An age discrimination trial against Miami, Fla.-based Lennar Homes involving five former Valley workers will likely be held in Phoenix within the next four months, an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawyer said Wednesday.

Developers with Lennar Homes have their sights on one more empty plot on the edge of Ahwatukee Foothills.

Plans to turn an empty lot next to Desert Vista High School into a 49-unit subdivision moved one step forward on Wednesday when the Phoenix City Council approved the developer’s final plat.

A model "home within a home" in a parking lot near IKEA and Dick's Sporting Goods is hoping to attract enough attention to make the NextGen home by Lennar a success in communities across Arizona.

For the second time in four years, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors is accused of helping Scottsdale developer and utilities baron George Johnson get away with unlawful business practices in connection with a water improvement district.

The Arizona Corporation Commission plans to closely monitor a lawsuit accusing the Pinal County Board of Supervisors of sitting idly while Scottsdale utility owner George Johnson denied contractually guaranteed water service to a Maricopa developer.

Six home builders are coming together to resurrect a master-planned community in south Gilbert that stalled during the recession.

There are plans in the works to turn an empty lot next to Desert Vista High School’s athletic fields into a 49-home, single-family subdivision.

News that more Americans are poised to buy homes and hopes that the job market is primed for growth sent stocks higher Thursday.

When the economy goes south, property values plummet, the unemployment rate skyrockets and foreclosures soar, what does the average American do? Based on new evidence, it seems they turn to their family.

When the economy goes south, property values plummet, the unemployment rate skyrockets and foreclosures soar, what does the average American do? Based on new evidence, it seems they turn to their family.

Valley homebuilders used December 2012 to take steps for future projects, while also seeing a 30 percent increase in new home sales for all of 2012, compared to 2011, according to a recent report.

After more than two years of planning and negotiations with Chandler and Gilbert officials, Layton Lakes housing and commercial development is under way.

People have always speculated about what might or might not happen in 2012, but this past year turned out to be one full of waiting.

NEW YORK - Stocks ended mixed Tuesday as investors grappled with concerns about consumer spending in some parts of the economy while technology stocks showed broad gains.

The father of Johnson Ranch has amassed more than his share of naysayers and opponents, but none can deny that George H. Johnson was right about one thing.

NEW YORK - Wall Street finished an extremely erratic session with a modest decline Tuesday as investors parsed unimpressive data on home sales and consumer confidence and awaited the Federal Reserve's meeting on interest rates.

NEW YORK - Stocks gave up substantial early gains Wednesday to end the first session of 2007 mixed after minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting showed growing concern at the central bank about the severity of the pullback in the housing sector.

Homebuilders are navigating this year's traditional selling season without the government tax rebates that a year ago infused the housing market with a short-lived burst of activity.

NEW YORK - Wall Street waffled its way to a modest gain Tuesday as mixed economic news and a car bombing in Iraq revived investors' caution following Monday's big rally.

NEW YORK - Wall Street plunged Tuesday as investors, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down nearly 130 points, grappled with a seemingly relentless rise in bond yields.

NEW YORK - Wall Street surged higher Tuesday, carrying the Dow Jones industrials to their second-best close ever as positive economic data further buoyed a growing sense of optimism among investors.

NEW YORK - A series of multi-billion dollar acquisitions gave Wall Street a modest advance Monday although many investors remained cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates later in the week.

What Marshall Stone likes best about his new home is he can look up at night and see the stars.