Some Arizonans whose homes have gone to auction under foreclosure have been told to move the same day their house is sold.

Flipping used to be a dirty word in residential real estate, but not anymore. A recent policy change by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is encouraging flipping to foster more sales of foreclosure homes that were badly damaged by the previous owners or others.

New-home sales in the Valley tumbled last month to the lowest level in decades despite the extension of the federal first-time homebuyer tax credit, according to the latest report from housing analyst RL Brown.