Residents of Verrado planned community were out in full force for the 6th Annual Founder’s Day celebration on April 1-3, 2011. One of the west valley’s premier communities, the Founders Day celebration highlights participation by the Verrado residential and business community to make the Founders Day event a memorable one. This year, The Romantics played and made it a special occasion for all that attended. West Valley Pros was out in full force to support the local Verrado real estate community that they specialize in while making an impact for sellers and buyers in the surrounding region.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Spring is a wonderful time for friends and family to consider making Estrella their next home or their new winter home.

Nestled in the Sierra Estrella Mountains, Estrella offers home buyers ten neighborhoods and seven builders to choose from with prices starting in the $100’s. From March 15 through June 30, Estrella new home buyers have a choice of receiving either a one-year annual golf pass to the Golf Club of Estrella or paying no Home Owners Association fees for one year.* Additionally, special builder move-in packages will also be offered to all home buyers.

Arizona boasts an enviable year-round climate, allowing Estrella to offer resort-style living at its best. Community amenities include the Golf Club of Estrella, a Nicklaus-designed course managed by Troon Golf, Starpointe Residents Club, Estrella Yacht Club, two lakes and over 20 miles of desert trails and parks. Three onsite schools, year-round community events and Mountain Ranch Marketplace featuring Safeway offer everything you need right at home at Estrella.

In 2010 Estrella’s developer, Newland Communities, was recognized as the ‘Developer of the Year’ by prominent real estate publication Builder & Developer, which highlighted Newland’s “impressive, successful portfolio.” Newland has achieved solid business results with five of its communities ranked in the top 15-selling master planned communities.

Estrella’s friendly community with over 3,700 homes, resort-styled amenities, good schools, open space and mountain trails continues to attract families and couples of all ages. Home sales in Estrella for 2011 are already 26% higher than this time last year.

*Currently CantaMia by Avatar is not included in the Spring Promotion.

About Newland Communities and Estrella

Newland Communities actively owns, operates and develops premier residential master-planned, commercial, retail, and urban mixed-use real estate across the U.S. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif.

Estrella provides a lakeside mountain oasis nestled in the Sierra Estrella Mountains, approximately 17 miles from downtown Phoenix on Estrella Parkway in Goodyear, in the Sonoran Desert Valley. Estrella currently offers more than 500 acres of parks and open space including 72 acres of lakes for boating and fishing. Estrella’s sense of seclusion is enhanced by the adjacent 19,840-acre Estrella Mountain Regional Park.

Verrado Realty – Foreclosure Mess Easing

Metro Phoenix’s foreclosure activity likely peaked in 2010.

The 2010 tally for pre-foreclosures, or notice of trustee sales, in the region is 79,637. That’s an 18 percent drop from 2009, when a record 97,141 were filed, according to Information Market, a real-estate analysis firm.

Foreclosures, known as trustee sales in Arizona, did tick up slightly in metro Phoenix to 49,808 from 47,992 in 2009. Last year’s foreclosure number is artificially low because of Bank of America’s two-month moratorium during October and November.

But the drop in pre-foreclosures is a positive sign for metro Phoenix’s housing market. Pre-foreclosures have been dropping steadily since July. December’s count of 5,475 is the lowest level for notice of trustee sales in the region since March 2008.

Lenders typically file a notice to foreclose after a homeowner is at least three months behind on payments.

The span between the trustee-sale notice being filed and the trustee-sale foreclosure has lengthened to several months because of loan modifications and lender issues.

Housing experts believe foreclosures will climb during the next few months as BofA works through its moratorium backlog.

But that shouldn’t impact pre-foreclosures and could inflate foreclosures for only a few months.

To declare 2010 the peak for foreclosures, notice of trustee sales need to keep falling during the next few months, and then foreclosures must follow with similar declines this summer.

Chase agreement

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office and Chase Home Finance have worked out an agreement that will help homeowners.

Chase has agreed to adopt a “borrower’s bill of rights” and pay $600,000 toward the state prosecutor’s efforts in helping homeowners in foreclosure.

The deal, reached late last week, calls for Chase to provide clear information on how to obtain a modification and avoid foreclosure; make decisions on borrowers’ modification requests within 30 days; stop home foreclosures during active loan-modification negotiations; and appoint one contact for each borrower seeking modification.

Former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard had been negotiating with BofA to commit to the borrower bill of rights, among other things, before suing the lender for mortgage fraud last month.

Reach the reporter at catherine.reagor@arizonarepublic.com.

An architect and general contractor have yet to be selected for the center, which will occupy a 60-acre site. The health center is projected to open during the second quarter of 2012.

“We’ll open the health center with up to four primary care providers and, as the population increases, the number of providers and services will grow as well,” said Jim Brannon, CEO of the Banner Medical Group.

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ARIZONA GOLF LEAGUES & TOURNAMENTS

Raven Golf Club at Verrado is proud to play host to a wide variety of League and Tournament play.

