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By Sun City Grand Homes Surprise AZ Real Estate Leolinda Bowers Designated Broker Leolinda Realty, Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona
(Leolinda Realty)
It's a Happy New Year in Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona!As we end the first decade of the 2,000's, I would like to wish each and every one of you a very Happy New Year! View Larger Map If you looking to buy a home or sell a home in Sun City West AZ or Corte Bella, please contact me or visit my website at LEOLINDA.com. Leolinda BowersAssociate BrokerKen Meade RealtyCell (602) 403-6865Business (623) 937-5701 © 2009 Leolinda Bowers (Arizona Retirement Communities, Sun City West & Sun City Grand Real Estate). Unless otherwise noted, the content, both pictures and written, is the property of Leolinda Bowers. Reproduction in part or whole without written permission from the publisher is prohibited.
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By Kathy Anderson, Arizona Homes For Sale
(Arizona Luxury & Lifestyle Living)
Arizona Traditions real estate & homes sold - 4th Quarter 2009 ModelOn the Golf CourseWestward HoOff the Golf CourseJokake/PoolJokakeSaguaroSaguaro/PoolSaguaro/ForeclosureOcotilloChollaOrangewood Sq.Ft.1800 s.f.1690 s.f.1690 s.f.1555 s.f.1555 s.f.1555 s.f.1402 s.f.1200 s.f.1129 s.f. Address17239 N White Tank Vista18234 N Arriba Dr17217 N Thornberry Dr18090 W Weatherby Dr18520 N Coconino Dr17721 W Sunbelt Dr17656 W Arcadia Dr18064 W Buena Vista Dr17628 W Babbitt Dr Listed$285,000$259,900$222,500$215,000$211,000$190,500$224,900$179,900$178,000 Sold$259,000$259,900$212,500$200,000$185,000$173,000$159,900$167,500$165,000 ARCHIVED ARIZONA TRADITIONS HOME SALES This list of homes represents homes sold by ALL participating MLS members,not just Ken Meade Realty Information on this site is deem...
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By Kathy Anderson, Arizona Homes For Sale
(Arizona Luxury & Lifestyle Living)
Happy New Year from Sun City Grand Surprise Arizona! While we in Sun City Grand Arizona are still getting ready for our New Years eve celebration, Sydney Australia has already had a fireworks display that's hard to beat.  Check it out below. My husband and I will be going to our friends home in Sun City West to apparently "party hard".  They won't tell us what to expect just that they have a blast every year.  We're looking forward to it.  I hope you have a wonderful night ringing in the new year too!  Maybe I'll see you when you come down for spring training at the Surprise Arizona stadium.     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are in the market to buy or sell Sun City Grand real estate, please call me or visit my website where you will find a virtual tour of Sun City Grand...
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By Sun City Grand Homes Surprise AZ Real Estate Leolinda Bowers Designated Broker Leolinda Realty, Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona
(Leolinda Realty)
From Surprise Arizona to Hawaii, Golf is Good! We had an opportunity to play one of the most challenging mountain golf courses on the Big Island of Hawaii.  The two hour drive from Hilo was certainly worth the time and effort.  The Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel Golf Course climbes the slopes of the majestic Kohala mountains.  Designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay, it is one of the most luxurous 18-hole championship golf course in the world.  If offers four tees per hole that totals 6,875 yards of world class golf.  The course was recognized in 1993 by Golf Magazine as one of the Top Ten New courses in the United States.  It was also named "The Course of the Future" by the US Golf Association.  There were many pars, boggies, and double boggies.  The only birdies we found were those that we s...
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By Sun City Grand Homes; Surprise AZ Real Estate and Homes,Josee Plant Long Realty West Valley, Arizona Retirement Communities Specialist
(Long Realty West Valley)
XXXI   Curious about things that happened on New Year's Eve from year's past. There is so much emphasis on the last day of the year, I thought I'd see what the heck has taken place over the years. I'm happy to share my little tidbits with you all. Thomas Jefferson gave his first public demonstrations of his electric incandescent lightbulb in Menlo Park, NJ-1879 The Worlds Tallest building (from 2004-2007), the Taipei 101 at 1,671 feet tall opens in Taipei, Taiwan-2004 Panama Canal transferred to Panama in accordance with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties-1999 Soviet Union tests supersonic airliner-1968 Patriot Forces are defeated at Quebec-1775 Nixon signs National Air Quality Control Act calling for 90% reduction in auto emissions by 1975-1971 NY's Manhattan Bridge a 1,470 foot span bridge ...
