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We’re excited for 2026 in our little mountain town! If you’re thinking about moving to Prescott, Arizona, you’ll find interest rates easing and confidence returning – 2026 is shaping up to be a smoother, busier year for buyers and sellers alike.
Join us as we share what’s driving these trends and why Prescott continues to be such a sought-after place to call home.
Hello, hello, hello, my fellow Prescott pickle peeps. Hello, peeps. Well, you might not all be in Prescott yet. No, you should be, though. But we sure hope you are. We hope you’re thinking about it and that you’re anxious to come here. Um, first of all, we wanted to say season’s greetings. That’s right. Hope you guys had a great holiday season. Yes. And, uh, we’re we’re looking forward to a happy happy 2026. 2026. Hard to believe. No, I cannot. It’s a big number. No, but we’re really excited. I think it’s going to be an awesome year. I think so. And we’re very excited about what’s coming. Yeah. Obviously, we wish all of you a very happy, prosperous. What are other positive adjectives you can think about for the upcoming year? Stupendous. Amazing. I like stupendous. I like stupendous. And uh just a happy truly a happy new year. We hope everyone is healthy and wise and happy. Yeah. So, uh, we thought we’d spend a couple of minutes talking about what we expect for 2026 for real estate, for Prescuit. Uh, just life in general. I mean, I’m expecting a lot. I wish it was a baby. A grandbaby, but a grandbaby would be good. Don’t mention that to my daughter. Yeah. But no, I don’t think so. But that would be cool. That would be cool. But anyway, we’ll see. We’ll see. We’ll see what the year brings. That’s neither here nor there. We’re really here to talk about Prescuit and real estate. Yeah. In terms of uh in terms of real estate results, I have yet to look at the numbers uh for December because I don’t have them yet. Uh I will talk a little bit about what we saw in November. In November, there was actually a significant price bump bump up which no one was expecting. Surprising. Yeah. Uh you know, volume is kind of slow near the end of the year. So, it’s not like those statistics really based on a lot of homes closing. Uh, so that’s probably a fluke, I’m guessing. Uh, prices in Prescat have been pretty flat since uh, COVID ended. Uh, we’re kind of expecting much of the same for 2026. Uh, people are talking about the economy. Y I think most of the the the shenanigans for 2025 will be over. Yeah, I think so. I think a lot of people are starting to calm down. We’re not so concerned about uh we we’ve heard this a lot like what if we go to war with Israel and the Ukraine and things like that. And I think people are starting to take a breath, calm down. They were worried about the market and what was going to happen. And nothing dramatic has happened yet. In fact, we’ve just had another um interest decrease. So, that’s a a positive. Um and so, I think people were just kind of holding their breath a little bit and saying, I just kind of want to see what’s going to happen in the world. Yeah. And now that we see the world is still spinning and things are still pretty much okay. Um I think people are starting to relax and think, well, all right, maybe now I will be coming back and uh making some decision. the the media kind of goes crazy anytime anything new comes up. Sure. Uh the media was predicting or at least some of the media, I don’t know, was predicting uh problems with the economy, problems with real estate. None of that materialized. Right. In their defense, we had a newly elected president. Sure. Uh we had uh a lot of new things were tried uh like the tariffs. People were very nervous about the tariffs. Yes, that’s true. Very. That’s very true. People, it it just felt like uncertainty. You know, it’s kind of like when you get newly married, it’s like, hm, is this going to work out or not? I don’t know. He’s kind of weird. She’s kind of weird. I don’t know. What have I done? Yeah. And then you realize it’s all good. It’s all good. Not a lot has changed. I’m going to hang in there. Yeah. If the press is uh rattling the sword again, just keep in mind that that’s what media does. Yep. Uh when there is anxiety that makes people want to I was going to say buy newspapers but I you know I’m showing my that’s obsolete. Yes. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Whatever whatever whatever they’re selling now. I’m not sure what they’re selling but it still works the same. Uh the more people worry the more more they tend to watch news and the media and all that and who knows anymore what’s real. Yeah. Whatever we’re watching I’m like I don’t know if this is real or not. Is this AI? Is this this real thing? It’s all Yeah. Yeah. Who knows what to truly believe anymore in my opinion, but I just keep moving forward. That’s all I do. For the foreseeable future, Prescuit will be a retirement town. It will be a very popular destination for retirement and it will be uh pretty much surrounded by states that people are leaving uh when they retire. They don’t want to stay in places like California and Oregon and places like that. And that much we know is true. It is still continuing. That has not changed for our retirees. Yeah. California was in the news again. They’re they’re they’ve lost a couple of refineries that have been there forever. So gasoline prices are expected to go higher. Every time things like that happen, uh that’s good for Prescuit. All the more reason why people want to get out. They don’t want to stay. They want to come to Prescuit. Uh, so I I’ve always said the long-term projection for Prescuit is is very positive still. Yeah, we’re holding on and we’re not a big we’re not that big a town, so it doesn’t take much to make our cup pretty full in terms of economics. Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. The uh uh home prices we’re expecting to stay stable. Uh that’s kind of been the way for the last several years. I in Prescuit. Yes, definitely. uh our the median price of a home is uh in the city of Prescuit proper is about 650,000. So, you know, keep that in mind. Uh I don’t think that’s going to change much. Uh we have some other cities where they’re not quite as high. Um so, yeah, I none of that is changing, I don’t think. Yeah. So, we’re just in a nice holding pattern. It’s uh we’re in a sweet spot. Um we’ve been actually we found higher priced homes are really flying off the shelves which was not what we expected at all for us personally. Yeah. Not the case in the past and not kind of what we expected. Uh but Prescuit has developed a a higherend market now and there are people who are very interested in very high-end homes here. So and those are flying off the shelf whereas more of our mid-range priced homes are sitting a little bit lower. a little bit, which is very surprising to us. Yeah, we might need some slight price decreases to make those move. Obviously, we’re in a slow time now because of the holidays. So, right, but it’s good for you guys who are in that mid price range. This is your chance. Get in here. Um, you know, get in here. They’re waiting for you. We’ve got a lot of some beautiful homes. We have two that are lovely, lovely, lovely. And, uh, great prices, great, beautiful homes. move in ready and um yeah, so come on in, bring us an offer. I mean, you’ll be surprised. There’s a lot of mid-range homes that are just kind of waiting for the right person. Yeah. You know, when you’re projecting what’s going to happen in 2026, um you know, it’s easier to project things like January and February. Harder to project November and December. Yes. Uh so what we’re telling you, you know, now is a good time. Well, now is like the first quarter, so uh get in here. Yeah. Get in here. get in here before they’re all snatched up. Yeah. So, yeah, we’re expecting uh a much uh easier year, smoother year. Um we’re expecting a lot of business actually. Um uh a lot of our brokerages uh people are saying the same thing. People in the biz as they say. They’re saying put your seatelts on because uh we’re going to get busy. Be a wild ride. It’s going to be a wild ride. So, we’re looking forward to that. We like to be busy. We love to meet new people. So, come see us. Come see us. We want to show you some beautiful neighborhoods, some beautiful homes, and show you what life here in Prescat is all about. Absolutely. So, cheers to 2026. Happy New Year. Stupendous. Stupendous. Wishing you a stupendous spectacular. Um, what’s it? Super. I’m trying to think of some other s adjectives. S words. Supercalifragilistic. There you go. That’s and showing my show my aging. Yes, you are. Yeah. But anyway, we would love to have you. We’d love to show you around and show you what life is like here and share what we found and have enjoyed living here the past nine years. I can’t believe that already. It’s been awesome. So, so these videos are uh our effort to uh bring you free information about the city of Prescuit, real estate, life, and everything else. If you want more free information, a place to go is pickle411.com. That is you our information site. Everything there is absolutely free and it will all amaze, astound and uh hopefully educate you as well. 100%. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Please give us a call. Take care. Bye bye.
What if your home could stay naturally cool—even in the blazing Arizona heat—without relying on the usual tricks?
We just discovered a breakthrough in new construction that completely redefines what “energy efficient” really means. It’s subtle, smart, and surprisingly simple once you see it.
Hello, hello, hello peeps. >> Good evening. This is Diane and Randall Bro, your friendly realtor couple. >> That’s us >> here in Prescat, Arizona. Happy to chitchat with you about all kinds of all sorts of stuff. >> Yes. So, lately >> all over the place. >> Lately, we’ve sold a couple of new homes. (00:23) You most of the homes that we sell are resale homes, but uh we do a fair amount number of uh new construction homes as well. And uh you know when when they’re doing new construction that they that’s where you see the the most innovations. Yep. >> So there was one one innovation in particular we wanted to talk to you guys about because we thought it was just so cool. (00:43) >> Super cool. And we experienced it. >> Yeah. Absolutely. They call in the heat of the summer conditioned homes. >> Selfcondition. >> Selfconditioned homes I think it’s called. So basically what this means is you don’t have an attic that gets up to 200°. >> Mhm. the uh the home and the attic are integrated uh and the the roof is insulated so the the the uh the attic does not get that much warmer in the summer uh than the rest of the home and that is a game changer by not baking what’s up there in the attic. Everything (01:20) lasts longer. >> Right. They had a lot of foam and they set up the duct work differently and it’s all engineered completely differently than anything we’ve ever seen before. >> And I tell you, we were in that house, no AC, no windows were in there yet, and it was cool as can be. