A CEO of an investment management group, a real estate broker, a real estate investor and a Canadian executive are among the buyers and sellers in this week’s priciest homedone deals.

$8,800,000.

Larry P. Clemmensen, as trustee of the Larry P. Clemmensen Living Trust, paid cash for a home in the Jokake Camelback area of Paradise Valley north of the Phoenician Golf Club. The 3,138-square-foot home was sold by Rhonda N. Liepman and Diana S. Marchildon, as co-trustees of the Disclaimed Property Trust, created under the Marchildon Revocable Living Trust, and Betty Ellen Marchildon, as trustee of the Marchildon Revocable Living Trust. The house also has a 544-square-foot pool originally built in 1951 and features four bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms on 4½ half acres. advertisement 
 
Clemmensen is president and CEO of the Capital Group Companies, rated No. 20 on the Forbes list of largest private companies, based on mutual fund assets.

The cost of a new house in Chandler will go up $6,000 when new impact fees take effect June 4.

The increase - to $19,538 from $13,587 on a single family home - was approved, 4-3, by the City Council on Monday after a lengthy debate.

It makes Chandler’s fees one of the Valley’s highest and considerably more than those charged in neighboring Gilbert, Mesa and Queen Creek. That has home builders crying foul and accusing city leaders of forcing newcomers to pay more than their fair share.

Even in a slowing housing market, homes continue to be under construction and for sale in Gilbert.

Home builders, including Taylor Woodrow Homes, Lennar and Cachet Homes, are planning to bring about 3,600 houses to the southeastern section of the town. Some of those houses have been sold, and other projects from builders including K. Hovnanian Homes are in the works for that region.

Gilbert is perceived as an infill community, which may be fueling popularity of new home projects in the area, said Jay Butler, director of Realty Studies at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic Campus in Mesa.

Realtor.com operator beefs up blog content
Move Inc., the company that brought you Realtor.com, is now hosting the ongoing saga of a couple of 20-somethings — Danny and Nina — who moved to Denver, Colo., based on the votes of an Internet audience, among other blogs related to such topics as senior housing and home renovation projects.

It is part of a very coordinated effort by one of the most popular real estate search destinations on the Internet to connect with consumers in a new way. Move, a publicly traded company that formerly operated as Homestore until a brand change last year, hired blogging entrepreneur Dustin Luther, founder of Seattle real estate blog RainCityGuide.com, in November as director of consumer innovations.