If you are in the market for a house, the news is good: Sellers will answer your calls and consider your offer.

What will growth in the real estate industry look like post-recession? That depends on a number of factors. Development will be much more focused on fulfilling specific needs and on infill. Development on the periphery will not cease, but it will likely be less grand in volume.

Making sense of the Phoenix real estate market requires an understanding of sales data, demographics and trends. On January 25, 2013, the W. P. Carey School of Business and The Arizona Republic assembled a panel of experts, each with depth knowledge of a different facet of the market.

Although many people may find it hard to believe, the Phoenix area is facing a growing housing shortage, according to real estate experts Mike Orr and Mark Stapp from the W. P. Carey School of Business, who were featured speakers at a forum on April 6.

Development is re-awakening in Phoenix following a pause in activity that was enforced by the recession.

Criticism of the Phoenix metro area clusters around a few main themes: The city is not sustainable, it’s not walkable and it’s just a giant bedroom community with too much sprawl and too few well-paying jobs. So where does metro Phoenix go from here, on its way to 2035?

The Phoenix real estate market has seen prices rise at a dramatic pace over the past year, but what’s next? Mike Orr, director of the of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P.

Good design is an essential ingredient of success, for developers and communities. Real estate Professor Mark Stapp writes that buildings must be more than functional and financially feasible.

The real estate recovery is an opportunity for cities in the Phoenix metro area to re-think an approach to development that has prevailed for the past 60 years. Recently, two housing experts talked about what the next phase of Arizona’s growth might look like, given vision and planning.

Real Estate Roundtable: In part two, Mark Stapp, director of the Master of Real Estate Development program, and Jonathan Koppell, dean of ASU’s College of Public Programs discuss the debate over the advisability of writing down underwater mortgages, the role of Ed DeMarco, head of the Federal Hou