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Updated home sales for Del Webb Sun City Festival in Buckeye AZ have been posted.  Click on the link below Sun City Festival homes sold – 1st Quarter 2012 Kathy Anderson, Realtor® | Ken Meade Realty – Sun City Grand Office | Direct (602)703-8930

Updated home sales for Del Webb Sun City Festival in Buckeye AZ have been posted.  Click on the link below Sun City Festival homes sold – 4th Quarter 2011 Kathy Anderson, Realtor® | Ken Meade Realty – Sun City Grand Office | Direct (602)703-8930

Updated home sales for Del Webb Sun City Festival in Buckeye AZ have been posted.  Click on the link below Sun City Festival homes sold – 3rd Quarter 2011 Kathy Anderson, Realtor® | Ken Meade Realty – Sun City Grand Office | Direct (602)703-8930

Updated resales and homes sold in Sun City Grand in April 2012.  Click on the link below. Homes SOLD in Sun City Grand – April 2012 Kathy Anderson, Realtor® | Ken Meade Realty – Sun City Grand Office | Direct (602)703-8930

Updated home sales for Sun City Grand have been posted. Click on the link below. Homes SOLD in Sun City Grand - March 2012 Kathy Anderson, Realtor® | Ken Meade Realty – Sun City Grand Office | Direct (602)703-8930

Updated home sales for Sun City Grand have been posted. Click on the link below. Homes SOLD in Sun City Grand - February 2012   Kathy Anderson, Realtor® | Ken Meade Realty – Sun City Grand Office | Direct (602)703-8930

Updated home sales for Sun City Grand have been posted. Click on the link below. Homes SOLD in Sun City Grand – January 2012 Kathy Anderson, Realtor® | Ken Meade Realty – Sun City Grand Office | Direct (602)703-8930

La Solana condos in Sun City Grand Surprise AZ Does Sun City Grand have condos?  Yes, they do.  La Solana may be just the ticket for part-timers in Sun City Grand. Located close to retail venues, Banner (Del Webb) hospital and medical offices, the residents of La Solana not only have their own pool & community center but [...]

Sun City Grand breakfast roundtable discussion Concerned about your financial future?  You might want to attend this event in Sun City Grand at the Palo Verde room on September 27th, 2011 If you are looking at homes for sale in Sun City Grand, please call me or visit my website where you can easily search the [...]

Click on Sun City Grand house sales for June 2011 There were 41 properties that closed escrow this months.  This is a slight increase over last year at 38.  Of the 41 that sold this month ten of them (25%) were on the golf course. Visit my website to see a virtual tour of this [...]

Sun Village is a gated age restricticted active retirement community in the heart of Surprise AZ.  Located close to shopping, the Surprise spring training sports complex and across the street from a number of restaurants, this community could be a good fit for you. Click on the links below to see all the Sun Village [...]

Del Webb Sun City Festival real estate and homes for sale in Buckeye Arizona Click on the link above to see all the current MLS listings for Del Webb Sun City Festival in Buckeye Arizona.  Be advised… some of the listings may be builder spec homes as Pulte periodicallky uses the MLS to market their [...]

New Del Webb Sun City Festival resale MLS listings in Buckeye AZ I just made it easier to find the new resale MLS listings (new within the last 2 weeks) for the 55+ retirement community of Del Webb Sun City Festival in Buckeye AZ.  Just click on the link at the top of the page [...]

Sometimes getting from Sun City Grand Surprise Arizona (or anywhere in the west valley) to locations in Phoenix or beyond can be an exercise in patience… unfortunately not one of my virtues Last weekend I had to go to a conference in Scottsdale.  Like a dummy I head out on the loop-101 only to come to [...]

Sun City Festival Gala model Floor Plan Of the Del Webb Sun City Festival models, the Gala is arguably the best seller in the bunch.  A good number of the buyer’s, looking for homes in Sun City Festival, are buying a second home or vacation getaway.  The Sun City Festival Gala, with it’s split bedroom PLUS [...]

Sun City Grand zip codes map The Del Webb retirement community of Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona is neatly divided by the loop-303 highway.  The construction that took place west of the loop-303 happened to coincide with about the time that Pulte Homes bought out Del Webb and the rights to the Sun City [...]

Unbelievable price on this great SUN CITY GRAND HOME FOR SALE. MUST SEE! Community: Sun City Grand Address: 15037 W Cooperstown Way, Surprise, AZ 85374 Sq.Ft.: 2167 List Price: $239,000 MLS # 4466446 The following snapshot shows the average sales price per square foot for non-golf course homes in Sun City Grand without a pool.  As you can see (Year to Date) [...]

Great  SUN CITY GRAND HOME FOR SALE  on a premium lot you have to see! Community: Sun City Grand Address: 19254 N Alameda Dr, Surprise, AZ 85387 Sq.Ft.: 1166 List Price: $163,333 MLS # 4560792         Description: Exceptional value on this Sun City Grand home for sale with a premium lot. Close to McMikken Dam [...]

The Cactus are in bloom in Sun City Grand & the other Del Webb Retirement Communities Last month, while driving past some houses in Sun City Grand, I couldn’t help but notice the cactus are all in bloom. Look at the variey I found within just a half block.  The saguaros have been magnificently in [...]

Sun City Grand La Solana condos for sale Yes… there ARE condos for sale in Sun City Grand.  And boy have the prices tumbled in the last 5 years… more so than the single family homes for sale in Sun City Grand. In a tough real estate market condominium sales seem to suffer more than [...]

Sun City Festival virtual tour Click on the picture below to see a virtual tour of this beautiful Del Webb community. Many of my clients are drawn to this community… primarily because it is NEW.  Home features like granite counter tops, varigated height cabinets with crown molding, solar energy options, etc. have great appeal.  The [...]