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Um that’s how much it really deflects the heat. (01:42) >> So, some of these newer construction, they’re coming out, you guys. Very energy efficient homes. >> Oh, the energy efficiency stuff is just just knocks you out. It’s unbelievable what >> Yeah. So, some people are like, I don’t know if I want new construction. I have to say they got some good stuff coming out. (01:56) >> Some good stuff. You know, >> it’s uh pretty interesting um what they’re putting out there now in energy efficient homes. And so, yeah, you you know, it might be a little bit more to buy a new home, but >> the uh what it offers >> the latest and the greatest. >> Absolutely. The latest and greatest. So, we love this whole Yeah. (02:14) >> what do you call it? >> Selfconditioned home that home. I it’s probably new enough that they don’t have a term for it yet, but uh we recently invested in a whole house fan. I think we might have done an episode on the whole house. >> Yeah. >> So, the idea there is at the end of the day, you turn it on, you get rid of all the hot hot air that’s in your attic. (02:34) >> And uh >> which I should do that tonight, by the way. >> Yeah, we should do that. Yeah, >> cuz fall is in the air. >> Fall’s in the air. Yeah. Yeah. >> But uh this obviates the need for whole house fan. So, if you >> own a whole house fan company, you may be in trouble. But >> Yeah. Yeah, the >> we were excited and we got to experience it firsthand. (02:52) I’m like, “Wow, I do feel the difference in temperature.” So, anyway, just wanted to shout that out. Uh, that’s some new homes out in Granite Dell’s going in with that kind of new innovation. So, we like that. >> So, something to look out for. >> Yeah. So, if you’re building, think about that. Ask your builder. Say, “Hey, >> ask your builder about self-conditioned home. (03:10) ” >> I would like a self-conditioned home. >> Self-conditioned home. >> I would like to self-condition myself. >> That’s right. >> How do you do that? >> I don’t know. I don’t know either, but >> I’m still a whole house fan. I >> If I could, I would. >> Yeah, I would. My my personal Whole House fan. >> I want to personalize my self conditioning. (03:25) >> That’s our tip for the day. If you like tips, go to pickle411.com. There you’ll see a link to the Prescuit Relocation Center full of tips and information, all absolutely free. If you’re looking to come into Prescat, uh, go on a home tour. We’d love to have you. Check out411.com. You’ll see a link there. (03:44) you can schedule yourself in or if you’re not really ready for that quite yet, meet us online. Uh we’ll meet with you privately, one-on-one. You can ask us any questions you want. Uh whether you are even know that you want to come to Prescuit, you want to ask questions about the town or you know you want to come to Prescuit and you have questions about a specific home, doesn’t matter. (04:05) Go to pickle411.com, schedule yourself in, and we’ll spend some time with you. >> Love to see you. Absolutely. Love to hear from you. Okay, everybody, take care and have a great rest of your day. Bye. Bye.
Looking for a place where boulders, pines, and mountain air surround you every day?
This stunner has everything from elevated views to a private club and peaceful gated living, Curious? Watch and discover the neighborhood we can’t stop talking about.
Good afternoon all of my fellow pip pickle peeps. I can’t say hello peeps. Let me help you out there. Hello peeps. Hello peeps. This is Diane and Randall Bro, your friendly local realtor husband and wife team. And she’s pickle lady. I’m her sidekick. That’s right. We are coming to you live here in Prescuit. (00:23) Uh we’re excited to talk about one of our favorite neighborhoods here called Hyampa Village Community. Hi village or as I call it Hayampa. Hi. Hi. Yeah. Which is an Indian name. Yeah. The two the two uh the two Indian names you find here are Hayampa and Yavapai. There you go. There you go. So Hayampa is a lovely high-end neighborhood. It’s stunning. (00:49) If you like to be surrounded by rolling hills, views of thumb but views of uh other mountains, views of trees everywhere, lots of trees, boulders in your yard, this is the place for you. Place for you. So, it’s a a very high-end neighborhood. It is on the west side of town, maybe southwest side of town. (01:12) That side of town looks more like what most people think of when they think of a mountain town. Yeah. So, a lot of terrain, lots of pine trees, and uh Hyia is in the middle of that, right? And it’s beautiful. Plus, lots of boulders. They have lots of boulders. Lots of boulders built in there. Really beautiful area. You’ll see a lot of beautiful high-end homes that are built into the terrain. (01:32) So, a lot of these homes could be two or three levels. Some of them all come with elevators to combat that. That’s right. But stunning views. Yeah. Fresh fresh clean, you know, mountain air. Uh we have a friend who lives up there. Shout out to Hank. And it’s lovely to be up there and see monsoons blow in and swirling snow and then you see thumb in the distance. (01:57) I mean it’s it’s