With historical low interest rates, many say now is the time to buy a home.

Maracay Homes is collecting toys for its annual ‘Fill Our House With Love’ Toy Drive to bring joy to chronically and terminally ill children involved with Starlight Children’s Foundation Arizona.

For $195, you can lease a peach tree at Schnepf Farms and harvest your own fruit. In a typical year, you can expect 150 to 200 pounds of peaches; a good year might see as much as 200 to 300 pounds.

Stellar Airpark in Chandler appears to be caught in the familiar population squeeze that too often forces closure of airports. Stellar is opposing a proposed residential and commercial development off the north end of its runway near Chandler Boulevard and McClintock Drive.

New home builders are showing “signs of life” in Arizona, especially in the East Valley, one economic expert says.

The developer of the Eastmark master-planned community in east Mesa has named seven homebuilders who will construct about 700 new houses next year in response to growing demand for housing in the Valley. Scottsdale-based DMB Associates anticipates the first homes will be available in mid-2013 as the first residential development takes shape on 3,200 acres it owns at the former General Motors Proving Grounds.

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

When Tamee and George Simbles moved into their 3,100-square-foot home last week, they became the first family to reside in a new SRP ENERGY STAR Home. While house hunting, Tamee wanted to downsize to a single-story home “with less space to clean” but still needed a bonus room so her three boys had their own space, and energy efficiency topped her list.

New home builders are showing “signs of life” in Arizona, especially in the East Valley, one economic expert says.

Support for a proposal to build 206 homes near Stellar Airpark is gathering force as Chandler prepares to hold hearings on the project, which some say could endanger the airport.

Chandler homeowners Tamee and George Simbles learned that when they moved into their 3,100-square-foot home late last month, they became the first family to reside in a new SRP Energy Star certified home.

More than 120 business and home owners turned out for a Chandler meeting Wednesday night in hopes of preserving their way of life.

Home prices are expected to continue their rise — in the East Valley in particular — as a shortage of available homes creates an imbalance in the market, according to a report released last week by the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

Most of us already realize “normal” is relative. Yet, we are only human. And as such, we can scarcely stop ourselves from the very-human behavior of seizing every available opportunity to try to quantify and define the term.

Recovery seems to be on the minds of many these days as the economy continues to shake off the after-effects of the recession. Housing prices and sales are climbing, the unemployment rate is falling and near record-low mortgage rates are bringing potential buyers who had been reluctant to make a move during the housing downturn back into the market.

Five billboards line a onemile stretch of vacant land beside the Loop 202 Santan Freeway just southwest of Chandler Fashion Mall.

No one can deny the Great Recession left a permanent mark on our nation and its economy. But what effect did it have on the American Dream of Home Ownership? That’s the question we set out to answer by asking Phoenix-based Benchmark Research Technologies to survey nearly 1,700 Arizona new home shoppers about their attitudes surrounding home ownership in the post-recession era.

Most homebuilders nationally say a "severe" lack of credit for housing production is threatening the new housing recovery before it has time to take hold, according to a new survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders.

Remember when bathtubs in the master bathroom were considered a luxury, sunken living rooms were hip and small closets were standard?

Scottsdale will pay $47.2 million for 80 acres of state trust land near its West-World events center to help the city remain the home of major attractions, such as the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction and the FBR Open golf tournament.

Scottsdale will pay $47.2 million for 80 acres of state trust land near its West-World events center to help the city remain the home of major attractions, such as the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction and the FBR Open golf tournament.

Scottsdale will pay $47.2 million for 80 acres of state trust land near its West-World events center to help the city remain the home of major attractions, such as the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction and the FBR Open golf tournament.

Scottsdale faces stiff competition from developers as it considers bidding on state trust land near WestWorld to ensure lucrative events such as the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction and the FBR Open golf tournament stay in the city.