Mr. Jim Belfiore

President, Belfiore Real Estate Consulting

Member of the Real Estate Council

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Council Member Biography

Jim Belfiore is the President of Belfiore Real Estate Consulting in Phoenix, AZ. Belfiore Real Estate Consulting is a residential market research company that supports institutional and private investment groups, lenders, developers, and homebuilders in underwriting and planning single and multi-family residential developments. Over the last eleven years, Mr. Belfiore's real estate career has been devoted to studying the feasibility of public homebuilders' residential strategies and understanding the largest real estate markets in the United States. Belfiore Real Estate Consulting analysts proactively visit more than 250 new, residential sales offices in the Metro Phoenix and Tucson Areas on a monthly basis to create the company's KnowledgeBase product and update its web-based New Home Subdivision Database products. Until Dec of 2005, Mr. Belfiore served as a Vice President of Acacia Capital Corporation. While at Acacia, he underwrote $1.5 Billion in residential real estate transactions nationally. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2006 - Unspecified: President, Belfiore Real Estate Consulting
2000 - 2005: Vice President, Acacia Capital Corporation
1998 - 2000: National Director of Market Research Services, HENDRICKS & PARTNERS, INC.

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Why Builders are Buyers

December 9, 2009

Analysis of:Fast moves help builders battle slump | www.azcentral.com

A number of uncertainties remain related to the Phoenix housing market. One is not big builders’ interest in keeping a presence here. To keep a presence, they will need to purchase additional lots in which to build homes on. You can count on transaction activity increasing next year.

Good News, Bad Information

April 13, 2009

Analysis of:Valley homeowners starting to see mortgage relief from plan | www.azcentral.com

The industry is searching for some glimmer of hope, some good news; unfortunately, this week it came from a misinformed journalist who poorly researched a story that ended up on the front page of the Phoenix Metro Area's main daily newspaper.

Desert Ridge: Down But Not Out

December 24, 2008

Analysis of:Development Halts Desert Home Project | www.azcentral.com

Despite Pulte Homes', Toll Brothers', and D.R. Horton's (as well as others) decisions to walk from land, homebuilding remains profitable in the Desert Ridge area.

Biggest Priorities: Slow Foreclosures, Stabilize Prices

October 31, 2008

Analysis of:Tested in the West | www.azcentral.com

The direction of the economy will largely be dictated by how many foreclosures occur during the next six months and how much further prices fall.

The Second Half: Buyer's Market

July 2, 2008

Analysis of:Unfinished subdivisions grinding to a halt | www.azcentral.com

Bad news for some, though, will soon turn out to be good news for others. The second half of this year will yield ample opportunities for residential land / lot buyers.

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