The Scottsdale Real Estate Files: Arizona: Scottsdale: Mccormick Ranch

As promised in last week's teaser, one of the better bargains that you will ever find in McCormick Ranch is here.  Nestled in the Villa La Playa subdivision that abuts the southern end of the McCormick Ranch Golf Course, this 1908 square foot Dietz Crane home is an exceptional value at the entry level price of ...

$329,000

Boasting a swimming pool and a rare 3 car garage, this home has been priced to not only compete with the bank-owned and short sale listings, but to beat them! 

No busy streets to contend with here.  Just a great 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with exceptional curb appeal on a North/South lot that could stand a little updating.  The home has been very well maintained by the current owner, but our buyer will most likely want to perform a cosmetic overhaul.  As such, your blank canvas has been priced sublimely low to more than allow its next proud owner to gain some instant sweat equity while tailoring it to his/her taste.

Other features include a wood-burning fireplace, vaulted living room ceiling, block construction (finished with stucco), full tile roof, private front and rear patios and a kitchen that opens to the family room. 

In a neighborhood with properties currently listed in the $500,000-$650,000 range, this may be a gift horse, but we'd be much obliged if you'd come look in its mouth.  You will be pleasantly surprised with how livable the home is at this price point, even while making plans for your upgrades of choice. 

Don't forget all of those fabulous McCormick Ranch amenities that attracted you to this finest of planned communities in a prime central Scottsdale location either.  Golf, lakes, walking paths, parks, restaurants, shopping and award-winning schools (this home is located in the district of the newly reconstructed Saguaro High School) ... seriously, why are you still reading?  Pick up the phone and call us before someone else does!

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Did you ever in a million years of collective consciousness think you would see this price point again in McCormick Ranch?  Neither did we.  And just to reitterate, that price again is ...

$329,000!

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Ray & Paul Slaybaugh

Realty Executives

Your McCormick Ranch Real Estate Experts

(480) 948-9450

paul@rayandpaul.com

(listen to the kid, he's quite precocious)

Are you ready?  I said ARE YOU READY?

Value is about to come waltzing into the McCormick Ranch Real Estate market, so I suggest you put on your dancing shoes.

Priced in line with the bank owned properties that back up to busy streets, this Dietz Crane home is neither bank owned, nor on a busy street.  It needs a cosmetic facelift, and the realistic owner is providing the lucky buyer with the scalpel of an incredibly low price of ... wait for it ...

$329,000!

Boasting a full tile roof, pool, rare 3 car garage, block construction, nearly 2000 square feet, North/South exposure, wood burning fireplace, private front courtyard and close proximity to the McCormick Ranch Golf Course, this home in Villa La Playa is just the giveaway you have been looking for in a neighborhood that includes properties currently listed up to $649,000.

We hit the MLS with this bad boy shortly, but don't be shy about giving us a call prior to the launch date.  We'll get you inside for a look before the flood of investors and rehabbers is loosed upon it like the marauding band of pillagers that they are.

By all means, bring your contractors, but bring your checkbook, too.  If you can find a better deal in McCormick Ranch, buy it!

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Contact

Ray & Paul Slaybaugh

Realty Executives

Your McCormick Ranch Experts

For all of your Scottsdale AZ Real Estate needs

(480) 948-9450

paul@rayandpaul.com

The market spoke and we listened. 

Already a terrific value for McCormick Ranch, our wonderful condo listing in Starfire (The Villages Five) has just been reduced by nearly 15%!

To further stand out from the inferior competition (mostly half-hearted apartment conversions), this impeccably maintained condo in the newest phase of The Villages in McCormick Ranch has just been reduced by $20,000! The value is self-evident to all who enter, but our pragmatic seller understands that you can't merely sport a good price in this market, but an unbelievable one.

In addition to the massive price reduction from $139,000 to $119,000, this irreplaceable unit boasts brand new interior beige paint. You couldn't find us at the previous price point, and those who did loved everything about the unit except the blue walls. 

BEFORE                                                                                      AFTER

Objections duly noted and corrected.  No more blue walls, and now priced below the low quality conversions that made us difficult to find! 

Better get on your horse now, though.  It will not take more than a handful showings to sell this wonderful home.  It is just that nice.

Please visit our McCormick Ranch Real Estate blog to read more about this terrific property.

Now that the incredible value that was our McCormick Ranch patio home listing has migrated north (sold to an opportunistic snowbird), we still have three great McCormick Ranch listings for your perusal.  Each is offered with a painstaking appreciation for current market conditions.

First, we have a single family home that exemplifies the age old Real Estate adage of "location, location, location."  At an entry-level price to this section of the Ranch, this nearly 2000 square foot, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home is situated on a nearly 1/3 acre lot that backs to the McCormick Ranch walking path.  Extensively remodeled in the past two years, the home boasts new cherry cabinetry and slab granite counter tops in the kitchen and baths, stainless steel appliances, faux stone tile floor in the main traffic areas, new light fixtures, wood burning fireplace, pebble-tec diving pool and much more.  This is one spectacular home that can be yours for the bargain basement price of ... $539,000!

