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NEW – Northeast Valley Luxury Homes

WaltDanley — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:09:52 +0000

Fresh on the market – luxury homes in Paradise Valley, Arcadia, The Biltmore, Scottsdale, Carefree, and Fountain Hills. If you would like more information or to tour one of these properties, call me today before someone snaps them up.

Showing properties 1 - 20 of 189. See more New Luxury Listings.
(all data current as of 5/17/2013)

$19,750,000 : 5800 E Foothills Drive N, Paradise Valley

7 beds, 10.00 baths

Home size: 12,860 sq ft

Lot size: 39.47 ac

Year built: 1999

Parking spots: 6

Days on market: 2
$9,750,000 : 5800 E Foothills Drive N, Paradise Valley

7 beds, 10.00 baths

Home size: 12,860 sq ft

Lot size: 10.11 ac

Year built: 1999

Parking spots: 6

Days on market: 2
$8,500,000 : 5625 E Nauni Valley Drive, Paradise Valley

7 beds, 11.00 baths

Home size: 14,256 sq ft

Lot size: 2.22 ac

Year built: 2005

Parking spots: 28

Days on market: 7
$4,800,000 : 42398 N 102nd Street, Scottsdale

5 beds, 8.00 baths

Home size: 8,867 sq ft

Lot size: 35,937 sqft

Year built: 2006

Parking spots: 3

Days on market: 3
$4,250,000 : 10870 E Buckskin Trail, Unit 23, Scottsdale

4 beds, 6.50 baths

Home size: 7,200 sq ft

Lot size: 32,523 sqft

Year built: 2003

Parking spots: 3

Days on market: 4
$4,000,000 : 6644 E Exeter Boulevard, Scottsdale

4 beds, 6.00 baths

Home size: 12,960 sq ft

Lot size: 36,939 sqft

Year built: 1998

Parking spots: 25

Days on market: 0
$3,895,000 : 9820 E Thompson Peak Parkway, Unit 617, Scottsdale

5 beds, 5.50 baths

Home size: 6,800 sq ft

Lot size: 40,950 sqft

Year built: 2009

Parking spots: 5

Days on market: 3
$3,895,000 : 10103 E Hualapai Drive, Unit 2926, Scottsdale

5 beds, 6.00 baths

Home size: 6,995 sq ft

Lot size: 28,660 sqft

Year built: 2014

Parking spots: 3

Days on market: 3
$3,350,000 : 9688 E Oberlin Way, Scottsdale

4 beds, 5.00 baths

Home size: 7,840 sq ft

Lot size: 1.24 ac

Year built: 2002

Parking spots: 4

Days on market: 7
$3,295,000 : 6617 E Kasba Circle, Paradise Valley

6 beds, 6.00 baths

Home size: 6,528 sq ft

Lot size: 41,814 sqft

Year built: 1963

Parking spots: 3

Days on market: 7
$3,195,000 : 10283 E Mountain Spring Road, Unit 1237, Scottsdale

5 beds, 6.00 baths

Home size: 6,412 sq ft

Lot size: 25,396 sqft

Year built: 2013

Parking spots: 4

Days on market: 4
$2,850,000 : 2202 E Colter Street, Phoenix

5 beds, 5.00 baths

Home size: 6,000 sq ft

Lot size: 2.40 ac

Year built: 1950

Parking spots: 12

Days on market: 3
$2,550,000 : 6307 E Cactus Wren Road, Paradise Valley

6 beds, 8.00 baths

Home size: 9,357 sq ft

Lot size: 1.96 ac

Year built: 2007

Parking spots: 8

Days on market: 7
$2,475,000 : 6546 N Arizona Biltmore Circle, Phoenix

5 beds, 7.00 baths

Home size: 5,815 sq ft

Lot size: 22,040 sqft

Year built: 2002

Parking spots: 4

Days on market: 4
$2,395,000 : 19402 N 101st Place, Scottsdale

4 beds, 5.50 baths

Home size: 4,766 sq ft

Lot size: 12,198 sqft

Year built: 2012

Parking spots: 3

Days on market: 3
$2,250,000 : 7277 E Camelback Road, Unit 701, Scottsdale

2 beds, 2.50 baths

Home size: 2,860 sq ft

Lot size: 2,860 sqft

Year built: 2011

Parking spots: 2

Days on market: 3
$1,995,000 : 9675 E Tear Drop Cove, Scottsdale

4 beds, 4.50 baths

Home size: 6,170 sq ft

Lot size: 1.01 ac

Year built: 2007

Parking spots: 3

Days on market: 4
$1,970,000 : 10193 E Happy Valley Road, Scottsdale

5 beds, 4.50 baths

Home size: 5,700 sq ft

Lot size: 5.00 ac

Year built: 1997

Parking spots: 4

Days on market: 4
$1,950,000 : 4412 N 56th Street, Phoenix

5 beds, 4.00 baths

Home size: 4,700 sq ft

Lot size: 39,857 sqft

Year built: 2003

Parking spots: 6

Days on market: 2
$1,875,000 : 5800 N Casa Blanca Drive, Paradise Valley

5 beds, 6.50 baths

Home size: 5,240 sq ft

Lot size: 1.05 ac

Year built: 1996

Parking spots: 4

Days on market: 3

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Luxury Pocket Listings In Arizona

WaltDanley — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:13:59 +0000

Recently I wrote about why you should list your property in the MLS. Increased exposure around the world, efficiency, and public record keeping/rankings were the primary benefits.