Please browse the list below to learn about current programs and events, and check back often, as the list will be updated with new information regularly:

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Champions Challenge Skills Event
This unique event will be open to all valley residents and will give golfers an opportunity to showcase their talents while gunning for the top prize of a 1-Year Full-Privilege Annual Pass to the award winning Raven at Verrado Golf Club; the annual pass is valued at $3,750! On Saturday, February 5th, 2011, Raven Golf Club at Verrado will host the qualifying challenge. The qualifier is open to anyone 18 years and older and will be a two-part challenge to determine the top 15 contestants. The following Saturday will begin the official Champions Challenge, with the 15 qualifiers going head-to-head to determine this year’s champion. Each week two contestants will be eliminated culminating in an 18-hole showdown of the final three contestants on March 26th.

Men’s League
- Play first hour every Wednesday morning
- Sign-up in the Golf Shop, Sunday 5:00 PM deadline
- $49 Green Fee thru January.
- $10 additional prize fee weekly
- Various weekly competitions, scored by staff

Ladies’ League
- Play every Tuesday morning
- Sign-up in the Golf Shop, Saturday 5:00 PM deadline
- $49 Green Fee thru January.
- $10 additional prize fee weekly
- Various weekly competitions, scored by staff

Sunday Men’s Club
- Play every other Sunday afternoon
- Sign-up in the Golf Shop, Wednesday 5:00 PM deadline
- $49 Green Fee thru January.
- $10 additional prize fee weekly
- Various weekly competitions, scored by staff

Couples Second Saturdays
- 2nd Saturday of every month
- 9-hole couples with apps and drink specials following play
- 3:00 PM start
- $60/couple includes golf, practice balls, appetizers, prizes and tax
- Sign-up in Golf Shop, deadline is Thursday prior to event, 5:00 PM

There are many homes for sale at Verrado in Buckeye, AZ.  The Verrado real estate has held its value better than other areas of the Valley.  There are many events that make this master planned community special, such as the following upcoming Marathon:

The Marathon will wind its way through desert scenery in the shadows of the White Tank and Estrella Mountains. A six-city event, the Boston Marathon qualifier starts at Verrado in Buckeye and continues through Goodyear, Avondale, Litchfield Park, Phoenix and Glendale to finish at the Westgate City Center.

Race day registration is NOT AVAILABLE. Last day to register is at the Expo on Saturday, February 19, 2011 – or register online at http://www.thearizonamarathon.com/registration.html. All runners’ packets should be picked up at the Expo between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Participants may pay an additional $25 for race day packet pick-up if they choose to. The Expo is at Western Sky Middle School.

Spectator Parking is Available at Estrella Mountain Community College & Camelback Ranch Stadium.

Sign up today, or make sure to cheer on the dedicated runners taking the IMS Arizona Marathon challenge!

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There are many homes for sale at Verrado in Buckeye, AZ.  The Verrado real estate has held its value better than other areas of the Valley.  There are many events that make this master planned community special, such as the following upcoming Marathon:

The Marathon will wind its way through desert scenery in the shadows of the White Tank and Estrella Mountains. A six-city event, the Boston Marathon qualifier starts at Verrado in Buckeye and continues through Goodyear, Avondale, Litchfield Park, Phoenix and Glendale to finish at the Westgate City Center.

Race day registration is NOT AVAILABLE. Last day to register is at the Expo on Saturday, February 19, 2011 – or register online at http://www.thearizonamarathon.com/registration.html. All runners’ packets should be picked up at the Expo between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Participants may pay an additional $25 for race day packet pick-up if they choose to. The Expo is at Western Sky Middle School.

Spectator Parking is Available at Estrella Mountain Community College & Camelback Ranch Stadium.

Sign up today, or make sure to cheer on the dedicated runners taking the IMS Arizona Marathon challenge!

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This 2,742 sq ft home, Willo floorplan built by Engle Homes is located in the beautiful golf course community of Verrado, AZ.

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After the foreclosure sale there is a 10 day upset bid period before the sale becomes final. After that time has passed and there have been no upset bids the sale then becomes final. At that point the third party buyer, the lender, or the foreclosure trustee who purchases the property or represents the purchaser of the property at the foreclosure sale will then send you a letter, probably via certified mail, stating that you have 10 days to voluntarily vacate the home. Once the ten days period in the letter has expired the third party buyer or lender will apply to the Clerk of Superior Court for an Order for Possession. If the Clerk allows the Order for Possession that order will direct the sheriff to remove all occupants and their personal property from the premises within 7 days of receipt.

So, in general you really don’t have much time, this eviction process is much shorter than your typical landlord-tenant eviction. If you need a week or two to transition to another home or apartment contact the trustee or the buyer (contact the party that sends the ten day notice letter) and explain your situation. Most often they will give you a limited time to move you and your possessions from the residence. If you do not make the effort to contact them, they will more than likely move the application for an Order for Possession along as swiftly as possible.

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