astonishing. Beautiful, beautiful place. Now a couple things you should keep in mind. Uh lots of terrain in Hosia. Yes. That’s going to mean stairs. Stairs. No flat lots. Yeah. Not a lot of There are some. Not many. Right. Uh most of the uh most of the homes have a fair amount of terrain. So you’ll even have like a two or three stairs within the home going from one room to the next. (02:23) You know, it’s just that kind of land. Uh so just just be aware of that. Um a lot of the older homes have kind of a elegant rustic sort of western vibe. Uh they’re starting to build some homes there that are more more modern farmhouse. farmhouse. Uh but if uh those might be kind of hard to find, most of those are new and they’re being built for owners now. (02:49) Uh so if you like that kind of thing, you know, you’re into leather and uh uh uh wood and that kind of thing, it’ll be right up your alley. If you don’t want that beautiful stone work, too. Yeah, stone work. A lot of the homes will have It’s very elegant. We’re not talking about, you know, Roy Rogers cowboy stuff. (03:08) This is beautiful, beautiful homes. Uh but a lot of times people come in, they’ll say, “Oh, I went modern.” Not a lot there yet. Uh they’re in the process of building some of those homes. The other thing to keep in mind, you might have steep driveways there. Yeah. Because to have those amazing views, you’re built up a hill, so you might have some steep driveways, but uh all of our friends who live out there absolutely adore it. They love it. (03:32) They love the the wildlife. They love the trees. They love the the nice breezes and everything else. So nice and quiet. A little elevated. It’s a little cooler there. They get a little bit more snow than we do. Um and it’ll stick a bit longer. Uh but uh just a just a beautiful beautiful area. Uh there is a club there. (03:57) Uh there’s some confusion in that it’s called Capitol Canyon. Uh used to be part of the Hyia community. It isn’t anymore. It is a private club. Uh if you are a resident of Hosia, you do not have to belong to the club. No. And if you want to belong to the club and you don’t live in Hyia, you can do that. No problem. It’s open to the public. Uh once you join, it’s open to anybody living in Hyia, but not mandatory, right? Uh if you live anywhere else in Prescuit and you want to join Capitol Canyon, it’s amazing. (04:28) Beautiful, beautiful golf course, which you will also see from a lot of the homes in Hiyia. Great restaurant. They have a private club, a pool, pickle ball. They have it all. It’s very it’s it’s a lovely lovely club called Capital Canyon. Capital Canyon. And uh what’s the other something else I wanted to say about Hiyama. Uh at Capitol Canyon, they will have lots of music and lots of live events. (04:50) A typical club. Uh the the most of the people who join are golfers. Uh I I’d say the focus is mostly on the golf, but it does have a lot of other things to offer as well. It’s a a very popular social club. Yeah. So, it’s lovely. We just uh took some clients and we just drove around Hosia and they could not believe how beautiful it was and how quiet. (05:13) And so, if you’re looking for something a little maybe higher end with spectacular views, lots of windows, kind of mountainish, mountain home, uh Hayampa Village Community could be a good choice for you. There’s some lovely lovely homes there and we’d love to take you to them. Absolutely. And it’s also gated. (05:32) A lot of the neighborhoods are also gated there. Yeah, there are I think all the neighborhoods are gated. They do have some homes that are outside the gates, but for the most part Yeah. Everything is behind a gate. Very true. Very true. So, we love Hyia. Absolutely. It’s our It’s our home away from home. We have lots of friends there. (05:49) We like to go visit, hang out, and enjoy all that it has to offer. So, if you’re interested in Hyia, give us a call. We’re ready to take you out there. Or you don’t really have to give us a call. You can go to pickle411.com. That is our free information site. There you can sign up for a buyer tour. If you want to go see homes in Hosia, if you want to just drive through neighborhoods, if you just want to sit down and talk with us and come and see the city, you can book it there. (06:16) Uh it will connect to our calendar. Make sure we give you a a time that’s available and uh we’ll give you information on hotels and things to do and all that stuff. If you just want free information, uh also at pickle411.com, you’ll see our links to our prescuit relocation center where you can find you can answer just about any question on on uh the prescat relocation center. (06:41) If you are somewhere in between, uh we can meet you privately one- on-one online and if you go to pickle411.com, you can book that connect again connects to our calendar. Uh we’ll book you in and we’ll sit down with you uh across the desk from you. Ask us whatever you want. Our time is yours. Absolutely. (07:04) Happy to do that and meet you and connect ahead of time before you even make it here. All right. Good to see you. And if anybody’s in interested in Hiyampa, we’re your source. All right. Take care and have a great rest of your day. Bye bye. Cheers.
Do you and your partner have two very different visions of your dream home?
In this week’s Wine Down, we give you tips on how to get the best of both worlds. A quick watch that might change the way you think about finding “the one.”
