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Archive for December, 2010

Sunset Villas: Mediterranean Living in Alamo Heights

There is a great supply of Alamo Heights custom homes in this dynamic San Antonio town. If you are looking for exceptional Alamo Heights custom homes, you must take the time to see Sunset Villas, a superb, garden home community of Alamo Heights custom homes that provide a luxurious, exceptional lifestyle for only the most discriminating buyers.

The garden villas of Sunset Villas are tops when it comes to Alamo Heights custom homes, and here’s why:

  • There are just 15 individually designed villas in each courtyard setting, which are met with a gate-controlled, cobblestone driveway and court.
  • Each garden villa features its own home site and its own landscape. There are also no common walls between villas. All homes in this garden home community feature beautiful, lush, front-yard landscaping and irrigation.
  • A strong homeowner’s association maintains all community landscaping, walkways, entry gates and driveway courts. In addition, the association will also maintain all homeowner’s front yard landscaping. All homeowners are members of the homeowner’s association and are expected to pay dues on a quarterly basis.
  • Sunset Villas are ideally located in the highly desirable Alamo Heights area, and are within walking distance to area shops and restaurants. Sunset Villas are located inside Loop 410, thereby making travel in and around the city quite easy.
  • The children of Sunset Villas may attend the highly rated Alamo Heights Schools, which include the Howard Early Childhood center, the Woodridge Elementary School, Alamo Heights junior high school, and Alamo Heights high school.
  • Sunset Villas is conveniently located near the Quarry Market, several universities and a medical center.
  • The Alamo Heights custom homes of Sunset Villas are built by Davis Custom Homes, which has a primary focus of providing “an uncompromising commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.” Davis Custom Homes have built over 350 custom, luxury homes. Steve Davis has built homes for the past 20 years.
  • The developer of Sunset Villas is Denton Communities, an exclusive developer of planned communities in the San Antonio area. Denton Communities has developed and managed numerous communities for the past 60 years for communities in and around San Antonio.

Christmas in San Antonio

There is, perhaps, no better place to spend Christmas than in San Antonio. From holiday exhibits, parades and even lights to impress even the hardest to impress, Christmas in San Antonio is spectacular, so say the least.

The best to really experience all the best that Christmas in San Antonio has to offer is to get out there and see for yourself what all the talk is about. Here is a list of our favorite San Antonio Christmas events that the whole family is sure to love!

  • Of course, the holidays wouldn’t be complete without a trip to the famed River walk. The River Walk is adorned in more than 100,000 twinkling lights and more than 6,000 luminaries during the Fiesta de la Luminarias, a hundreds-year-old tradition that begins at dusk every Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the holiday season.
  • The annual Light the Way display is also a must-do on your list of Christmas activities in San Antonio. This light display, through the University of Incarnate World, hosts more than a million lights in the night sky.
  • Bundle the kids up and take a drive through the beautiful community of Windcrest, where the residents have, for decades, decorated their homes with elaborate holiday displays. Thousands of visitors wind their way through this San Antonio community every year!
  • While you’ve got the family in the car, head over to Santa’s Ranch and drive through the amazing light display, which features more than one million lights and 100 displays and animations.
  • Visit the Fort Sam Houston Field and experience American history and heritage at its best. Partake in the holiday customs and enjoy the beautiful scenery!
  • Take some time to visit the Texas Transportation Museum during the month of December and enjoy moonlit train rides, hayrides and lovely Christmas music, courtesy of the San Antonio Ragtime Society!
  • Head to Gateway Church and experience Christmas City, an outdoor presentation of the story of Christ’s birth. Live animals and costumed actors line the way to make this presentation larger than life! This event is free and takes place each Friday, Saturday and Sunday in December.