So why not list your home in the MLS? I’ve heard just about every reason you can imagine after 35 years of buying and selling luxury homes in Arizona. Here the top three reasons sellers have asked us to list their home as a pocket listing:

1: Accommodate Seller Privacy
Many sellers of luxury homes are high profile individuals–business leaders, athletes, celebrities, and others who would rather keep their professional life separate from their personal one.

2: Security
Luxury home owners often have valuable art collections, high end jewelry, and other items that may attract unwanted attention. Although crime in Paradise Valley and Scottsdale is practically unheard of, especially in many gated communities, posting photos of your home for sale, with the address, floor plan, and other details makes it an easier target for thieves. A previous client frequently left his family home alone while traveling on business, and didn’t want their home (and subsequently his family) to risk being targeted.

3: Business Reasons
Somewhat related to the first reason, but for different reasons. While a high-profile individual may seek to preserve their personal privacy, the sale of a home can impact the public’s perception of their business. Perhaps the owner of a company doesn’t want investors or employees to know the value or location of his or her home, especially if recent economic trouble has forced layoffs and downsizing, or kept raises on hold. The Arizona Republic reports on luxury home sales weekly, and unless the home is owned by a corporation not easily linked to the seller (or buyer), chances are good that people will find out the details.

Despite properties not being in the MLS, we are still able to effectively market and sell pocket listings while maintaining privacy of the buyer or seller. Homes can be placed on select websites while limiting details to qualified buyers, sales can more easily be kept out of the newspapers, and the home can still be be published in Portfolio and other print media.

About 10 percent of our current clients have trusted us to pocket list their luxury Arizona home, thanks to our proven record of success. A large part of why we succeed with pocket listings while other agents so often fail, is that Walt Danley Realty functions as a team; not only am I working to sell your home, so is each one of my agents. Many are involved in philanthropic organizations, private clubs, and have otherwise developed a deep network of friends and colleagues who will hear about your home. While this benefits sellers who put a property in the MLS, no other brokerage can offer this type of extensive of personal networking to get your pocket listing in front of the right people.

If you are thinking of selling and would like to do it with discretion, please contact my office today for a complimentary and confidential market analysis, including a specialized marketing plan suited to a non-MLS home.

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Home with a three-story tree house for sale in Arcadia

WaltDanley — Fri, 03 May 2013 23:19:40 +0000

The Arcadia News recently wrote a great feature on one of our properties in their Arcadia Home section. In addition to being one of Arcadia’s most historic homes with loads of character (including a train that rides around the property!), it also has a remarkable three-story tree house. As the Arcadia News story explains, the tree house grew along with the home’s current owners and is a great place for the kids (and/or grandkids) to adventure without going far from home.

I think I’m going to add “ArboRealtor” to my business card.

For more on its history, its many recent upgrades, and the tree house, see our property info page or the feature in Portfolio.

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Why You Should List Your Luxury Home In The MLS

WaltDanley — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:54:07 +0000

I have been meaning to write about pocket listings in Paradise Valley and Scottsdale, and felt inspired after reading an article about a brokerage trying to prevent its agents from using pocket listings for their luxury home. Generally speaking, pocket listings are properties for sale that are not in MLS, and brokerages (mine included) prefer to put homes in the MLS for a variety of reasons.

When I started writing about pocket listings I thought I’d share some of the (often very good) reasons why people have asked me to pocket list their property. Keep in mind though, pocket listings aren’t right for everyone, and there are a lot of great reasons why you should have an agent put your home in the MLS.

The primary reason is that the MLS is the single most effective method to expose a home to all the agents and buyers looking in an area. In addition to serving local members, the MLS also feeds homes to other websites; our properties go into ARMLS (Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service) and are syndicated through a service to 54 more pre-selected websites, and then off to thousands more from there. Broad web exposure is important in any market, but as a destination location, luxury homes in Paradise Valley and Scottsdale often attract buyers from out-of-state or out of the country. The Internet is simply the fastest and best way to get their attention–whether in Tucson or Timbuktu.

A second (and perhaps a little vain) reason: The MLS is the easiest way to track business and see who is the top agent in town. Thinking of hiring a luxury real estate agent to help buy or sell a home? Ask for a report from the MLS showing the number of luxury homes they’ve sold in the past year. If they only have a few, you may want to look for someone with more expertise in the area.

In my next post I’ll share some good reasons for a luxury pocket listing, and how to buy pocket listings when you can’t find a home on the open market.

