There are 8 new Desert Ridge listings fresh to market  week (since Monday). One condo in Toscana awith 2 beds/2 baths and 1464 sf priced at 339,900; one townhouse at Fireside with 1941 sf for $299K and there are six single family detached from $145K to $360K with 3 or 4 bedrooms and 1448 s.f. to 3050 s.f.    If one of these or any other Desert Ridge home interests you, I'll be happy to assist you with your search.  See the link below for all currently available homes in Desert Ridge.

There are now currently 82 active listings of homes for sale in Desert Ridge (including specs). This is down significantly from the middle of the month, especially considering all the new listings.  These listings encompass all areas and styles within Desert Ridge.  Desert Ridge includes condos, townhomes and single family detached homes from around 1000 square feet, to over 6000 square feet.  These properties include clustered homes with smaller lots, to golf course lots providing a wide range of lifestyles within the vibrant community of Desert Ridge.

Currently, the listings range in price from $145K to almost $1.6 million and in size from approximately 1246 square feet to 6850 square feet.  Desert Ridge also includes many basement floorplans, which is something hard to find in many parts of the Phoenix area.

You can see the currently active listings by following this link: Desert Ridge Homes for Sale.

As new listings come to market in Desert Ridge, new posts will reflect the market activities.  If you are considering a purchase of a condo, townhome or single family home in Desert Ridge, please contact me to find out about my service guarantee and current market condtions.

Desert Ridge is a wonderful masterplanned community with "excelling" schools, convenient shopping, dining and entertainment and easy freeway access.  To learn more, visit www.WeAreAZRealEstate.com

Adam Tarr PC
Citywide Real Estate
Phoenix, AZ 85050
480-236-7374
www.WeAreAZRealEstate.com

There are 5 new Desert Ridge listings fresh to market during this past week (Mon-Fri). Two are condos in Toscana and Villages at Aviano.  Both are 2 beds/2 baths.  One is $249,999 with 1386 s.f. and the other is $269,900 with 1431 s.f. There are three single family detached from $245K to $449K with 3 or 4 bedrooms and 1654 s.f. to 3364 s.f.    If one of these or any other Desert Ridge home interests you, I'll be happy to assist you with your search.  See the link below for all currently available homes in Desert Ridge.

There are now currently 90 active listings of homes for sale in Desert Ridge (including specs). This is down 4 from the beginning of the week.  These listings encompass all areas and styles within Desert Ridge.  Desert Ridge includes condos, townhomes and single family detached homes from around 1000 square feet, to over 6000 square feet.  These properties include clustered homes with smaller lots, to golf course lots providing a wide range of lifestyles within the vibrant community of Desert Ridge.

Currently, the listings range in price from $174K to almost $1.6 million and in size from approximately 1246 square feet to 6850 square feet.  Desert Ridge also includes many basement floorplans, which is something hard to find in many parts of the Phoenix area.

You can see the currently active listings by following this link: Desert Ridge Homes for Sale.

As new listings come to market in Desert Ridge, new posts will reflect the market activities.  If you are considering a purchase of a condo, townhome or single family home in Desert Ridge, please contact me to find out about my service guarantee and current market condtions.

Desert Ridge is a wonderful masterplanned community with "excelling" schools, convenient shopping, dining and entertainment and easy freeway access.  To learn more, visit www.WeAreAZRealEstate.com

Adam Tarr PC
Citywide Real Estate
Phoenix, AZ 85050
480-236-7374
www.WeAreAZRealEstate.com

There are 2 new Desert Ridge listings fresh to market in the past 3 days. Both are single family detached.  One, is a 3/2 with 1657 s,f priced at $349K and the other is a 4/2 with 1857 sf priced at $275K..  T   If one of these or any other Desert Ridge home interests you, I'll be happy to assist you with your search.  See the link below for all currently available homes in Desert Ridge.

There are now currently 94 active listings of homes for sale in Desert Ridge (including specs). These listings encompass all areas and styles within Desert Ridge.  Desert Ridge includes condos, townhomes and single family detached homes from around 1000 square feet, to over 6000 square feet.  These properties include clustered homes with smaller lots, to golf course lots providing a wide range of lifestyles within the vibrant community of Desert Ridge.

Currently, the listings range in price from $170K to almost $1.6 million and in size from approximately 1230 square feet to 6850 square feet.  Desert Ridge also includes many basement floorplans, which is something hard to find in many parts of the Phoenix area.

You can see the currently active listings by following this link: Desert Ridge Homes for Sale.

As new listings come to market in Desert Ridge, new posts will reflect the market activities.  If you are considering a purchase of a condo, townhome or single family home in Desert Ridge, please contact me to find out about my service guarantee and current market condtions.

