McCormick Ranch Real Estate & Homes

I posted some beautiful photographs of Spring in Phoenix in a post on the Master Gardener’s Garden Tour last weekend. See the sidebar in this article on garden tours for more information on upcoming Arizona garden tours. DON’T MISS OUT!

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This Santa Barbara style home in the small community of Estate Los Arboles (23 homes northeast of Hayden Rd and McCormick Parkway) sold for $1,150,000. It was in the MLS 1 day and closed on March 9. It previously sold on June 3, 2002 for $498,000. The home was built in 1994, listed at […]

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McCormick Ranch Homes Sold March 7 to 13 - Closings

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This home at 8337 E San Ricardo Dr, Scottsdale was listed at 2,821 square feet and it sold for $755,000 in just 11 days on the market. It is a 5 bedroom, 3 bath in Estados de la Mancha which is a neighborhood between Hayden Rd and Mountain View Park. The home had […]

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McCormick Ranch Homes Sold March 1 to 6 - Closings

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When I picked up my son after school, I noticed a big track meet forming. One of my son’s best friends is the star pole vaulter. I always wanted to see him compete. The five high schools competing were Saguaro High School, Chaparral High School, Arcadia High School (all Scottsdale Unified School District schools), Tempe […]

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March is spring in Scottsdale and the aroma of citrus blossoms is the signature of spring in Arizona. The smell of orange and grapefruit blossoms is simply magical. It seems to gently drift in the air. Here you see some McCormick Ranch grapefruit and some small white grapefruit blossoms. A story. […]

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McCormick Ranch is known for being green. This path is a typical walking path that winds through the neighborhood. This McCormick Ranch neighborhood is called Paradise Park. It is a lovely neighborhood of larger homes (many between 3,000 and 4,000 square feet) just south of Shea Blvd, between Hayden Road and the 101. […]

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The $1,055,000 sale I reported on Thursday wasn’t sold via the MLS so there isn’t any MLS data or photos. No problem. I drove by the home located southwest of Hayden Road and Via Linda in Vista de la Tierra and snapped this shot with the truck still unpacking. According to Maricopa County Assessor […]

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McCormick Ranch Homes Sold February 22 to 28 - Closings

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When Liz and I went to the park (we’re 3 doors down from a great, semi-secret park) to take some photos of Peppy (see previous post) we ran into this dog birthday party. My park has a “Dog Group.” Everyone knows that they can bring their dogs out to a certain spot in the park in […]

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Okay, I confess she is 4 years old and not really a puppy anymore… but alliteration shall not be denied!

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The $1,200,000 McCormick Ranch home sale in the post below is this lovely Santa Fe home with a pool and 5 fireplaces on Lake Nino in The Island at McCormick Ranch. It was listed at 3,425 square feet, built in 1984 and closed on February 15.

If you would like to find your dream lakefront […]

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McCormick Ranch Homes Sold February 14 to 21 - Closings

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After I wrote the post yesterday about Amanda Blumenherst and the McCormick Ranch Golf Club, I went to play handball at the YMCA on Shea. My handball buddy’s daughter was also at the “Y”, back home on spring break from Loyola University Chicago. I mentioned this phenom woman golfer I had just read about and […]

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You have to look beyond a resort haven’s big-money plays to find its golf heart. You need to see a course like McCormick Ranch. Right in the heart of Scottsdale’s resort corridor, McCormick Ranch is anything but your typical all-snob, no-squeals palace. There are kids all over the range, kids (gasp!) on the course. This is no […]

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Scottsdale’s West World is a short drive on the 101 from McCormick Ranch. There are a ton of activities here, especially in the winter. Arizona is famous for its outdoor lifestyle. Notice that the human member of this agility team is in a wheelchair!

A Great Dane is getting prepped for the show ring.

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My wife Liz and I just got back from the Phoenix Symphony. Liz comes from a very musical family, third generation Danish, from Iowa. By chance, two of the three pieces tonight were Scandinavian, Grieg’s Peer Gynt and Nielsen’s Violin Concerto. By the way, every little thing I know about classical music I’ve learned […]

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Please check out this new blog and leave me a comment on any of these “posts.” What’s good about it? What could be improved? Do you see any bugs? I’m going to go to the dog show at WestWorld this afternoon (one of my favorite events of the year!) and will return after that. John L. Wake, Associate […]

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McCormick Ranch Homes Sold February 7 to 13 - Closings

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