The fastest-growing area in Tucson, with wonderful family communities and a terrific location for retirees as well. Minutes away from the Interstate Highway and convenient to Phoenix and Sky Harbor Airport to the north and Mexico to the south. Typically, lots are 0.5-3.3 acres and are either gently sloping or nearly flat for easy building. Price ranges are $175,000-1,000,000+. Panoramic views of Pusch Ridge/Catalina Mountains and the Tortolita Mountains are absolutely stunning and are typical in this part of town.

An active, bustling area with many top-rated schools, shopping centers, and wide open spaces. A new destination resort is planned for this area, along with two new championship golf courses. Both Tucson Mall and Foothills Mall are within 15 minutes as are several public and private golf courses, such as Canada Hills, Tucson National and Arthur Pack. Features include: two adult communities in Del Webb's Sun City and Saddlebrook; quiet hiking trails in Catalina State Park and Honeybee Wash; the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf and Tennis Resort; Dove Mountain; Rancho Vistoso; Stone Canyon; The Big Horn Sheep preserve at La Reserve and Oro Valley.

The Town of Oro Valley, which lies in the heart of the Northwest, incorporated in 1974. Located six miles north of the city limits of Tucson, Oro Valley enjoys a higher elevation and slightly cooler temperatures than Tucson. A private air strip is located in the community of La Cholla Air Park.

It is home to the golf community of Rancho Vistoso, one of the newest large-scale golf community in Southern Arizona. Rancho Vistoso Golf Club is earning rave reviews from Golf Magazine and Golf Digest. A private course has recently opened in Rancho Vistoso, designed by Jay Morrish, the architect of Troon in Scottsdale.

The Oracle Road corridor provides for great picturesque bike riding. Within 20 minutes you can be in downtown Tucson where Tucson's internationally respected museums, symphony, ballet, opera company, avant-garde art scene and world class university are located. Because Tucson favors flora and fauna over flash, cosmopolitan Tucson conveys the warmth and friendliness of a small town while offering the business opportunities of a large town. The area has burgeoned into a center of international trade; a lively and vigorous community of scholars, musicians and artisans; a health and retirement mecca and a stunning example of how old and new can coexist in harmony.