Category Archives: Scottsdale Neighborhoods

The McCormick Ranch Subdivision Series: Spanish Oaks

Camelback Mountain behind the McCormick Ranch Golf Course

Spanish Oaks is a gated McCormick Ranch townhouse subdivision that lies along the North side of McCormick Parkway.  Adjacent to the newer Meridian on McCormick Ranch, across the street from the substantial HOA dues of the Sandpiper development and just East of the luxury Cuernavaca Segunda (Colonial Encantada) development, Spanish Oaks represents one of the…

The McCormick Ranch Subdivision Series: Estate Los Arboles

Semi Custom Home in Estate Los Arboles

Estate Los Arboles is one of several subdivisions developed by Camelot Homes (also known as Hancock Homes) in the planned community of McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, AZ.  A small enclave of only 23 homes in the Paseo Village area (across from the new – and now sadly bank-owned – Veritas at McCormick Ranch luxury townhouse…

The McCormick Ranch Subdivision Series: Heritage Village

Heritage Village 3 Walking Path

Heritage Village in McCormick Ranch is a multi-phased assortment of patio homes and single family homes.  Developed by Golden Heritage, phases 1 and 2 fall just SE of the Via Linda / Via De Ventura intersection.  Phase three lies North of said intersection, several subdivisions away (Vista Del Lago, Vista De La Tierra, Tierra Feliz…

The McCormick Ranch Subdivision Series: Villa La Playa

McCormick Ranch Golf Course

Villa La Playa in McCormick Ranch is a Dietz-Crane built subdivision that lies on the Southern boundary of Scottsdale’s first master planned community.  Bound by Indian Bend Rd (South), Hayden Rd (East) and the McCormick Ranch Golf Club’s Pine Course (West), this prime piece of Scottsdale Real Estate features some of the better housing values…

Paradise Valley Farms in Scottsdale AZ

Paradise Valley Farms Home

One of the more locally revered addresses in all of Scottsdale, Paradise Valley Farms is a subdivision that often escapes the notice of buyers from out of area.  Buffeted by the well-known planned community meccas of McCormick Ranch and Gainey Ranch, as well as the actual Town of Paradise Valley which sits directly across Scottsdale…

The McCormick Ranch Subdivision Series: Santa Fe

Camelback Walk in McCormick Ranch

One of the most well-known patio home communities in all of Scottsdale, Santa Fe in McCormick Ranch has come to symbolize low maintenance living in central Scottsdale.  Located just NE of the Hayden & McCormick Parkway intersection, this community of 366 homes (cumulatively between its two phases) has become a favorite amongst seasonal vacation home…

The McCormick Ranch Subdivision Series: Suggs Rancho McCormick

Key West Home in Suggs Rancho McCormick

With 255 homes, Suggs Rancho McCormick is one of the largest subdivisions in all of McCormick Ranch.  Ranging from the initial development of the aptly named Suggs construction company in the late ’70s to the infill completed in the late 1980s by Key West (spin off of Camelot / Hancock Homes), the homes are as…

The McCormick Ranch Subdivision Series: Country Horizons

Country Horizons Fountain

Country Horizons in McCormick Ranch features unique architecture that cannot be found elsewhere in Scottsdale’s first master planned community.  Developed by Jaeger (only neighborhood in the Ranch where this builder was active), Country Horizons is a small enclave of homes just South of Mountain View Rd and directly East of Mountain View Park.  The homes…

The McCormick Ranch Subdivision Series: Playa Del Sur

Camelback Walk in McCormick Ranch

Playa Del Sur in McCormick Ranch is a subdivision of 98 homes built primarily between 1980-1988, with scattered infill construction as recently as 2007.  A Hancock Homes development (previously known as Camelot Homes), Playa Del Sur is located just East of Hayden Road off of San Lorenzo.  The homes along the North side of San…

The McCormick Ranch Subdivision Series: El Paseo

El Paseo is a McCormick Ranch patio home subdivision located at the SE corner of Hayden & Via Linda Rds in Scottsdale, AZ.  Developed by Malouf between 1980-1984, these homes are hybrids between single-family detached properties and traditional attached townhouse/condo properties (El Paseo is legally classified as townhouse ownership).  In essence, they are unique homes…