AZ Real Estate 07-02-2017

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CATHERINE REAGOR

Amenity attractive to homebuyers even if it doesn’t add much value It’s hot and the time of year when homes with a cool pool are even more appealing. More Phoenix-area buyers are diving into deals for houses with pools now, say real-estate agents. I think it was last week — the day the temperature hit 119 — I saw Lloyd Fox of Long Realty’s Facebook post. “The inferno is coming and homes with pools have an increased value when 120 is in the forecast,” he shared. “Cannot wait to put this central Phoenix home on market in a few weeks.”

I stared longingly at the photo of the backyard of the house with an inviting pool, not far from where I live, for a few minutes. “There’s definitely more interest in pools now,” Fox told me. “All the buyers I am working with from out of state want a pool.” Moving to metro Phoenix and buying a home with a swimming pool is part of the Valley’s special version of the American Dream. He said many buyers now want a house that already has a pool so they don’t have to wait and pay more to have one built.

How much value does a pool add? How much value a pool adds to a Valley home is one of those tough questions with an answer that doesn’t always make homeowners happy. Fox said although it can cost $30,000 or more to build a pool, that concrete pond only adds about $10,000 to the value of a Phoenix-area home. Appraisers can add up to 50 percent of what a homeowner paid for a pool to a property’s value, said Arizona housing analyst Mike Orr.

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