Tempe Fantasy of Lights

Last night, we enjoyed the Tempe Fantasy of Lights Parade on Mill Avenue. We go there each year to see the parade and to watch the lighting of the Christmas tree.

Here's a few blurry phone pics.

 Santa rides in on a fire truck! :)

Commercial real estate developer Michael Pollack always rocks the house with his huge lighted float / stage.

No respectable Arizona Fantasy of Lights parade is complete without Santa on a stage coach!

The Tempe Fantasy of Lights Parade is enjoyed by thousands of people.

What kind of Arizona parade is complete without is cream??

Next up is the Fantasy of Lights Boat parade on December 13th at Tempe Town Lake.

 "The annual Fantasy of Lights Boat Parade features approximately 50 festively-lighted boats of all sizes. After dark, more than 1,000 luminaria make the sidewalks and paths of Tempe Beach Park glow, a special display provided by Tempe South Rotary." Don't miss it!

New video showing some of the recent developments in Tempe. Interestingly enough, they barely scratch the surface in showing all of the new things happening in Tempe.

Tons of changes near downtown but south Tempe is adding buildings and jobs, as well. All of these new residents will soon be part of our community.

Yep, the times are a changing...

Tempe tear downs bringing BIG bucks to area

Wowza. There's a few BIG projects happening in South Tempe right now.

Someone recently paid just over $730k for a home on a large lot in a snazzy neighborhood and they plan to tear it down so that they can build a 16,489 square foot home.

This isn't the first big tear down project in the area lately and another monster of a home is being built just a few blocks west of this home.

Yeah, we are seeing a bunch of money entering some of these areas with large lots.

You know what they say about land... "They aren't making any more." Good to see that people with deep pockets have been buying real estate again. :)

New Videos for Our Web Sites

Recently, I was talking about some real estate video ideas with my friend Bill Risser at Chicago Title. Bill and I talked about doing some community specific videos to give people an idea of what it is like to live in a certain part of town or a specific neighborhood. Since I had recently taken some photos of a neighborhood called The Lakes, we decided to start off with that one.

Take a look and see what you think…

After shooting the video for The Lakes, Bill suggested that I shoot a quick “into” video to our main web site.

“Just tell ‘em about the site.” “Keep it short and sweet.”

Um, ok…

At first, I didn’t really get what we would do with a short intro video but I’m kind of glad we gave it a shot. For now, we are using it in intro emails to send to people who come to our web sites looking for information about homes for sale.

 I'm looking forward to doing some more of these videos to talk more about areas where we have new listings or in places we enjoy working a lot.

Tempe Condos on Ash Avenue

The Ash Avenue Condominiums are found in an area we like a lot. As one of the "oldest existing neighborhoods" around, the Maple Ash neighborhood isn't always thought of when people are looking for Tempe condos. In fact, these charming older homes are one of the biggest reasons the area is so popular with so many people

Other than having some really cool homes, Maple Ash certainly does have a lot to offer by way of its location. Close to ASU, minutes from Mill Avenue, close to freeways, job centers, the airport, the PHX Zoo and so much more.

For some, the "newer" style homes, the tile and stucco look and the low maintenance of these homes is exactly what they want.

See this video or the photos below to get a little better feel for the neighborhood.
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Here's a few more photos of the neighborhood. Please let us know if you would like any information about the Ash Avenue Condominiums or about the homes in Maple Ash and surrounding neighborhoods.

Call Tempe real estate agent Nick Bastian at 602-803-6425 for details.