By Julie Bonsness and Gene Rusco, Oasis Realty Group at HomeSmart Your Exclusive Specialists for Sun City Festival and Festival Ranch in Buckeye, AZ The Federal Reserve just snipped another 0.25% off the federal funds rate on December 10, bringing it to 3.50%–3.75%. Third cut of 2025—yay, right? Everyone in Sun City Festival and Festival Ranch is asking: "So, when do my mortgage rates …
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The Christmas-to-New-Year’s Real Estate Dead Zone in Sun City Festival
Let’s be honest: between December 11 and January 1, the only thing moving faster than the real estate market in Sun City Festival is Grandma’s golf cart after the early-bird special. Every year we tell ourselves, “Maybe THIS holiday season will be different!” Spoiler: It never is. So we at Homesmart's Oasis Home Group pulled the actual numbers for homes that dared to go under contract during …
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New Skyline Series in Sun City Festival: Big Location, Tiny Houses, Even Bigger Lot Premiums!
**December 2025** Del Webb just dropped the **Skyline series** – their latest batch of compact single-story homes tucked into a new phase right next to the Copper Canyon Golf Club pro shop and the ever-popular Indigo Grille. Because nothing says "retirement goals" like rolling out of bed, hopping in your golf cart, and being at happy hour in under two minutes. These Skyline homes clock …
Sun City Festival Real Estate Update: December 2025
(Now With 100% More Sunshine and Zero Percent Snow Shoveling) Posted December 3, 2025 | By Julie and Gene – The Agents Who Sell Better Than They Write Buckle up, Festival friends (and future Festival friends who are secretly reading this while stuck in traffic somewhere cold)! The Sun City Festival real estate market is hotter than the Indigo grill on Taco Tuesday, and we’ve got the …
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Why Comparable Sales Are the #1 Way Festival Homes Are Actually Valued (And Why the Other Two Methods Usually Don’t Matter for Buyers & Sellers)
Why Comparable Sales Is Usually the Most Important It reflects what the market is actually willing to pay right now Buyers don’t care what it cost to build the house 10 years ago or how much rental income it could generate — they care what similar houses in the same neighborhood have recently sold for. The comparable sales approach is based on real, arms-length transactions of nearly …