Find the Sun City West homes for sale the easy way! When communicating with buyers for the first time about the Del Webb Sun City Arizona communities, and all they have to offer, they often don’t understand what I am talking about.  I quite often refer to “the ammenities” as well as the clubs & [...]

For those of you looking to purchase a small vacation getaway or second home… on the golf course… in one of the newer Arizona retirement communities, the Corte Bella Quinta or Corte Bella Bellita floor plan might just be the ticket. At 1282 s.f. & 1155 s.f., respectively, Del Webb designated golf course lots along [...]

Which side of Sun City Grand do you want to live on? The Sun City Grand AZ homes have the distinction of being divided by the Loop-303… AND the city of Surprise AZ has given each side of the community a different zip code. This makes it quite easy to do custom searches for people [...]

Sun City Festival Jubilee resales MLS listings and homes for sale One of the features I most like about the Sun City Festival Jubilee floor plan model is the natural light that floods the great room space.  The home, at 1916 s.f., is in the same size range as the Sun City Festival Destiny & Sun City Festival [...]

Sun City Festival Fiesta resales MLS listings and homes for sale Of the Sun City Festival floorplans, the Sun City Festival Fiesta floor plan model is one of my favorites. At 2323 s.f. it feels a little roomier than the Sun City Festival Destiny but has more natural light in the great room area because the floor [...]

Search for Sun City Festival Parada resales MLS listings and homes for sale If your favorite Sun City Festival floorplan is the Sun City Festival Parada model you are not alone. This was one of the more popular Del Webb floor plans. It started out in Sun City Grand as both the “Rosewood” & the [...]

Search for Sun City Festival Destiny resales MLS listings and homes for sale If your favorite Sun City Festival floorplan is the Sun City Festival Destiny model you aren’t alone. A smaller version of this home was one of Del Webb’s most popular floor plans ever. It was around the last phase of construction in [...]

Search for Sun City Festival Valor resales MLS listings and homes for sale If your favorite of the Sun City Festival floorplans is the Sun City Festival Valor model, it just got easier to find just the Sun City Festival Valor listings out of all the other MLS listings & homes for sale in Sun [...]

Search for Sun City Festival Gala resales listings and homes for sale If your favorite of the Sun City Festival floorplans is the Sun City Festival Gala model you are in excellent company. This home is the most requested by my Sun City Festival clients to date. Its predecessor is the Sun City Grand Azalea [...]

Search Sun City Festival real estate and Homes for Sale by Floor Plan or Model Name! Buyers looking at homes for sale in Sun City Festival know exactly which Sun City Festival floor plans or models are their favorites. Because of that I have made it as easy as possible for you to find what you [...]

Would you like to search for homes for sale in Sun City Grand Arizona by floor plan or model name. Look no more! I have it for you. We agents who specialize in these Arizona retirement communities understand many of our clients know exactly which Sun City Grand floor plans or models are their favorites. In [...]

Portrait of a popular Sun City Grand Floor Plan… the Borgata – Why is it so popular? One of the most popular models for Del Webb/Pulte was arguably the Sun City Grand Borgata floor plan. What makes it so popular? Think Goldilock’s and the Three Bears. At around 1850 s.f. it’s not too big, it’s [...]

Staying active is one of the biggest attractions for people looking for a retirement home in Arizona. What better way to stay Active in Sun City Grand, Sun City West & Sun City Festival than taking part in one of the biggest crazes to hit the active retirement communities … Pickleball!  According to pickleballcentral.com the sport was created [...]

Check out my Virtual tour of Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona.  Built by Del Webb, Sun City Grand is hard to beat when looking for a community that is close to shopping & services while also providing the clubs and activities the 45+ age set is looking for in an Arizona retirement golf community. [...]

Scorpions in Trilogy at Vistancia and Sun City Festival and Surprise Arizona and… , Oh my! WARNING!!! For anyone not living in the desert southwest (and for many that do), the following article may give you the creepy crawlies. My husband and I have been living with bark scorpions since about a year after we [...]

Are you thinking about a move to Sun City West Arizona?  Do you need more information on the community?  Well, there are many websites devoted to making sure you get all the information you need on one of the most popular Arizona active retirement communities. For great information on Sun City West visit the Sun City West Community [...]

Every month or two my company sends out a mailer to the Arizona Sun City communities called the Ken Meade Report.  A few years back our president, Steve Meade did an article about the founder of the Sun Cities, Del Webb. Del Webb Corp. officials acknowledge they weren’t the first to think of a retirement community, but  Del E. [...]

First of all I want to say, this information is not limited to Sun City Grand.   There are many many more bird varieties to see throughout the Phoenix area and other Arizona retirement communities.  These are just some of my favorites that have caught my eye while driving through Sun City Grand. Of course there are [...]

Each one of Phoenix Arizona’s golf retirement communities has something to offer. Some more than others. What it comes down to is, “What are you looking for?”. Do you like a gated country club style community? If so, Corte Bella & Trilogy at Vistancia might be your cup of tea. Are you looking for more [...]

Phoenix Arizona has long been known as one of the premier retirement locations in the United States.  No small wonder with our fabulous weather throughout most of the year. Because we have so many out of state visitors looking for their future retirement or second homes, I get many questions from people looking at my website at [...]

For the homeowners in Sun City Grand, Arizona Traditions, Sun Village & the rest of Surprise, AZ a new ordinance became effective on November 28, 2007 that you should be aware of…  especially if you rent out your home to seasonal visitors or year round tenants. The ordinance is referred to as the “Rental Accountability [...]