AZ Unemployment Steady; Const. Gains 400

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Arizona’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held in June at 5.1 percent, according to the latest report published by the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity. The national rate increased from 4.3 percent in May to 4.4 in June. The state had a net loss of 42,800 non-farm jobs over […]

PHX Named 5th Largest/Fastest Growing City

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton let the news slip at the Bisnow Phoenix New Construction and Development event earlier this month (AZBEX, May 19) and last week the City and other sources jumped on the official announcement: Phoenix is both the 5th largest and the fastest growing city in […]