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MRED NewsApr-11-2012 MRED and Masters of Urban Design Students Join Forces During the MRED field study week, March 12th to 16th, MRED students were joined by students from the Master of Urban Design program (MUD) to tour significant and relevant projects and companies around the Phoenix Metro area. This was the beginning of their collaboration for a joint effort on MRED synthesis 3 project. Apr-11-2012 Not Enough Home Listings to Meet Demand Over the last month, the Greater Phoenix housing market has continued to strengthen, with prices moving higher and inventory low, particularly at the affordable end of the market. Frustrated buyers are plentiful and many are turning to new home developers who are busier now than for several years. Fewer homes are coming through foreclosure and lender-owned homes have been overtaken by short sales in volume. Apr-06-2012 Faculty Spotlight - Darin A. Sender In addition to being a faculty member for the MRED program, Darin Ann Sender is a zoning attorney and President of Sender Associates, Chartered, as a woman-owned law firm founded in 2000. Ms. Sender received her Juris Doctorate degree from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, which was preceded by a Bachelor of Science in Design of Architecture from Arizona State University. Apr-06-2012 Those Who do the Least, Expect the Most The real estate development business requires an ability to manage a process that operates in an uncertain environment. It requires making decisions today about things that will happen many years into the future. There are no guarantees that what we plan will actually happen as it was initially conceived. We manage uncertainty and do so by learning to think creatively, consider alternatives, assessing probabilities, and continuously monitoring. Mar-12-2012 Demand in the Phoenix Housing Market is Strong The supply of homes in Greater Phoenix has been dwindling over the last few months to the point where there are not enough listings to satisfy the demand of home buyers. Except for price ranges above $1m, we have far fewer homes available for sale than in a normal balanced market. This is despite the common (but false) perception of a glut of foreclosed homes flooding the market. Mar-12-2012 Jody K. Pokorski is a partner at Snell & Wilmer law firm. She practices primarily in the area of real estate transactions, finance and regulatory matters, including work relating to commercial purchase and sale transactions, real estate financing, master planned communities, subdivision matters and leasing. |