Read more about this home at McCormick Ranch Homes and Real Estate

Next, we have another single family home in the prime Vista De La Tierra subdivision of McCormick Ranch.  Developed by Camelot Homes, this remains one of the most sought after neighborhoods in the McCormick Ranch area.  Constructed in the late '70s and early '80s, these homes featured soaring vaulted ceilings and modern Spanish facades that marked a strict departure from the previous low slung roof lines and slump block construction of the earlier sections of the Ranch.  Featuring nearly 2700 square feet, this 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home is the popular "Chateau" model.  Remodeled in recent years, this home includes newer kitchen cabinetry & appliances, slab granite counter tops, faux wood flooring, remodeled bathrooms with granite counters and tiled shower surrounds, complete exterior re-paint, fireplace, swimming pool and just down the street from the crown jewel of McCormick Ranch ... Lake Margherite.  In a subdivision which has produced four separate sales in excess of a million dollars in the past couple of years, this mint condition home can be yours for the reduced price of ...  $649,000!

Read more about this home on my McCormick Ranch Real Estate Blog

Last but not least is our wonderful little condo listing in The Villages Five.  Better known by it's marketing name of Starfire, condos in phase five of The Villages are the most recently constructed of the bunch.  Boasting newer features not found in the older incarnations such as dual pane windows, fire sprinklers and more architecturally appealing lines, this single bedroom unit is also nearly 100 sq ft larger than its predecessors.  Featuring a private balcony and amazing natural lighting, this unit is located in, perhaps, the best spot of the entire complex.  Upstairs for added safety and privacy, it is an end unit in a building that only houses four total units.  The upstairs location also allows for the vaulted great room ceiling that is not found on the first level.  Also featuring a fireplace, larger than expected kitchen for a home of this size, interior painting currently underway (pleasing neutral beige), community pool & spa, tennis court, immediate access to the greenbelt walking paths, this condo has been immaculately maintained by the original owner.  Ideally suited for seasonal residents, first time buyers and downsizing buyers alike, how can you go wrong with a McCormick Ranch condo for ... $139,000!?

Read more about this home at McCormick Ranch Condos

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Whether buying or selling,

Contact Ray & Paul

For all of your McCormick Ranch Real Estate needs.

(480) 948-9450

Selling Scottsdale Since 1974

(And Shamelessly Exploiting My Child's Cuteness Since 2005)

One of the best features of McCormick Ranch living in Scottsdale, Arizona is the walking path system which connects all of the community's wonderful amenities.  From the parks and lakes to the golf and fine dining, the amazing multiuse path system connects it all.  As such, homes located along the walking / bike paths are highly sought after properties for both seasonal residents and permanent residents alike.

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Our new listing in the McCormick Ranch subdivision of Tierra Feliz boasts just such a prime location.  Remodeled over the past few years with cherry wood cabinets, slab granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances in the virtually new kitchen, this wonderful home is far more than merely an ideal location, however.  Faux stone tile through the main traffic areas in the home complement the designer paint tones, cherry stained shutters, cherry wood cabinets in bathrooms (slab granite counter tops for both bath vanities have been ordered!), wood burning fireplace in the family room, upgraded lighting fixtures ... and that's just the inside!

Situated on over 1/4 acre of land (12,000+ square feet), the easy care desert landscaping provides the low maintenance for which you are looking.  Combined with the manageable size of the home at just over 1900 livable square feet, this could make an outstanding vacation home.  The homeowners have contracted for approximately $1500 worth of additional gravel and desert plants to further dress up the front yard.  The back yard is punctuated by an oversized pebble surfaced diving pool and a row of citrus trees.  It's Arizona after all ... you can freshly squeeze your own juice!

Just when you think the home can't get any better, it does.  The private gate in the backyard leads directly to the stretch of walking path that leads straight to Rotary Park and beyond.  Marking the barrier between McCormick Ranch and Gainey Ranch, it also provides welcome breathing room from having a neighbor directly behind you.  You just can't put a premium on this type of location, and when you see the list price, you will realize ... we didn't!  Despite being surrounded by homes which range between $700,000 and $1,000,000 in many cases, these motivated sellers are willing to part with this extraordinary home for only ...

$539,000!

*THIS IS NOT A TYPO*

8906 N. 80th Place

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

MLS# 4113410

3 Bed / 2 Bath / Pool/ 2 Car Garage / 1912 Square Feet

For more information about this home or to schedule a private viewing, please contact:

Ray & Paul Slaybaugh

The McCormick Ranch Experts

(480) 948-9450

paul@rayandpaul.com

Your Scottsdale Real Estate Specialists since 1974