Eviction numbers in Maricopa County are nearly high enough to break records. Meanwhile, Phoenix approved the building of guest houses on single-family properties. 

A new study shows Arizona workers making minimum wage would have to work 80 hours a week to afford the average rent. 

The Cromford Report's Tina Tamboer joins the show to talk new data showing the Phoenix housing market's decreasing numbers. 

Governor Katie Hobbs' Inter-Agency and Community Council on Homeless and Housing met for the first time, discussing reasons and solutions for our homeless problem. 

A new water model introduced by Governor Hobbs will have affects in the real estate market in Phoenix. 

The Cromford Report's Tina Tamboer joins Jim and Jayme to talk dropping home sales and prices in the Valley and how interest rates play a role in the housing market. 

As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, KTAR News celebrates the Latino culture and explores key issues in our community. The valley's rising rent costs affect everyone here, but Latinos are being disproportionately impacted. 

The COVID-19 pandemic sent a majority of the work force home and out of the office, but that doesn't mean commercial real estate took a hit.  

The pandemic eviction moratorium has ended but there are other options to help you pay your bills. Maricopa County still has tens of millions of dollars to give out in rental and utility assistance for the next year. 

The U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey found only 5.2% of renters statewide are behind in rent, below the national average. More of them could start catching up as jobs return.

Homebuyers throughout Arizona are dishing out tens of thousands of dollars extra in bidding wars to get the home they want.

Supply chains for construction materials will speed up, but Chris Camacho with GPEC warns the federal reserve could boost mortgage interest rates to reduce number of buyers, increase number of sellers.

Experts offer no easy fixes, but fear not -- they still offer solutions.

Katie Gentry is a policy researcher with ASU's Morrison Institute, which recently released a report called "Building Arizona" about the availability of affordable housing in the Valley. She discusses the state of affordable rentals in Arizona and some of the changes we could see in the future. 

In today's market, renters in the Valley are finding themselves locked in to low pay, tight budgets and rent that keeps climbing. KTAR's Luke Forstner continues our weeklong series on Arizona's Rising Real Estate.

Phoenix is one of the hottest real estate markets in the country today. With a lack of inventory of homes on the market, new build homes have become the new one to manage to buy a house. KTAR's Ali Vetnar spoke the Vice President of the American Subcontractors Association of Arizona about what's going on with the boots on the ground building houses in a booming real estate market.

At a time when the housing market in the Valley is desperate for more inventory, homebuilders are trying to keep up. But they must get plans and permits approved first before they can have shovels hitting the ground. That’s where attorneys like Jordan Rose come in. Here's our conversation with Rose.   

At a time when the housing market in the Valley is desperate for more inventory, homebuilders are trying to keep up. But they must get through government red tape first before they can have shovels hitting the ground.

Greg Hague joins us to talk about Arizona's red-hot real estate market. 

Phoenix is one of the hottest real estate markets in the country today. With a lack of inventory of homes on the market, new build homes have become the new one to manage to buy a house. KTAR's Ali Vetnar spoke with two home building experts here in the Valley about how they are scrambling to keep up with demand. 

First-time home buyer, Cynthia tell's KTAR what it's really like buying a home in today's demanding market.

Valley real estate agent, Bobby Lieb, gives his insight to today's housing market. He tells KTAR this is unlike anything he's seen in 30 years of selling homes in Phoenix.

A long-time Valley real estate agent and a first-time buyer give their first-hand look at Arizona's rising real estate.

Carol Royse talks with Mike Broomhead about the crazy real estate market in the valley, and how long it could last. 

It is not a bubble, but a boom. That is how a long-time economist in Arizona describes the rising real estate prices we are experiencing in the Phoenix metro area. In this first part of KTAR News 92.3FM's special series "Arizona's Rising Real Estate" we look at how the hottest housing market in America came to be.