Glendale Arizona Homes & Information - Quaint Historic Town!

With a population of nearly 250,000, Glendale is Arizona's fourth largest city. This friendly community has a small-town feeling, the charm and character of its past as important as its growth and progress toward the future. Glendale is perhaps best known for its reputation as Arizona's "antique capital." In fact, Historic Glendale was named by both USA Today and Sunset Magazine as one of the Top 10 places in the country to shop for antiques.

The city's downtown area features original 100-year-old brick storefronts, enhanced with quaint awnings, wrought iron benches and brick sidewalks lined with nostalgic gaslight lamps. Its picturesque Catlin Court District, a four-block area set off by tea rooms housed in converted bungalows, was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Glendale also is home to Luke Air Force Base, the largest fighter pilot training center in the world. The base's population includes about 7,500 military and civilian members and 15,000 family members. And let's not forget the sports! Glendale boasts two of Arizona's professional teams, the Phoenix Coyotes, who play at Jobing.com Arena and the Superbowl-contending Arizona Cardinals, who call University of Phoenix Stadium their home. Golfers will find a place, too, among the nearly one dozen golf courses located within the Glendale city limits.

Geographically, Glendale occupies 57 square miles and sits 9 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, about 25 minutes from Sky Harbor International Airport. Most Glendale residents are young, college-educated, married with children, and an average annual income of more than $53,000. Glendale homes run the gamut from newer, luxury estate homes to older houses, cozy bungalows, charming townhomes, planned communities, and many houses affordable to the first-time buyer. Prices start at about $80,000 and head northward of $3 million.