Phoenix Lifestyle & Real Estate
Charlene Spillum, Realtor ABR CRS CDPE - 480-782-9319 - Educated - Experienced - Enthusiastic
Food Drive Challenge Brings out Gilbert, Chandler Spirit: Gilbert and Chandler are teaming up during the month of May for a challenge of a giving nature – seeking to collect the largest quantity of donations for local food banks. The goal is to collect the greatest weight of food donations by May 31, in a [...]
What attracts people and business to Gilbert and contributes them to staying in the community? Quality of Life: Ranked 36th out of the 100 best places to live in the nation. Source CNN Money Magazine 2010 Ranked 4th fastest-growing municipality in the Nation. Source CNN Money Magazine 2009 Recognized as the 17th safest city to [...]
Gilbert has been my home for over nine years and being a Realtor has given me the opportunity of experiencing the growth of the Town both in the Commercial and Residential Segments. The Spectrum at Val Vista is one of my favorite residential subdivisions and has delivered on the vision of the developer. Enjoy the [...]
Gilbert is in the southeast corner of Maricopa County and within 1/2 hour drive from downtown Phoenix. It was incorporated in 1920, the town at an elevation of 1,273 feet, is named after William Gilbert, an early Valley homesteader. The community has experienced rapid grown over the last few decades largely due to the quality [...]
House and Senate approve tax credit extension for buyers trying to complete purchases. President Obama is set to sign bill as early as tonight. If the closing date was not extended, it is estimated that nearly 180,000 homes sales would fall apart as borrowers backed out of real estate transactions.Whether or not you agree with [...]
The FIRST of its kind in America, Meritage Homes at Lyon’s Gate are as much as 80% More Energy-Efficient than typical existing homes. Offering the latest energy technology at no a…dditional charge, in homes priced from under $180,000. The opening of our Lyon’s Gate community marks a new era in home building, and is a [...]
The Senate has moved in favor of extending the closing deadline for properties that were in contract as of April 30,2010. Originally the closing would have to happen no later than June 30,2010 with the volume of transactions in the pipeline the lenders are lagging behind. The President still has to sign but prospects are [...]
We recently had the pleasure of a month long visit from our Favorite Uncle. Bill is 85 and a real sweetheart who loves to be entertained. The many wonderful horse properties in Gilbert made our life easy. His favorite activity was riding around in my sisters little red sports car visiting the horses, cattle, goats, [...]
When I first moved to Arizona it seemed to me there was a Walgreens or CVS Pharmacy on every corner. I wondered if it was simply because of our “winter visitors”. Today I decided to see how many are actually in Gilbert. Although it seems like they are more plentiful, there are only 10 Walgreens [...]