Desert Ridge is a wonderful masterplanned community with "excelling" schools, convenient shopping, dining and entertainment and easy freeway access.  To learn more, visit www.WeAreAZRealEstate.com

Adam Tarr PC
Citywide Real Estate
Phoenix, AZ 85050
480-236-7374
www.WeAreAZRealEstate.com

There are 7 new Desert Ridge listings fresh to market this past week. Two are condos in Toscana and La Verne and are1468 and 1469 sq. ft. sq. ft.respectively ,with 2 bedrooms, listed at $221,500 and $188,700.  The other five are single family ranging from 1610 to 3208 sq.ft. and 3 or 4 beds.  Prices range from 170K to 419,900.   If one of these or any other Desert Ridge home interests you, I'll be happy to assist you with your search.  See the link below for all currently available homes in Desert Ridge.

There are now currently 97 active listings of homes for sale in Desert Ridge (including specs). These listings encompass all areas and styles within Desert Ridge.  Desert Ridge includes condos, townhomes and single family detached homes from around 1000 square feet, to over 6000 square feet.  These properties include clustered homes with smaller lots, to golf course lots providing a wide range of lifestyles within the vibrant community of Desert Ridge.

Currently, the listings range in price from $148,320 to almost $1.6 million and in size from approximately 1199 square feet to 6850 square feet.  Desert Ridge also includes many basement floorplans, which is something hard to find in many parts of the Phoenix area.

You can see the currently active listings by following this link: Desert Ridge Homes for Sale.

As new listings come to market in Desert Ridge, new posts will reflect the market activities.  If you are considering a purchase of a condo, townhome or single family home in Desert Ridge, please contact me to find out about my service guarantee and current market condtions.

Desert Ridge is a wonderful masterplanned community with "excelling" schools, convenient shopping, dining and entertainment and easy freeway access.  To learn more, visit www.WeAreAZRealEstate.com

Adam Tarr PC
Citywide Real Estate
Phoenix, AZ 85050
480-236-7374 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            480-236-7374      end_of_the_skype_highlighting
www.WeAreAZRealEstate.com

I received an email a couple days ago from Keats Connelly and Associates regarding a pending bill that will allow a retirement visa for Canadians which will allow for year 'round living in the US with smaller financial repurcussions.  It won't apply to every type of visitor but will be an aid to many.  All I can say is come on down.  The content of the email is below.

Great News for Canadians!

Finally, great news, the latest version of the Retirement Visa for Canadians we have been lobbying for since the fourth edition of The Border Guide in the mid-1990s, has returned.  Over 15 years, Bob Keats personally had countless meetings with US Senators and other political figures, immigration attorneys and Chambers of Commerce.  Many readers of The Border Guide have written letters to their local politicians and Chambers of Commerce to try to get this Visa.  The Retirement Visa will allow Canadians age 50+ to spend as much as 240 days annually in the US Sunbelt without worrying about immigration issues, plus they will be able to save a great deal of income tax to boot.  Incredibly, we are getting some action in the US Congress and we believe since it is bipartisan, being pushed by some senior Senators, and with our having a Republican House, it has a very good chance of passing this time around. 

The bill, S. 1746, also proposes a homeownership visa that would allow Canadians of any age to live in the US year-round and save a bundle in income taxes too.  To qualify, a Canadian would need to spend at least $500,000 in acquiring a US home and other US residential property. 

Bob Keats believes this will be a superior job creating bill than the current Jobs Bill being pushed by President Obama, at a cost to the American taxpayers of over $500 billion. This visa bill will cost virtually nothing, yet it will be an incredible jobs creator while simultaneously helping Canadians reduce their taxes and enjoy a lower cost-of-living lifestyle in a warm climate, without snow!  Although Canadians will not be able to work on the retirement or homeownership visas, these visas provide a bridge to a work visa with proper immigration planning. 

We are very optimistic and excited about the Retirement Visa as it has been such a long time coming.  We will keep you informed as the bill works its way through the US political process to become law.  We do expect it to become law within the first quarter of 2012, unless a major obstacle is thrown at it and it is delayed until after the 2012 US elections in November.

I didn't get this out when I should have, but there is still time to get out and have fun this weekend throughout the Valley of the Sun.

The Arizona State Fair started this past week and runs through Nov. 6.  Always a popular attraction, there is something for all ages.  Concerts and shows, carnival games and rides.  Don't forget the cotton candy and fried foods you might not expect.  Click here for more info.

Enjoy an evening of great music, family fun, and fireworks at the 25th annual Fall Rhythm Fest presented by SRP.  There will be interactive amusements for kids to enjoy, along with contests for music buffs of all ages.  Relax with your lawn chairs and blankets and spend a family-friendly (no alcohol) evening listening to the music and watching the grand finale fireworks at 9 p.m.!

Saturday, October 22
5:30pm - 9:30pm
FREE Admission and parking

Pilobolu is one of m favorite performance groups and they are back by popular demand for two shows at the Scottsdale Center for the Perfoming Arts!  Renowned the world over for their imaginative, gravity-defining works of extreme balance, contortion and illusion, Pilobolus will amaze you with their contemporary dance moves and leave you asking, “wow, how did they do that?” 

