Notes and Opinions from one of Arizona's Most Trusted Loan Teams

Carolyn Drake and I did a 15 home tour in a beautiful development called Inscription Ranch. This development is about 15 miles north of Prescott, Arizona. At this elevation, it was about 20 degrees cooler than Phoenix, which was a very nice break. The terrain is rolling to mountainous with plenty of cedar, oak, and pine trees. This is not what most people think of when they talk about Arizona, but we are in the Rocky Mountain chain here.

Some folks wouldn't appreciate the distance to civilization, but it was truly wonderful to us city slickers. The development has it's own water and sewer, so that part is pretty civilized. The home sites average about 2 acres. When you stand still for a minute all you hear is wind in the trees and birds. Very, very relaxing.

Each home is custom built. The smallest we saw was about 2300 square feet, had wonderful views and unique custom tile. Since the market has bottomed out here, the $432,000 price tag was just plain reasonable. We didn't get to all 15 homes on the tours. Some were being shown by their owners who were universally friendly and proud of the unique touches. One home we visted at length had a home office loft with unbeliveable views of the forest and mountains on three sides. I decided I would never get much work done there, you could easily lose an hour or two on the scenery. This home had an incredible outdoor area including an outdoor fireplace and ramada that was nicer than my living room at home. Oh, yeah there was also a 3 car garage, an RV garage and a 3000 square foot home with ceilings up to 14 feet. All for $695,000.

Being a mortgage company we obviously went there to promote our luxury loan programs and introduce the agents to our new website at www.LuxuryLoanExperts.com.  We did that, but we were blown away by the homes and the development. I have added one of these to my wish list. My compliments to the tour organizers, we hope they got some buyers as fired up as we were by this great Arizona property. If you are ever in Prescott, make the drive to see a truly special development and special lifestyle.