Summer is nearly over ...

Proof positive that summer is flying away is the fact that somewhere along the line, I lost July! Must be the dry heat... or...the fact that the MARKET is heating up... and it is! As of six months ago, the luxury market in Scottsdale, particularly in Paradise Valley and up-scale resorts and subdivisions throughout the valley, has bottomed. Purchasers, many of whom are cash buyers, have finally realized that perhaps the safest place to NOW place their money is into a home with all of the amenities that accompany luxury living... at a sales price of at least 30% less than that home would have cost 4-5 years ago. Reflecting this is the fact that inventory of quality homes is deeply diminished and speaking again of the luxury market, foreclosures, particularly in North Scottsdale, have been literally halved, and this just in the past 45-60 days.
And in case you otherwise didn't know it, Canadians are WONDERFUL!!! They love it here and they especially love what their dollar will buy. Golf/resort communities, such as The Boulders, Mirabel, Desert Mountain, Whisper Rock and unquestionably Paradise Valley are enjoying buyers from Vancouver who not only want a warm and beautiful place to get away to when it is most definitely NOT warm and beautiful there beginning all too soon, but moreover, where they can purchase a lovely home, with low price tags and LOW TAXES ("you've got to be kidding! THAT's ALL? for the WHOLE year???") YES!!!!!
SO: to recap: UNLIKE Florida (yuk), no giant bugs, no disgusting humidity, no closed in pools (mosquitos, remember those??) no flat, uninteresting landscape (okay, the West coast is different...sort of... and yes, I know, there IS the Ocean, but then there are sharks).; UNLIKE California, no earthquakes, no ASTRONOMICAL taxes, no mudslides; UNLIKE so many other parts of the country, no tornados, floods, all so horrible and devastating... it is ONLY VERY HOT here and VERY DRY...(great for the hair, though... we won't discuss skin).. but once August has come and gone and the Fall arrives right through next June... this place still is ALMOST perfect.
All for now, and next time, I'll tell you how I REALLY feel...
Enjoy the summer wherever you are...and come back soon!

Paula S. Solomon