In a new report released by data research firm Core Logic, the foreclosure rate in Phoenix has continued to fall.
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A recent report from a Phoenix area title company shows the Phoenix housing market continues to pick up steam. The report released by Grand Canyon Title Agency, Inc. also shows a sharp decline in the number of foreclosures. According to the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home-price index, U.S. home values have declined for six consecutive months, but cities like Phoenix, San Diego and Miami are seeing prices rise. 
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A small cardiac practice with offices in Phoenix and Prescott has settled with the Department of Health and Human Services for alleged HIPAA violations. Apparently, the practice was publishing appointment data on the internet that could be accessed by the public. You can read more here. [...] According to new figures released by the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service Inc., areas like Mesa and Scottsdale saw increased foreclosure and short sale activity in the month of March. Arizona Republic: “Phoenix will not hire any new police officers or firefighters until the summer of 2013 to balance public-safety funds that have been running a deficit because of the recession. Funds from three voter-approved sales-tax increases dedicated to paying for police and fire ended the 2009-2010 fiscal year with an $18.4 million [...] From the we don’t have the money and the debt isn’t ours so we can spend other people’s money go deeper into debt department. “A new urban skate park has been approved for Margaret T. Hance Park near downtown Phoenix but it won’t allow bike riders.” I’ll give the city fathers the benefit [...] I can hear Phoenix city leaders saying “Deficit? What deficit?” Arizona Republic: “Skateboarders will have a fifth plaza to roll up and down ramps in Phoenix, city officials said Tuesday.” The story does not mention how much the park will cost. Perhaps the city leaders consider skateboard parks as just another form of [...] Arizona Republic: “The Valley’s bankruptcy situation improved for a third straight month in June, with filings now showing their lowest year-over-year increase since the recession began. Metro Phoenix recorded 2,656 consumer and business filings, down 3.9 percent from May, according to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Phoenix.” According to the Arizona Republic, the City of Phoenix spends $500,000 a year for police bodyguards for Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. Why? Granted he may need some police protection for the short term in light of death threats made recently because of Mayor Gordon’s statements about Arizona’s illegal immigration law, but why would [...] Arizona Republic: “With the city in the middle of a budget crisis, Sgt. Trent Crump acknowledges it’s probably a bad time for the Phoenix Police Department to break in a new $4.15 million surveillance plane. Crump said he understands the plane likely will raise eyebrows among residents, because Phoenix also is eliminating [...] Arizona Republic: “City violating labor practices by impeding talks, workers say. A Phoenix employees union filed an unfair labor-practice charge against the city on Wednesday, claiming that management refused to turn over requested financial data, demanded the union cut its salaries by 3.2 percent and discussed contract negotiations with the media. The American [...] |
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