[bilede]

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Tempe is fairly built out from what I've seen...Bilede would be able to answer your question better, as he lives in Tempe. Casa Grande has some really nice new areas being built.

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Yes, tempe is land locked by phoenix, mesa, and chandler so raw land is extremely hard to find so the current trend is to purchase an older home on acre + lot, tear down the house and rebuild what you want. most recent deal like this in my area paid 1.2 mil for 2 homes next to each other and is now building a 4500 sq ft garage (looks like a barn from the outside) and has a underground tunnel running to where the new home is going to be built when garage is done. sort of an attached detached garage thing I guess.. Tempe is a great community, excellent schools, and central to the valley which I think is its primary draws but it is more expensive because these things also. Price of anything with area to have a big garage is minimum $600k on up.

Also, about a mile south of tempe is steller airpark estates. I put an offer in on a property a year or so ago but got out bid by $1k at the deadline. I was going to build a hanger which is expected obviously and use it for my cars but later decided to just modified my existing house.. I believe there are homes in there available and possibly other lots too. really nice homes in a nice area.