Hello, hello, hello. Dian and Randall Bro here. I am the pickle lady coming to you from Prescuit, Arizona. Let’s get Arizona. That’s us. We’re so happy to be here. Um, we love to chitchat with everybody out there about the latest and greatest stuff that’s going on. Uh, one thing we want to talk about is dual search. (00:21) Dual searches. So, a lot of times people are interested in getting home searches and they’re not quite sure what they want. Uh before you can pick a home, you really kind of need to pick a lifestyle, right? So, uh you may want to live in a community with lots of amenities, lots of people to meet. (00:41) There’s always things going on and and that’s the kind of life you want. You may want a life that’s very quiet, not no traffic, no city lights, uh kind of get away from it all and and be on the side of the mountain. Uh those are available. other other lifestyles are available too. Uh but before you can pick a home, you kind of have to pick the lifestyle. (01:05) And one of the tricks that we’ve learned with people come in and they haven’t really decided what kind of lifestyle they’re looking for is we’ll do multiple searches for you. A lot of times you try to get it all into one search and you’re really talking about two completely different searches. And a lot of times we get husband and wives who come in. (01:23) Yeah. and they will answer our home survey tour, but it’s really just kind of based on one person in the relationship. And then they come in and they’re like, “Well, I’m the one who wanted two acres and I kind of wanted to be out there. I didn’t want a lot of people around me.” Whereas the spouse might be like, “Actually, I wanted to be more in a neighborhood with amenities and I didn’t mind having neighbors by me. (01:47) ” So, we would have set up two searches for that if we had known that and we would have combined looking at both more of both of those types of homes. Yeah. So, it’s really important to don’t just gloss over your home tour. Really hone in and think about what you want and let us know. I don’t know if I want to just live in an HOA with amenities or I might be remote. Let me know. (02:11) Two different searches. That’s right. and two different types of homes to show you completely on opposite ends of the spectrum. And you kind of have to walk down the street a little bit before you decide really what lifestyle makes the most sense. Absolutely. You know, you really start looking at something. (02:29) It’s like you go to the store, you try on different clothes. Do I want a suit or do I just want a shirt? You know, you kind of have to try it and explore it a little bit before you really understand what your heart wants. That’s right. And we really like to make both, you know, people happy. So, we want to show you a mixture of, okay, here are homes with amenities and here are more uh more remote without amenities on two acres. (02:55) If I know ahead of time, then I can split that and say, “Okay, I’m going to show you three houses that are remote, three houses with amenities.” Yeah. And it’ll kind of give you a good sampling, but I need to know ahead of time. And so it’s important for uh especially married folks. Yeah. Really talk to each other and communicate what what your goals are when you move here. (03:17) Where do you really want to wash up? Where do you think you’d really be happy? And then that way we can really deliver a great tour and show you everything because we can deliver anything. Yeah. Um but it’s kind of hard if people are on differing opinions. Yeah. So, let us know ahead of time and then we can try to show you both sides. (03:37) That’s right. And we we’ll let you run with both your premises uh for a while until you kind of focus and yeah either come up with some sort of uh compromise or you know one person decides you know what the more I think about it the more I don’t really want that. That’s right. Uh eventually you come to some kind of consensus and you will and we are happy to guide you through all of that. (03:59) But when you come in town, we want you to be happy after your home tour. We want to really give you a good sampling of different areas and different communities so you’re fully educated. But unless I’m told, it’s hard for me to do that and deliver. That’s right. And we just want you to leave here happy and more knowledgeable about what life is like here. (04:18) That’s right. Well, if you’re interested in booking a tour Yes. you can go to our pickle411.com site. There you’ll find free information about Prescuit, uh the town, real estate, things to do. Uh you’ll find a link there to book a a buyer tour. That’s right. So, if you want to come in town and uh look at homes, look at neighborhoods, uh you can sign up, you can get on our calendar, uh it’ll give you hotels to choose from and all that kind of stuff. (04:48) Or if you’re somewhere in between and you’re not not really quite sure to put boots on the ground, we have a private one-on-one sessions online and you can at pickle 41411.com. You can sign up for that. Same thing. It’ll connect to our calendar. We’ll talk just like this. Just like this. And you can ask us anything you want. (05:11) So private one-on-one time. So pickle411.com might be a good next step. Yes. So we look forward to hearing from you. Can’t wait to show you around. Take care and have a good evening. Bye bye.
“the city of Prescuit, the uh the geography, geology is really very varied. Um so in the southwest section of town, which is kind of where Hiyia is, you get a lot more terrain and you get a lot more pine trees trees. As you go further northeast, the trees the the species of trees begins to change and then and then they thin out as you get into like Prescat Valley. (00:32) Uh and and the valley is Prescuit Valley is very flat. So things get less terrain and flatter and so uh depending on what kind of terrain you want, you can kind of have your pick. So, Hiyia is in an area that I think when most people think of a mountain town, uh it looks like a mountain town. It’s Yeah. (00:56) Beautiful homes built into the hills. Yeah. And lots of pine trees. It’s lovely. And and again, still close to town, so you feel like you’re in beautiful wooded area, but close to everything. So, I can’t I I love Hosi. Gorgeous. I would bet you in Hy it’s about 400 a square for existing construction. Yeah. Um they’ve got not a lot of low-end homes in highend some condos, luxury homes and uh town houses, but other than that the starting price in Hympa is probably about a million. (01:30) If you’re looking for open spaces, probably the best place for you is Williamson Valley. uh out that way they have a very large tracks of land. There’s a lot of land that’s pretty flat and easy to build on. You have uh views of Granite Mountain which are spectacular. Um Inscription uh Inscription Canyon, Whispering Canyon, all that’s out in I think Las Vegas is a big new Las Vegas ranch out there. (01:58) Oh, those Las Vegas two or three acre lots and so you got a number of them out there. Um they’re already development. Yeah. Go ahead. Yeah, they’re already parcled and everything. I mean, you know, so uh there’s just land there that’s ready for for homes on. Another one is in Prescat Lakes. There’s one last section that’s being developed right now. (02:18) One last big Oh, yeah. Um that one’s How many houses are going to go in there? About uh a couple hundred, two or three hundred, I think. Chino Valley, same thing. Chino Valley will be in the next 25 years the next big city. Yeah, next big city. kind of boom out there. They have lots of land. They have lots of areas that are laid out already as well. And those are open spaces as well. (02:40) That’s a good choice as well. And another good one uh that is still being built out is Granite Dells. Yeah, Granite Deling out and building out that open space areas. I don’t know if they mean just a vacant lot or areas where there isn’t a lot of congestion. Yeah. Or future housing development. Yeah, future housing development. (03:01) So, that’s what I’m talking. So, we’re covering both. Yeah. So, there you go. Nice. Okay. So, yeah. And of course, Presca Valley uh is always coming up with some I don’t know of anything new. Jasper is continuing to grow. Yeah. Jasper’s continuing to grow. Is a huge master plan community in PV that is still I think Granite Dell’s is actually I think they’re starting to work on the other side of Pioneer Parkway. (03:25) Or if that’s like a completely separate thing, I don’t know. They’re still going. But they have some some areas that are opening up. There’s an area off of Commerce. You go straight down Commerce on the other side. There’s a So, so they have some areas that are opening up for new homes as.”
