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Voters with housing woes giving up on politicians
Like just about everyone in the Phoenix area, Jen Pollock has lost several neighbors to foreclosure and short sales. And, like hundreds of thousands of others in Arizona, Pollock and her husband are upside down on their mortgage, owing about twice as much as their suburban house is now worth.
Brewer going to watch Las Vegas debate
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is going to Las Vegas to check out the Republican presidential candidates' debate Tuesday evening.
Almost half of all mortgages in Arizona are underwater, report says
WASHINGTON – Just under half of all Arizona mortgages were “under water” in spring of this year, the second-highest percentage in the nation, according to a report from a private research firm.
Grand Canyon could close due to federal shutdown
Park Service rangers mounted horses, jumped aboard motorized rafts, and set out on foot and in helicopters to clear visitors from the Grand Canyon. They searched backcountry and rafting permits to find visitors throughout the 1.2 million-acre park and told them they had to leave within 48 hours.
With fewer resources, rural communities strain to deal with mounting foreclosures
As the Phoenix area’s crush of foreclosures has drawn national attention, routinely ranking that area among the most severely hit markets in the U.S., rural communities here have been quietly grappling with their own crisis.
