Archive for April, 2007
Scottsdale Luxury Home in a Small Package
Posted by: | CommentsNorth Scottsdale’s Hidden Hills Community Offers Luxury Homes With Easy Maintenance
Many boomers are looking to downsize from their 4000 – 6000 square foot luxury home in order to simplify their lives and perhaps do some traveling. This usually creates a significant challenge because those homeowners are used to luxury amenities that are often hard to find in smaller homes.
Hidden Hills in the east Shea Corridor of North Scottsdale is one of the few communities of newer homes that is a perfect fit for those who are looking for quality built homes with luxury amenities.
The Hidden Hills community is nestled at the base of the McDowell Mountains and offers spectacular mountain and city light views from many of the homesites. Production homes were built between 2001 and 2005 by Golden Heritage and are of superior construction and offer some of the most innovative floor plans I’ve seen in the Scottsdale and Phoenix metro area. The most popular models have private interior courtyards, great rooms and ensuite bathrooms. (floorplans will be posted next week).
Several sections of the community are gated. There are also 3 gated custom home neighborhoods within Hidden Hills.
Hidden Hills is located about 12 minutes from the 101 Loop with close proximity to the Scottsdale Mayo Clinic, Desert Mountain High School, Basis Scottsdale School, and adjacent to the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. Here is a link to the hiking trails map. Sunrise Trail starts right in the community of Hidden Hills. In addition, Rio Montana Neighborhood Park is at the corner of 130th Street and Via Linda.
Homes in Hidden Hills range from $650,000 to $1,200,000. Custom Homes range up to $2,500,000. Click here to see homes for sale in Hidden Hills.
Scottsdale Basis School Opens at New North Scottsdale Location in August 2007
A new Scottsdale office condo complex, built adjacent to the highly desirable neighborhoods of Scottsdale Mountain and Hidden Hills, failed to attract any businesses. Instead, the attractive, but vacant building will soon become the new home for the highly acclaimed charter school, “Basis Scottsdale”.
The Basis charter school was founded by economists Michael and Olga Black in 1997 with a philosophy focusing on small classes, dedicated and talented teachers and an accelerated curriculum. High school students are required to take Honors and Advanced Placement courses in every core subject.
In May 2006, Newsweek rated Tuscon’s Basis high school as the 3rd best in the nation based on the fact that 100% of its students had at least one passing grade on an Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate test.
In addition, Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board of Intel has contributed $450,000 towards teacher’s salaries at Basis.
Their first school was in Tucson in Tucson and has had rave reviews. Basis Scottsdale’s Middle School opened in 2003 and was a quick success. The new location at the corner of 136th Street and Via Linda in Scottsdale will allow the school to house a high school in addition to the middle school.
The presence of Basis Scottsdale in North East Scottsdale should be a huge befefit to families in the North Scottsdale area who want their children to have a rigorous, academic education at a public school. Click here to search for homes in close proximity to the new Basis Scottsdale school.
March 2007 Home Sales Statistics for Scottsdale, Arizona and Phoenix Metro Area
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Real Estate Statistics show more homes are selling in Scottsdale, Arizona
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| If you are thinking of buying or selling a home in Scottsdale, Arizona, I’d like to offer you some good news for a change. But, to keep everything in its proper perspective, let’s take a look at the overall real estate statistics in the Scottsdale and Phoenix Metro area.
Home inventories in the Greater Phoenix Metro area are still high for a total of 48,811 homes for sale (condos not included). Although there were 5,479 homes that sold in the month of March, we are still left with an absorption rate of 8.9 months. “Absorption Rate” simply indicates the time it will take to sell the current inventory of homes based on the current rate of home sales. Obviously, this figure can change daily as more homes go on the market and the number of sales fluctuates. If you would like to sort through all the statistics, click here for more numbers Read More→ |