Here’s a question. I know that the Phoenix area has trauma one medical centers, but the one in Prescuit is level four. Do you think a more advanced medical center will be built in Prescuit? Good question. That’s a good question. Well, that obviously that’s speculation. Um, so right now the the medical center that we have is by Dignity Health. (00:25) We have two uh we have two campuses. one in uh PV Presca Valley and one in Prescuit. I’m not sure what the level one level four trauma I do I’m not sure what that refers to, but I will say if you are in a car accident, let’s say, and your life flighted out within probably 50 miles uh of of Prescuit, you’re coming to Prescuit. (00:55) Our trauma center is uh one of the best in the area and we see helicopters coming in all the time uh because this is this is kind of where they bring you at least to stabilize you. Now beyond that they may send you down to the valley. Um anything like cancer or anything like that. Most of our friends go down to the valley. (01:16) There’s the Mayo MD Anderson all those guys down there. Um, you can go down there and a lot of times you can go down there and get your protocol uh and then you can get the ongoing treatment here. We’re starting to have satellite uh satellite centers units uh that can do that for you. That’s true of also of uh rehab uh um like if you have a need physical rehab. (01:38) Yeah, there’s a great one out in Presca Valley. Yeah, friend just went. I would always recommend when you come in here to immediately get set up with your um intern and once you get in it might take a couple of months but once you get in you’re in and then you you’re in the rotation of services. (01:56) Um dignity home health has come in so we’re getting a lot of new satellite offices opening up for dignity and a lot of my friends are going there for their basic care. Um, so it’s changing, it’s evolving because the need is there and so we’re trying to really get some good uh more doctors in as the older ones are retiring. (02:18) But anyway, um, so she joined a concierge doctor. You pay a flat fee every year. She has instant, she has his phone number to call. It’s amazing care. It really is. And if she gets really sick and has to go to the ER, you don’t have to wait in the ER. He lets her in. He he arranges it all. So we we’re seeing a lot of that developing here. (02:38) Concierge doctors. So and if you have something really serious, everybody goes, as we call it, down the hill into um Phoenix proper and that’s where like all of your big cancer centers, your heart centers, research hospitals, MD Anderson, Mayo, all of that is down there. So a lot of our friends have had some serious issues. (03:02) They go down there, they get their protocols set up, and then they just come up here and use some of the satellite offices for their treatments and all that. So, it’s all doable. Very doable.
