Searching for Stability in an Impossible Market

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Theresa Williams is no stranger to moving. She was born and raised in Indiana but moved often in her early years.
Theresa Williams standing at her front door
After a lifetime of moving from place to place, Theresa Williams was searching for not only a house but a place she could call home forever.
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Theresa Williams is no stranger to moving. She was born and raised in Indiana but moved often in her early years.
"Growing up, we moved every single year from the time I was in kindergarten to when I was in the ninth grade," Theresa shared. "My mom was a single mother, so we had to always move."
By high school, her family finally settled, but that sense of stability didn't last forever for Theresa. Theresa later joined the military, which meant more relocation. That path eventually took her to Texas, where she lived for nearly 20 years. She married there, began working for the U.S. Postal Service in the Dallas area, and welcomed all three of her children. She eventually moved back to Indiana to be closer to her mother.
In 2019, a year after Theresa lost her mother, she was ready for change and decided to make another move, this time to Phoenix.
"I came out here and visited my aunt, and I liked the area," she said. "So, I decided to move out here."
Searching for Stability in an Impossible Market
When Theresa first relocated to Arizona, she stayed with her son and his wife. That arrangement worked for a while, but by 2023, Theresa knew it was time to find a place of her own. The search wasn't easy though with interest rates being high.
"They (interest rates) were not there for me," Theresa said. "I was going everywhere trying to find a place that was reasonable. I was even looking at rental properties. Nothing was in my budget."
After two years of searching across the Phoenix area, she started to get discouraged and she was accepting that homeownership might not be in the cards for her.
"This had already been a two-year search," she said. "I had given up looking for a home. I was ready to sign a
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