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From Rubble To Bubble? Real Estate’s Recent Price Jumps

WaltDanley — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:46:09 +0000

With the Suns and the Coyotes enjoying time off and the Dbacks just getting started, cocktail party chatter has invariably wandered back to real estate and these remarkable price increases over the past year. Although my firm focuses on the luxury market, we keep a watchful eye on the regional and national trends, too. Are we headed to a new bubble? The headline-grabbing 30-plus percent increases certainly feel like it, but I’m not worried about a bubble.

Keep in mind that few people even care about a bubble until it pops and everyone stops making money. What matters is: are these price increases unsustainable and likely to lead to a crash? My answer is a firm, “No.” Investors with cash are driving these recent increases, and nobody can short sale, foreclose, or walk away from 100 percent equity. (I suppose you could walk away, but it would affect only you and the neighbor calling in your overgrown landscaping.) Also remember that those who take out a loan are required to put down far more than just a signature to get financing, helping ensure these are good loans to people who can repay them. All of this is real money being put into housing.

Eventually, investor demand will cool as risk increases with pricing, but there remains plenty of demand among well-qualified financed buyers. I’ve spoken with agents working that market segment and one mentioned it took her over a year to find a simple 3 bed 2 bath home for a client because they were constantly being outbid by cash. Eventually, the dramatic price increases will taper off, investors will look elsewhere, and one of the hardest hit market segments will find balance again.

If you’re interested in more on this topic, courtesy of The Motley Fool: What’s This Talk of a New Housing Bubble

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WSJ House of the Day: Home With A Private Observatory

WaltDanley — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:33:23 +0000

No, we haven’t started marketing properties to other solar systems–that is the view from one of our latest listings – currently featured as the Wall Street Journal’s House of the Day! This one is especially unique: in addition to having a private observatory (where this image of the Andromeda Galaxy was made), a tunnel connects the home to the garage, and it is located on over 80 pristine high-desert acres. While Prescott is a few miles outside our territory, we’re always on the lookout for Arizona’s Finest Properties and are happy to be co-marketing it with Kathleen Yamauchi, an agent local to Prescott.

Click here for more including the full write-up and loads of high-res photos.

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Arizona 5 Arts Circle Honors Sandra Day O’Connor

WaltDanley — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:29:34 +0000

Walt Danley Realty was the featured corporate partner at the Arizona 5 Arts Circle (5 Arts) event on April 22, which honored the first woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Justice O’Connor spoke about a variety of current issues including immigration, the willingness of the Supreme Court to address contemporary social and economic issues, and the future of the Court, as well as signed her recently released book, Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court.

“It was an honor to support an event that offered guests Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s first-hand insight into our history – she truly is an amazing and revolutionary woman,” states Walt Danley, president of Walt Danley Realty. “Arizona 5 Arts Circle did a great job organizing such a special and memorable evening.”

Walt Danley Realty has been a benefactor of Arizona 5 Arts Circle since 2012. The Phoenix-based philanthropic organization supports five performing arts groups: Arizona Opera, Ballet Arizona, Phoenix Art Museum, The Phoenix Symphony and the Scottsdale Cultural Council. Since it’s founding in 1999, 5 Arts has raised more than $3.5 million.

“Our evening with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was momentous and we feel so privileged to have had her share her stories,” states Harry Papp, Chairman of the Board for Arizona 5 Arts Circle. “We want to thank Walt Danley for being one of our valued corporate partners that contribute to making events like this one, with such an important political figure in our history, happen.”

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“Modern Family” Shows How To Use And Not Use Social Media For Real Estate

WaltDanley — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:11:39 +0000

I finally caught up with the latest episode of ABC’s Modern Family. Phil Dunphy plays a Southern California real estate agent, and over the past few episodes his wife and brother-in-law have been working on flipping a house. There have been a few great real estate laughs, but this episode was pure gold in the way they used social media to find out about a potential buyer (and proceed to know too much for their own good). Highly recommended — just not at work because your coworkers will wonder why you’re laughing so hard

The episode is available for free on Hulu.

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Scottsdale’s Business And Life Magazine

WaltDanley — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:30:17 +0000

Recently I was invited to be on the advisory board of Scottsdale’s Business And Life Magazine. I’m excited to have this opportunity to work with a publication written by and for people who live in, work in, or visit beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona.

During one of our spring Open House events, David Eichler, a reporter with the magazine stopped by and then a few days later — BAM! Famous.

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Whitepaper: The Emotional Role Of The (Luxury) Home

WaltDanley — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:34:25 +0000

This in-depth study was recently published by Luxury Portfolio International and research firm Harrison Group. It finds the “Emergence of Worth” and “The Home As Refuge” as two of the biggest changes in the luxury market since the recession. It also covers topics like increased liquidity leading to increased demand, the 1-percenters driving second and third home ownership, and looking ahead to marketing to the next generation (Xers and Millenials) of home buyers.

I will personally email you a copy of the report within 24 hours once you fill out the form below.

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