We always tell people now is the best time. It’s, you know, the time to have moved was last year. The second best time is right now. So, you know, now is the time to do that. Where people are responding the reason why they’re looking to leave where they are now. Number one is taxes. Uh so, we should, we talked about taxes last time, we’ll talk about it again. (00:23) Uh property taxes here are really low. If you have a median uh home at 650,000, you’re paying about how much a year? Oh gosh. Probably about 1,200. 12 to 1,800. 12-800. Depends on the community. Uh but yeah, the uh the property taxes here are very very low. We do have income tax, but it is also very low. Uh we keep talking. (00:52) We we just we moved here from Texas and people get fascinated with the idea that Texas does not have income tax, right? The problem is they don’t need income tax because they get you on the and we know we live there. We know we live there. It is very very hard. We left nine years ago and we had not even a 3,000 foot home. (01:11) We were paying close to 10,000. Yeah. Here uh and here when you buy a home you don’t also get a stepped up tax appreciation. California, you buy a house and then all of a sudden your taxes go skyhigh because you bought it at a higher price. Yeah, we don’t do that here. It’s pretty much stays the same. (01:31) I think our taxes are like 2,800 a year or something like that. They may vary $150. It’s it’s never it never jumps up. Um especially when you’re buying a newer house. Yeah. Yeah. got one survey back uh actually a few from people who are born and raised in California and they hate to talk about California because they were born and raised in California. (01:56) It’s always been home and and now they’re they’re having to admit to uh kind of what’s going on there. Yeah. Uh it’s kind of sad. Yeah. Um we get a lot of Californians who come in town a lot. Um, some people are, you know, visibly upset, agitated. Some are almost in tears. Um, some are, “Wow, you know, this was my whole life and I’m being forced. (02:20) I feel like I’m being forced out.” And we understand completely. I mean, because we hear about it all the time. And especially a lot of our folks out there have acquired a nice little nest egg and they’re trying to project out if they continue to live there. and they’re realizing um that healthy nest egg is rapidly diminishing. Yeah. Um due to taxes, uh it’s always seems like, okay, I think after this round of taxes, we’ll be good and then something else comes up or some other catastrophic, you know, event happens and they’re hit again. And so, uh you (02:55) know, they just feel like they’re kind of being forced out. They’re like, we want to retire and live nicely and not lose everything we have over time. what’s gonna happen when I really need my funds. Yeah. Um and stuff like that. So, yeah, it’s kind of a pickle. No, no pun intended. Yeah. (03:14) It’s a lot of other states out there, too, that are, you know, we see a lot of people from Washington. We see a lot of people from Oregon, New Jersey. Um and they’re all saying the same thing. Please help us. You know, we just need a break. We want to enjoy what we’ve worked for. And uh you know, so they come here. (03:32) It’s a lot cheaper cost of living. Yeah. Yeah. Um, not so many taxes. We don’t tax your your social security here. Right. Right. Uh, if you have a pension, if you’re a firefighter, police officer, etc. Uh, you are taxed, but not as heavily as some of the other states for your pension. So, we get a lot of folks who come for that reason, too. Yeah. (03:52) And why not? You should protect what you’ve worked for. Yeah. You you always have the right to act in your own best interest. Correct. The thing about Californians and Prescuit is half the people in Prescat are are from California at least. You are outnumbering the locals. Yeah. (04:10) They have some people who are born and raised here during the 1860s and you know, they knew Wyatt Herp and they don’t like the way the way Costco has come to town. You know, you find people like that in small towns sometimes, but uh for the most part, most of our friends are from California. Uh we’re not from California. We’re from, I guess, Louisiana and then Texas before that. (04:31) Uh, most of the people we know are from extraction. You know, they came from someplace else. And, uh, California is by far the most popular. Uh, fire protection, that’s a new one. I wonder why people are asking us about fire protection. So, uh, Arizona in particular, the Yavapai County has a very proactive stance when it comes to fire. (04:59) Uh in the spring they do a lot of prescribed burns. Uh the firefighting effort for most of the state. I mean they will go down into Phoenix and everything. Most of the firefighting effort is centered on the airport here in Prescuit. So uh Prescuit firefighters, you’ll you when there’s a fire a foot, you’ll see the planes taking off and everything. (05:21) Very aggressive about it. Yeah. Um, very proactive. Very proactive. You you will hear of fires in Arizona. Uh, there was the mayor fire a few years ago. Mayor is about an hour away from Prescuit. Uh, the reason why it makes the news in Prescuit is because the firefighters come out of Prescuit, right? Uh, it’s kind of a rural area. (05:45) It’s very uh wooded um you know sparsely populated in areas like that you know you’ll have fires and most of those are naturally formed. Uh the thing about I remember the mayor fire they went out to assess the situation and they said uh this was like a Thursday I want to say and Friday they said it’ll be out Wednesday and it was. Yeah. (06:10) I mean they knew exactly. So they’re very and they’re really good about planning ahead and burning things out and they don’t let anything accumulate so that it’s just a tinder box waiting for a lightning strike. We don’t have that here. Yeah. And in nine years of living here, we’ve never even been requested, oh, everybody should evacuate. Never. (06:28) It doesn’t really get close. It’s always in the out outskirts like an hour or so out. every every now and then uh the wind will shift and one of the prescribed burns will have smoke going through town which is a pain. Uh that’s happened a couple of times. We’ve had we’ve had smoke from California a few times. Yeah. (06:49) But fires out there made its way uh all the way out here. Other than that uh you know fire is really not that big so as of now um you’re not required to carry extra fire protection. I know because of all the fires that have been occurring, especially in California, insurance companies are starting to change and and pulling out of certain areas. (07:13) As of now, I have yet had