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By Sun City Grand Homes Surprise AZ Real Estate Leolinda Bowers Designated Broker Leolinda Realty, Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona
(Leolinda Realty)
While visting on the Big Island of Hawaii, be sure to stop in the sleeply little town of Mountain View.  Mountain View is the home of the famous stone cookies.  Stone cookies are just what the name implies, hard, stale, bland cookies .  It's an island craze!  Be sure take a few bags of stone cookies back home to your friends and relatives.  It's a local tradition to bring back gifts to your friends and family.  These treats are called omiyagi.  They will just love them for dunking in coffee or with tea as a biscotti. If by any chance you eat all of your stone cookies before leaving back to the mainland, no problem since most Hawaii airport gift shops sell stone cookies.   View Larger Map If you looking to buy a home or sell a home in Sun City Grand in Surprise AZ, please contact me or v...
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By Sun City Grand Homes; Surprise AZ Real Estate and Homes,Josee Plant Long Realty West Valley, Arizona Retirement Communities Specialist
(Long Realty West Valley)
The Christmas Tree Drop-Off for the City of Surprise is December 26, 2009 through January 8, 2010. There are two locations: Gaines Park View Gaines Park in a larger map City of Surprise Recreation Complex View City of Surprise Recreation Complex in a larger map Visit the City of Surprise for more information on the holiday refuse/recycle colletion schedule. Or you can call the City of Surprise at 623-222-6000.
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By Sun City Grand Homes Surprise AZ Real Estate Leolinda Bowers Designated Broker Leolinda Realty, Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona
(Leolinda Realty)
A popular sightseeing venture on the Island of Hawaii is the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. My husband and I are vacationing at my ancestral home in Hilo Hawaii. A few days ago I took my husband to tour the national park and see Kilauea, the active Hawaiian volcano located about 30 minutes from Hilo. Within the larger Kilauea summit caldera lies Halemaumau crater.   Halemaumau is a circular crater that when last measured, was approximately 2,500 ft by 3,000 ft.  In March 2008,  scientists reported volcanic activity at Halemaumau.  Since then, there is a distinct sulfur dioxide plume that can be seen from almost any lookout throughout the park.  The best vantage point in observing Halemaumau is from the Thomas Jaggar observatory. After spending the day at the Volcano National Park, we s...
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By Sun City Grand Homes; Surprise AZ Real Estate and Homes,Josee Plant Long Realty West Valley, Arizona Retirement Communities Specialist
(Long Realty West Valley)
Thank You! I'm somewhat new to this blogging thing. I'd seen it for awhile and really didn't catch on to it at first. Admittedly I thought it took a bit of a commitment. Yes it does, doesn't it!?!? At first I was a bit overwhelmed looking at all of the blogs. I thought my goodness how am I going to come up with stuff that is going to be of interest to all of these people? Looking through the blogs I was impressed with the writing, the pictures, the humor, the knowledge, the technology, the information, the variety, the support, okay, I think you get the point. Let me tell you about a few other things I've noticed. Just like anything else (for the most part) we get wrapped up in the day to day activities and don't take the time to smell the roses. Usually we do something because we feel ...
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By Sun City Grand Homes; Surprise AZ Real Estate and Homes,Josee Plant Long Realty West Valley, Arizona Retirement Communities Specialist
(Long Realty West Valley)
  My husband and his brothers are planning a jaunt to Montreal to attend a hockey game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins in February 2010. View Larger Map As of June 1, 2009 everyone arriving in Canada by air, land and sea has needed a passport or an equivalent travel document. What would an equivalent travel document be you ask? Here are the valid Passport substitutes: NEXUS Card is a valid passport substitute. (between Canada and the U.S.) United States Passport Card (not valid for international air travel) Enhanced Driver's License/EDL (not valid for international air travel & only avaiable in certain states) FAST/Expres Card (for commercial truck drivers for travel between the U.S. and Canada) I'm sure this blog raises questions about Passport policy in it'...
