Relocating to Prescott Arizona, from Where?

Relocating to Prescott Arizona, from where?

It is funny how you look back over the years and you see a pattern. You see an eb and flow in your area real estate market. Who buys in the summer and who buys in the winter. Prescott is mostly a destination community with a high retirement population. People relocate here for climate, retirement, health and outdoor lifestyles. Some people relocate for taxes.

We have two seasons of real estate markets.

Summer for a second home market, Phoenix and southern California buyers, mostly retired.

Our main buyer is from the heat of the Phoenix area and the Los Angeles / San Diego area.  

    The Phoenix buyer cannot handle another 120 summer so they come to Prescott for a permanent home or second home. The Phoenix buyer usually likes to find a second home in the tall pines. A getaway from the concrete jungle. Southern California buyers come because of climate, space and blue sky. The southern California buyer may be a pilot or a car buff, law enforcement, firefighter, golfer or horse lover. Many have friends already here.         

In the winter our buyers mostly come from Wisconsin, Michigan, Chicago, Minnesota, Washington and Oregon. I have never had a client from New Orleans, Tennesse, Kentucky, Mississippi or Virginia. There are so many from Wisconsin here that one can always know when Green Bay is playing! I have had so many clients from Michigan that I have had Michigander parties!The mid-westerners love to come to Prescott because we have four mild seasons. We get snow but it goes away, doesn’t build up and is more for fun. We have no humidity in the summer so no mosquitos. Average summer of 85-90 is wonderful with no humidity, however from July 1 to mid September we do get the monsoons, and those days are humid but it is a rainy adventure that everyone loves.  Most of the winter buyers are retired and are getting away from harsh winters, or self employed, home based business.

      We are starting to phase out the summer buyer and welcome the winter buyers. The winter buyers love the holiday festivities in Prescott. After all, Prescott is the Christmas City.