Reality of new hotel connected to TCC looking less c...
Sunday Jan 3 | via Hotel Online
Jan. 3--The city is building a new $4.3 million entrance to the Tucson Convention Center -- intended to be the gateway to a planned convention hotel that many local leaders believe is the key to reviving downtown. Comment?
Publicly Financed $180 million Convention Center Hot...
Jan 3, 2009 | via Hotel Online
Publicly Financed $180 million Convention Center Hotel in Downtown Tucson Does Not Pencil Out... January 3, 2009 - The city is building a new $4.3 million entrance to the Tucson Convention Center -- intended to be the gateway to a planned convention hotel that many local leaders believe is the key to reviving downtown. Comment?
Housing starts down to 132; foreclosure sales drop s...
Saturday Dec 19 | via The Arizona Daily Star
Housing starts in Pima County continued their seasonal slide in November with 132 new home permits as the end nears to a dismal year for construction. Comment?
Wednesday Dec 16 | via Tucson Weekly
The number of foreclosures in Pima County hit a record high in 2009. The number of trustee-sale notices will approach 12,000, while the number of homes actually sold at auction will reach approximately 5,500, up about one-third from 2008 - and almost nine times higher than the number in 2006. Comment?
Dollar goes further here than in Phoenix
Thursday Dec 10 | via Arizona Daily Star
Forbes.com says the Tucson area provides more "bang for the buck" than the Phoenix area's Valley of the Sun for anyone looking to settle in Arizona. Comment?
Monday | via Common Folk Using Common Sense
The Mayo Clinic, praised by President Barack Obama as a national model for efficient health care, will stop accepting Medicare patients as of tomorrow at one of its primary-care clinics in Arizona, saying the U.S. government pays too little. Comment?
Arizona golf courses face tough conditions
Sunday | via Azcentral.com
As the commercial-real-estate crisis worsens in Arizona, many golf-course owners find themselves deep in the rough and struggling to stay in the game.About a dozen golf courses in the state have gone through foreclosure or bankruptcy since commercial properties started facing serious financial problems in 2008, according to Mesa-based ... Comment?
Sunday Dec 20 | via Arizona Daily Star
Oro Valley Country Club has hired Paula Doris as food and beverage manager. A graduate of the University of Arizona, Doris has an extensive background in the hospitality industry, including private clubs. Comment?
Housing appraisers pushing for reform
Saturday Dec 12 | via AZCentral.com
Home appraisers are expected - and trusted - to provide honest and accurate reports on a property's value for the buyer, seller and lender. Comment?
Arizona economy: 1 step forward, 1 step back
Saturday Dec 12 | via Azcentral.com
The state economy in the past month remained in its usual ambivalent mood, not sure if it wanted to get better or worse. Comment?
Ex-investor sentenced in Indiana mortgage fraud
1 min ago | via WEAR TV3
A former real estate investor who pleaded guilty to federal charges that he set up straw deals to obtain inflated mortgages on more than 100 Indianapolis houses has been sentenced to prison. Comment?
AP sources: 2 more Senate Dems won't run in fall
2 min ago | via KTVB Boise
Two veteran Democratic senators facing tough re-election battles won't run this fall, party officials say, bringing to four the number of open Senate seats Democrats must defend to protect their majority. Comment?
Expenses reform 'options' outlined
3 min ago | via Linlithgow Today
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GMAC expects $5B 4Q loss, selling mortgage assets
3 min ago | via WCAX-TV Burlington
GMAC Financial Services, the consumer lender now majority owned by the government, said Tuesday it expects to report a loss of about $5 billion in the fourth quarter thanks to deep writedowns on underperforming mortgage loans it plans to sell. Comment?
Asian markets tempered by mixed US economy figures
3 min ago | via WCAX-TV Burlington
Asian stock markets inched higher Wednesday with gains tempered by muddled U.S. economic figures that added to ambiguity about the strength of recovery in the world's No. Comment?