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By Sun City Grand Homes; Surprise AZ Real Estate and Homes,Josee Plant Long Realty West Valley, Arizona Retirement Communities Specialist
(Long Realty West Valley)
XXVIII Haven't you ever thought: I wonder what I was doing 20 years ago? I wonder what I was doing last December 28th? I wonder what I had for breakfast today? So, I decided, hey I'm going to see what was going on this day, December 28th. Here is some of what I found: First commercial movie screened at the Grand Cafe in Paris-1895 The first public street car rolled out in San Francisco-1912 First American born utilizing in vitro fertilization was born in Norfolk,VA-1981 Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance-1945 Iowa became the 29th state in the United States-1846 Chewing gum was patented by William F. Semple-1869 George H.W. Bush was the President of the United States-1989 2,000,000th Volkswagon was finished-1957 Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Co...
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By Sun City Grand Homes Surprise AZ Real Estate Leolinda Bowers Designated Broker Leolinda Realty, Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona
(Leolinda Realty)
Golfing the Grand Sun City Grand in Surprise AZ Sun City Grand real estate is the flagship and master mind creation of Del E Webb.  There are four beautiful championship golf courses in Sun City Grand, all four owned by the Sun City Grand's homeowners association.  The first, Desert Springs golf course opened in 1996 and approximately three years later, Granite Falls South opened. Granite Falls North was completed in 2004 and Cimarron in 2006.  These four golf courses comprise of the best four tracks of golf in the Southwest.  Pristine and well-manicured, each golf course positively stimulates and caters to all levels and types of golfers. Many people who have taken the time to research Sun City Grand, its facilities, recreation centers, clubs, golf, pickle ball and tennis, have found t...
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By Sun City Grand Homes Surprise AZ Real Estate Leolinda Bowers Designated Broker Leolinda Realty, Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona
(Leolinda Realty)
Sun City Grand real estate Surprise Arizona Market Updatefor the Week Ending December 27, 2009   Total Listings:  239 Total Golf Course Property Listings: 43 Total Non-Golf Course Property Listings: 196 Total La Solana Condominium Listings: 16  Under Contract this Week:  6 Closed Transactions this Week: 2 New Listings This Week: 9 Sun City Grand Absorption Rate (Weeks of Inventory): 43 weeks   There are 5 active short sale property listings in Sun City Grand.  6 properties are awaiting bank approval.  8 short sale properties have sold and closed since December 27, 2008. There are a total of 8 active foreclosure (lender owned) properties presently listed on MLS in Sun City Grand.  2 foreclosed properties are pending in escrow.  20 foreclosed properties have sold and closed since December...
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By Sun City Grand Homes; Surprise AZ Real Estate and Homes,Josee Plant Long Realty West Valley, Arizona Retirement Communities Specialist
(Long Realty West Valley)
  Sun City Grand Market Statistics Week Ending December 27th, 2009   Total Single Family homes for sale: 238 Total La Solana Condominiums for sale: 16 Price range: $95,000-$162,000 Average List Price: $126,431 Average Cumulative Days on Market: 321 Total Golf Course homes for sale: 43 Price range: $349,900-$890,000 Average List Price: $575,487 Average Cumulative Days on Market: 140 Total Non-Golf Course homes for sale: 195 Price range: $164,900-$599,900 Average List Price: $278,851 Average Cumulative Days on Market- 135 Total Pending Close of Escrow: 32 1 La Solana Condominium - 27 Non-Golf Course - 4 Golf Course Total Under Contract this week: 4 Sundance, Azalea, Windsor (Golf Course), Hacienda (Lender Owned) Total Closed Escrow: 1 Cactus Flower $234,000- Cumulative Days on Market- 23 ...
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By Sun City Grand Homes Surprise AZ Real Estate Leolinda Bowers Designated Broker Leolinda Realty, Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona
(Leolinda Realty)
Speechless Sunday ~ PERFECT or close to it! 178 yards, across the ocean with traps everywhere, it didn't get wet and yep he is on the green in one. © 2009 Leolinda Bowers (Arizona Retirement Communities Sun City West & Sun City Grand Real Estate). Unless otherwise noted, the content, both pictures and written, is the property of Leolinda Bowers.  Reproduction in part or whole without written permission from the publisher is prohibited.
