one scrimmage, and according to their head coach, are getting back to basics. “We’ve been able to do a [...]