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CATHERINE REAGOR REAL ESTATE
Valley builder sees a future in retro designs
Big game little help in housing market
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“We chose a more contemporary plan because we moved from California and always had a newer, more contemporary style home and we were looking to downsize,� said Lisa Gale, a California native. “When we saw these new models, it was exactly what we were hoping for: an open floor plan and modern-looking with
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A Valley builder is bringing a fresh look to planned communities by taking notes from the Midcentury Modern designers who gave some of Phoenix’s historical neighborhoods their distinctive look. Among those moving in to the
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updated Modern styles at Shea’s Trilogy,
Six new Shea Homes models at Trilogy at Vistancia focus on contemporary styles and themes.
part of Vistancia in north Peoria, are Frank and Janet Quinn and Ian and Lisa Gale.
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Don’t thank the Super Bowl for metro Phoenix’s soaring home sales, real estate experts say. Super Bowl XLIX, played in Glendale on Feb. 2, is credited with doubledigit increases in city tax revenues and filling 95 percent of the Valley’s hotel rooms the night before the game. But the Valley’s 39-percent increase in home sales and 51-percent increase in condo sales during March didn’t happen because the nation’s biggest sports event was played here the month before. Since home sales sagged 14 percent last year, most real estate agents and homeowners looking to sell had hoped the Super Bowl would give the housing market a boost. But the weather didn’t cooperate. “Mother Nature really did a number on us during Super Bowl week,� Diane Brennan, a real-estate agent with Phoenix's Berkshire Hathaway Home Services and host of KTAR radio's That Real Estate Show, told me. “If the weather was better, it would have helped the Valley's housing market. Sunshine sells Arizona, and we didn't have a lot of it during Super Bowl Week. “Seattle fans just got the same weather they're used to. It's hard to want to move somewhere when it's rainy,� she said. Mike Orr of Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business tracked the big increase in Valley home sales in his report released last week. He has been watching pending sales rise since late February and has been saying since then the Super Bowl isn’t behind the surge. “The Super Bowl helps the housing market over the long term if people visit Arizona for the first time and enjoy it,� he said. Attending a Super Bowl is a highpriced trip, so it would make sense for Arizona’s high-end housing market to garner the most attention from visitors. But Monica Monson, a Scottsdale agent specializing in million-dollar homes with Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty, said visitors here See REAGOR, Page 3R
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find your next place. SCOTTSDALE | 10752 East Monument Drive | Open Today 1-4PM
CANDLEWOOD ESTATES. Magnificently renovated backing the MLS# 15th tee of the Troon North golf course. Exquisite details abound. Bedrooms Massive rooms with tall ceilings, hardwood and travertine floors, Bath spectacular wet bar, multiple fireplaces and automated window Pool coverings. Professional Viking and Fisher & Paykel caterer’s kitchen with big center island and butler’s pantry. Luxuriously Sq. Ft. redone sitting room master with deep custom closet. All en-suite Parking bedrooms. Resort yard. Negative edge salt water pool, barbeque and Lot Size fireplace. Very special garage with a mirrored wall and impressive ZIP Code polished porcelain floor. Third bay for small car. Elevated hillside lot with inspiring golf course and panoramic mountain views. Online Pics – Joseph Callaway Price
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SCOTTSDALE | 5501 East Cholla Street | Open Today 1–5PM
IDEAL SCOTTSDALE LOCATION. Exuding an aura of MLS# laidback luxury, this stunning home greets you with lush lawns Bedrooms and a pavered walkway leading to a stone-arched courtyard, host Bath to a spacious fireplaced ramada with plenty of room for an alfresco Pool dining table and/or cocktails-and-conversation seating. Graceful formal rooms. Family room w/huge windows, custom media Sq. Ft. wall. Sharp kitchen w/bi-level breakfast bar. Pampering master ZIP Code retreat w/sitting area-office. Alfresco amenities include: houselength patio, sit-at bar shelving, grassy play lawn, large lounge/ Online Pics Price sun decks, barbecue gazebo, party-size spa, enormous diving pool. Big motorcourt, four-car garage, separate boat/toy garage. Visit tourfactory.com/1344657. Inside: details, directions.
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