Friday, October 21 - Saturday, October 22
Show begins at 8pm
Tickets starting at $49

Phoenix

The Desert Botanical Garden is a fabulous place to visit any time of the year.  But every autumn the Desert Botanical Garden’s Great Pumpkin Festival is one of the Valley’s favorite places to find that special pumpkin.  Take an authentic hayride out to the Garden’s pumpkin patch, where each day children 12 and under can choose their own free pumpkin. Get lost in the Amazing Hay Bale Maze, visit with adorable farm animals in the petting zoo, enjoy lively country and western entertainment, carnival style games, pony rides and much more!

Thursday, October 20 - Sunday, October 23
9am - 12pm (Thurs - Fri)/ 8:30am - 3pm (Sat - Sun)
Admission ranges from $8 (Children age 3-12) to $18 (Adults), with children under 3 FREE
Click here for more information.

Phoenix Food Truck Festival
	The Phoenix Food Truck Festival will feature small samples from over 30 different food trucks.  Farm Truck Phoenix will be on display and the Food Truck Festival is walking distance from all the Roosevelt Row galleries and boutiques. Saturday, October 22 4pm - 11pm Tickets are $30 (includes all food tastings) Click here for more information.

This wonderful, 3 bed/2 bath includes a family room fireplace and a pool with spa. Conveniently located near parks, schools, shopping and dining, golf course and both the Loop 101 & SR 51.  This property is foreclosed and available for $163,500.  Located in the prestigious Paradise Valley School district.

Property listed by Citywide Real Estate

Equal Housing Opportunity

Info provided by Adam Tarr PC
Citywide Real Estate
adam@weareazrealestate.com
480-236-7374

This wonderful, coxy 3 bed/2 baht has beautiful floors an open floorplan and a pool with spa. Directly across from a community park.  Conveniently located near schools, shopping and dining, golf course and both the Loop 101 & SR 51.  This property is foreclosed and available for $168,400.  Located in the prestigious Paradise Valley School district.

Property listed by Citywide Real Estate

Equal Housing Opportunity

Info provided by Adam Tarr PC
Citywide Real Estate
adam@weareazrealestate.com
480-236-7374

The fabulous events just keep coming at Desert Ridge.  Last weekend was the Jazz Festival and this coming Sunday is Uncorked & Unplugged benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale.

"Uncorked & Unplugged is a casual yet sophisticated evening under the stars celebrating the best in gourmet foods, fine wine and spirits, and live entertainment. Plan now to attend one of the Valley's premier fall events benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale. Since its inception in 2004, attendance at Uncorked & Unplugged continues to grow and fundraising goals were surpassed due to the generosity of community members and local businesses. All proceeds are directly applied to youth development programs for the 16,000+ children and teens served by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale. Your presence at Uncorked & Unplugged will continue to give children and teens in our community a safe, positive place to power their potential."

For more info check out http://www.uncorkedandunplugged.org/

Adam Tarr PC
Citywide Real Estate
Phoenix, AZ
480-236-7374
adam@weareazrealestate.com

There are 7 new Desert Ridge listings fresh to market this past week. Three are condos in Aviano,Toscana and Bella Monte and range from 1246 to 1843 sq. ft. sq. ft.,with 2 bedrooms or 2 + den and  listed from $174,000 to $369,900.  The other four are single family ranging from 1782 to 2348 sq.ft. and 3 or 4 beds (including two specs from DR Horton).  Prices range from 200K to 367,496.   If one of these or any other Desert Ridge home interests you, I'll be happy to assist you with your search.  See the link below for all currently available homes in Desert Ridge.

There are now currently 94 active listings of homes for sale in Desert Ridge (including specs). In addition there are currently 93 properties under contract in Desert Ridge, showing the current strength in the market. These listings encompass all areas and styles within Desert Ridge.  Desert Ridge includes condos, townhomes and single family detached homes from around 1000 square feet, to over 6000 square feet.  These properties include clustered homes with smaller lots, to golf course lots providing a wide range of lifestyles within the vibrant community of Desert Ridge.

Currently, the listings range in price from $159,900 to almost $1.6 million and in size from approximately 1230 square feet to 6850 square feet.  Desert Ridge also includes many basement floorplans, which is something hard to find in many parts of the Phoenix area.

You can see the currently active listings by following this link: Desert Ridge Homes for Sale.

As new listings come to market in Desert Ridge, new posts will reflect the market activities.  If you are considering a purchase of a condo, townhome or single family home in Desert Ridge, please contact me to find out about my service guarantee and current market condtions.

Desert Ridge is a wonderful masterplanned community with "excelling" schools, convenient shopping, dining and entertainment and easy freeway access.  To learn more, visit www.WeAreAZRealEstate.com

Adam Tarr PC
Citywide Real Estate
Phoenix, AZ 85050
480-236-7374
www.WeAreAZRealEstate.com