a client uh not be able to get fire insurance. U you don’t have to have a separate policy. You don’t have to have flood policy or anything like that. Um now, insurance companies can be really stupid. Yeah. you know, they they’ll pull out of a whole state instead of cherrypicking or they’ll pull out of a whole area. (07:33) You know, there’ve been fires in California, so we’re not going to write in Arizona. I mean, you will get some of that, but so far that really hasn’t hit uh hit us at all. Thank goodness. Thank good Thank goodness. All right. So, the other big thing we want to talk about is uh potential flooding. Um, houses here, uh, very few. (07:53) You’re not required to have flood insurance, which is, again, we’re from New Orleans. Everybody has it. It’s got to be mega bucks, seven, 8,000 a year. I mean, the short answer is we’re a mile high. If there’s a flood, the world’s over, you know, but you do have some lowlying areas. If there’s a big thunderstorm where, you know, water will come through, a monsoon will come over the road. (08:14) Yeah. Typically, our our clients don’t really go into a lot of those areas. Most of those areas are more like camps as opposed to like a real subdivision. They might have a little low lower line areas. Also, um very I think I can count on my hands four houses that we’ve sold that required flood insurance. (08:34) So, FEMA will come in and say on this particular property, you do have to have flood insurance. Yeah. I think it’s been four houses out of hundreds and hundreds of times. And one of them we got reszoned because they were wrong. And yeah, so not a big issue. Flooding is not big a big issue here. If we find a house for you with that, we will point that out and say, you should know on this particular one, you’re going to have to get flood insurance. (08:56) Fire insurance, not required to have a separate fire plan. Yeah. If you’re in danger of fire, chances are you’re up in the mountains. We do have some very remote homes here. uh fires that affect this area uh I say this area within a miles I’m sorry an hour’s drive from the city you know like mayor and and and places like that those are more those aren’t like subdivisions those are like cabins in the woods and if they’re surrounded by trees and there’s a fire and yeah pretty remote so I have found even since California people coming here that (09:34) has changed nationwide side in terms of uh offering fire insurance and all that. Fire companies are pulling out of states and stuff like that. So far, knock on wood, we haven’t had that uh someone buying a house and being denied Yeah. insurance coverage. But most most of the people in the the areas that they’re going, it’s not required and they don’t get it. (09:56) If you’re in, let’s say, the Hiyia area, lots of pine trees, you want to be really careful about creating a fire barrier, and the fire department will come out and they’ll help you how to firewise the uh firewise the home. If if you’re up in the the pine trees and you don’t do that, you know, then then you’re kind of at risk. (10:23) I still don’t know if fire insurance is required. No, so far I haven’t heard any of our buyers having to buy a separate fire. Yeah, we haven’t had that. I will say and the fire department like he said will come out and do the firewise free of charge. Yeah, free of charge. And they’ll come out and say, “You need to get rid of this, this, this, this, this, and you know, and really it’s you can do it every year and have them come out. (10:44) ” The the fire fighting effort uh comes out of Prescat. So the the guys here in Prescat, they’re down in the valley in Phoenix. They’re up in Flagstaff. The firefighting effort comes out of the Prescuit airport. Uh so it’s unlikely that Prescuit’s going to catch on fire because that’s their hometown. So um yeah, so we’ve been here nine, it’ll be nine years in August. (11:14) We’ve never even had to evacuate, even come close to it because of a fire. You know, the fires are usually farther out from a lightning strike or something like that, an hour out in open fields and stuff like that. So, uh thank goodness that crime as something uh to look that the reason why they’re leaving where they are now because crime is very high. (11:36) Crime, it’s hard to find crime here. It’s I will never say never say never. There’s never never. I mean it’s we don’t live in in heaven in Nirvana or whatever. However, if you’re crossing the street downtown, you drop your wallet on the sidewalk. Nine times out of 10, you’re it’ll be turned in. (11:56) Someone’s going to return it to you. I have left my wallet in the in the cart at Walmart. I’m like, “Oh my gosh.” And they and it’s there and somebody turns it in. I mean, how to be brutal and frank, the median age here is 58 and older. Yeah. So, you know, people aren’t they’re easy to run ambulatory enough to grab your purse and make a run for it. (12:16) They’re dragging their oxygen tank. You know, it’s not a lot of crime. So, I don’t want you to think um you’re going to be subject here to a lot of armed robbery or your home being broken into or your cars being broken into. Um, I haven’t in nine years of living here, I haven’t had one friend have a a negative experience. Yeah. (12:39) Coming from New Orleans, uh, leaving someplace at midnight and walking back to your car, you would be afraid. Yeah, that is a non-issue here. We don’t have a whole lot of children here. So, what the what the town does is they consolidate their trick-or-treating to a few blocks downtown, the old historic district, and the police will go and they will direct traffic and they put the lights out so everyone can see and they’re just very nice and everyone gets along. (13:05) So, yes, people are very friendly, welcoming here. It’s a super super friendly town. It is a laid-back town. I It is a quaint little town. People like one another. They’re kind. I would anticipate that the values particularly in Prescuit proper uh will continue to to rise as more and more people discover the city and start retiring here. Yeah. (13:29) Uh so that’s that’s a big question and the secret there is you know better buy sooner rather than later because prices uh over at least the long term should should be going up. So yeah, we’ve had a couple of folks who’ve been looking like two or three years and they couldn’t pull the trigger. They regret that because now it’s about 200,000 more, 150,000 more and they’re like, “I should have done it then. (13:54) ” Yeah, I get it. It’s a hard decision, but the more you wait, it just it’s creepy. And we’re not getting younger, people. people. Movies going to get harder every”
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