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By Kathy Anderson, Arizona Homes For Sale
(Arizona Luxury & Lifestyle Living)
Are you coming to Arizona this spring to find your dream retirement home?  Has the real estate in Sun City Grand, Sun City Festival, Sun City West, Corte Bella or Trilogy at Vistancia peaked your interest?  Well, if this last quarter is any indication, home sales in our Arizona retirement communities will be brisk in the coming months.  What does that mean for you?  If you have been using my website or following my blog and would like to have me personally show you these beautiful communities, it would be helpful if you called or emailed, ahead of arriving, to schedule an appointment. Nothing makes me feel worse than having a potential client call once they fly into town, only to be told I am too busy with other clients.  Fortunately I have some wonderful colleagues I work closely with ...
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By Sun City Grand Homes; Surprise AZ Real Estate and Homes,Josee Plant Long Realty West Valley, Arizona Retirement Communities Specialist
(Long Realty West Valley)
Oso at Desert Springs Practice Putting Green It was pretty quiet on Christmas day on all the golf courses here at Sun City Grand. We actually went over to hit some balls and it was like a ghost town. There weren't very many people at Cimarron and everything was closed up. So we ended up hitting some on the driving range and practicing our putting and chipping. The day after Christmas we ended up playing in a shotgun at Granite Falls South. We started on the 18th hole and there wasn't anyone behind us so we could take our time. It was a beautiful day, sunny about 60 degrees, not to bad. So, when it comes to golf here at Sun City Grand, there is plenty of it. There are 4 courses: Desert Springs- 623-546-7401 Granite Falls North Course- 623-546-7580 Granite Falls South Course- 623-546-758...
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By Jessica Steele
(Welcome Home Realty)
View My Saved Places in a larger map Is Surpise, Arizona too far away? That is a question many people ask when deciding where to live when moving to Phoenix, Arizona. Known as the Valley of the Sun due to its 300 days of sunshine each year, Phoenix is an attractive place to build a home for those who need an escape from the grey days of winter. Surprise, Arizona is an up-and-coming town located in the Northwest Valley. Being on the outer edge of the valley, however, many homebuyers ask, is Surprise just too far away? To answer your questions, here is a quick overview of the routes into and out of Surprise, and some ammenities along the way. Route 60/Grand Ave: Grand Ave runs diagonally from Surprise, Arizona all the way through downtown Phoenix towards Mesa in the East Valley. Although ...
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By Sun City Grand Homes; Surprise AZ Real Estate and Homes,Josee Plant Long Realty West Valley, Arizona Retirement Communities Specialist
(Long Realty West Valley)
It's that time of the year when we will be unwrapping gifts, have a bunch of boxes and have extra trash from all the stuff we're cooking. Don't forget to recycle. I find that it's a lot easier to do if I have the containers ready to handle everything. Or you could use a big box to handle it too. Our recycling containers get pretty full this time of the year because the company that collects ours (Parks & Sons of Sun City, Inc.) is closed after the holidays. Not to mention they only pick up the 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month. We have commingled recycling here in Sun City Grand so all recyclables go into one container at the curb. In December, however, we will only have one recycle day and it was on the 12th of the month. So, my recycle containers are filling up.   I have to say that it...
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By Sun City Grand Homes Surprise AZ Real Estate Leolinda Bowers Designated Broker Leolinda Realty, Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona
(Leolinda Realty)
Merry Christmas from my Ancestral Home in Hawaii It may be a white Chrismas on the east coast, a milder Christmas on the west coast, but it's a beautiful day in Hawaii with the white waves exploding on the beaches. To my family, friends, clients and acuaintances,I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.As we say in Hawaii, Mele Kalikimaka!     If you looking to buy a home or sell a home in Sun City Grand in Surprise AZ, please contact me or visit my website at www.LEOLINDA.com.  I am a year-round Sun City Grand resident and a full-time Associate Broker Realtor®.   Leolinda BowersAssociate BrokerKen Meade RealtyCell (602) 403-6865Business (623) 937-5701   Sun City Grand ~ I live here, I work here, I know this community!     © 2009 Leolinda Bowers (Arizona Retirement Communities Sun City We...
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