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Homes for Sale in Sun Lakes, AZ ~ A Real Estate Update

11-19-09
Amy Jones

Oakwood PoolIt's time for a real estate update for Sun Lakes, AZ. Now that our winter visitors are returning and people all over the world are looking for a great Active Adult community to retire to, or simply live during the winter months. Sun Lakes is definitely that place!

So, how many homes are for sale in Sun Lakes? Here are some details~

There are currently 274 homes for sale in Sun Lakes, AZ.
Homes for sale range in price from the lowest priced home:

  • $69,900 for a lender-owned 1680 sf 2 bedroom, 2 bath manufactured home located in Sun Lakes #1

to the highest price home:

  • $725,000 for a 3800sf 2 story home with 5 bedrooms and 4.5 baths and a guest house and a pool situated on a golf course lot in Oakwood Country Club.

There are currently:

  • Homes priced under $100,000 ~ 10
  • Homes priced $100,000-$199,999 ~ 75
  • Homes priced $200,000-$299,999 ~ 103
  • Homes priced $300,000-$399,000 ~ 60
  • Homes priced $400,000-$499,000 ~ 15
  • Homes priced $500,000-$599,000 ~ 10
  • Homes priced $600,000-$699,000 ~ 0
  • Homes priced $700,000-$799,000 ~ 1

The Sun Lakes community hasn't been hit too hard by the foreclosure market, however there are currently 13 homes listed as short sales and 10 homes listed as lender owned.

If you're a Sun Lakes homeowner facing foreclosure, I invite you to visit my foreclosure help website for helpful information or give me a call to discuss how I might be able to help you.

Homes are selling! There are currently 49 homes that are "Pending" and 32 homes have sold in the last month.

If you'd like to learn more about the Sun Lakes Lifestyle, give me a call at 480-250-3857. I'd love to tell you why I love living in Sun Lakes!

"Packages From Home" ~ A great way to show our military heroes we care

11-13-09
Amy Jones

packages from homeI recently posted a blog entitled "Giving Back ~ Do you and How". So many of you posted the ways you are giving back to society, both locally and abroad and my heart was so touched by the causes...some of which I'd never heard of.

One of those causes is an organization that was brought to my attention by Steve Bodwin is called Packages from Home. (www.packagesfromhome.org). I invite you ALL to visit this site to see how you can say "thank you" to our active duty military and our veterans. A great cause for the holidays and every day!

Their mission directly from their website :

"The mission of Packages From Home is to send care and comfort packages to deployed American military heroes who are stationed in active duty theaters around the world, as well as to facilitate activities that elevate morale of all veterans."

Annual Sun Lakes Rotary Pancake Breakfast ~ November 15, 2009! Here at last!

11-12-09
Amy Jones

sun lakes az pancake breakfastIt's time for the Annual Sun Lakes Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast, this Sunday, November 15, 2009 at the Sun Lakes Country Club (25601 N. Sun Lakes Blvd). Come one...Come all...and bring your appetite!

This is just one of the fundraisers that enables the Sun Lakes Rotary Club to continue their work in the community which includes STRIVE, Choices, and the Dictionary Project. The Rotary Club also supports the Boys and Girls Clubs of the East Valley & Neighbors Who Care.

Silent Auction and Raffle will also be held during the breakfast.

Maybe the best pancakes in the Valley and they're served ALL YOU CAN EAT! The breakfast includeds regular pancakes, blueberry pancakes, bacon, sausage, OJ and coffee.

Breakfast begins at 7:30am and will be served until 12:30 pm giving both early and late risers an opportunity to feast!

Tickets are $5 and are available from any Sun Lakes Rotarian or you can contact me and I'll tell you where you can purchase tickets.

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Veterans Day Observance 2009 in Sun Lakes, AZ

11-10-09
Amy Jones

veterans day sun lakes azThe Sun Lakes Veterans Day Observance will take plat at 11:00 am on Wednesday, 11/11/2009 in front of the flagpole at the Sun lakes Country Club, 25601 N. Sun Lakes Blvd (Just South of Riggs Rd).

Keynote speaker will be Arizona Attorney General, Terry Goddard who served as four time Mayor of Phoenix and was a Commander in the Naval Reserves where he served 27 years.

Sun Lakes, AZ is home to six veterans' organizations. Participating in the Veterans Day Ceremonies this year are the American Legion, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Marine League, Korean War Veterans and this year's coordinator of the event, the Jewish War Veterans.

Lunch will be served following the event in the Navajo Room of the Country Club.

May each of us remember not only on Veterans Day, but every day, those Veterans who are no longer with us, those who are and those who are currently serving.

Giving Back. Do you and how?

11-09-09
Amy Jones

Whether you call it paying it forward or giving back, it's something that can change your life. So tell me do you? By sharing how you give back to your community or the world, you may just encourage others to do the same. Maybe instead of crying over what we don't have, we can reach out and give what we do have...our time. It doesn't take a lot of money, just a caring heart.

I just compiled my photos from the trip I took to Armenia as part of a Medical Mission team. A trip like this...whether it be around the world or around the corner to a place where people are in need...is life changing. It puts things in perspective and you will find the little things we gripe about really ARE little things in the grand scheme of it all.

So, if you have a chance today...tomorrow...or whenever, reach out. Share your time and compassion with someone who can use a smile, a hug or something as small as a warm blanket. The world will be helped and you will find your life to be better than it's ever been. I promise.

I hope my photos of my mission trip to Armenia touch your heart~