The Best San Antonio Christmas Sites

We love Christmas in San Antonio, probably because there are so many things to see and do! Make sure and take the time to enjoy just a few of the many San Antonio activities during the holiday season and, by all means, stop to enjoy the San Antonio Christmas sites! Here are a few of the San Antonio Christmas sites you won’t want to miss:

San Antonio Christmas Events

  • The River Walk is, without a doubt, one of the most popular holiday attractions in San Antonio, as it is transformed every Christmas into a holiday wonderland! Don’t forget to stop at the Museum Ranch section to catch the underwater light displays! Magnificent!
  • Everyone knows about Ed Clark’s House in San Antonio, as this is the place where Ed Clark and his wife have put up elaborate Christmas decorations and lights since 1988. Each year Clark adds to his holiday lights collection, so come and see what’s new this year!
  • Head over to Windcrest and enjoy the beautiful light displays throughout this lovely neighborhood! The residents of Windcrest have been decorating their homes for 52 years!
  • Cureo’s Christmas in the Park – This annual, free event is bigger than ever, thanks to the many individuals who replaced the vandalized lights from last year. Don’t forget to look for the amazing, 37-foot American flag display while you’re there!
  • Santa’s Ranch in New Braunfels is a mile-long light display that features over one million twinkling lights and 100 animated displays!  Don’t forget to look for the scenes from Noah’s Ark while you’re there!
  • Head to Frisco and wonder in the massive lights displays! Frisco claims to have the largest, choreographed light displays in Texas, so come and see them for yourself!
  • Cowboy’s Christmas, at the Enchanted Springs Ranch, is a massive light display that stretches out over several miles. Experience the holiday season, cowboy style!
  • Don’t forget about Fredericksburg when enjoying your San Antonio Christmas sites, as this town’s historic main street is transformed into a magical light display, complete with a 26-foot-tall German handcrafted Christmas pyramid!

Greater San Antonio Area Market Report Oct-10

San Antonio Board of REALTORS® reports median single-family home price up 0.2% in Oct-10 over Sep-10, sales fall to 1,054.

Oct-10 San Antonio Board of REALTORS® Regional Sales and Price Activity

San Antonio Board of REALTORS® Median Price Percent Change in Price from Prior Month Percent Change in Price from Prior Year Total # Units Percent Change in Sales from Prior Month Percent Change in Sales from Prior Year
Oct-10 Sep-10 Oct-09 Oct-10 Sep-10 Oct-09
MLS Wide
SABOR (Single Family) $143,250 0.2% 6.5% 1,054 -6.3% -29.1%
SABOR (Condo) $109,125 19.8% 14.9% 30 -21.1% -37.5%
SABOR Region Cities
Single Family Only
Adkins $195,500 14.2% -29.5% 4 0.0% 33.3%
Alamo Heights 0 -100.0% -100.0%
Bandera $206,000 -5.0% 249.2% 5 66.7% 66.7%
Boerne $257,500 -27.2% -6.4% 20 -9.1% -20.0%
Bulverde $220,556 -13.5% 0.3% 12 140.0% 9.1%
Canyon Lake $167,750 -6.3% -3.6% 16 45.5% 23.1%
Castle Hills $189,900 -40.6% -16.3% 3 200.0% -50.0%
Castroville $161,000 -28.3% -35.6% 3 0.0% 0.0%
Cibolo $175,000 12.5% 22.0% 21 -22.2% -36.4%
Converse $103,000 -9.6% 4.8% 25 -26.5% -26.5%
Devine $176,000 102.3% 135.5% 2 0.0% -66.7%
Elmendorf $30,253 -12.6% -64.4% 1 -50.0% -66.7%
Fair Oaks Ranch $687,500 89.7% 94.8% 2 -66.7% -60.0%
Floresville $182,250 65.7% -6.5% 4 -60.0% -55.6%
Garden Ridge $327,250 -11.9% -21.6% 4 0.0% 100.0%
Helotes $212,500 -17.8% 4.4% 23 -4.2% 91.7%
Hondo $144,500 3.2% 0.3% 2 100.0% -60.0%
Kirby $75,000 25.2% 17.3% 3 -40.0% -62.5%
Lakehills $155,000 146.0% 3 200.0%
Leon Valley $42,800 -66.6% -66.0% 1 0.0% -75.0%
Live Oak $107,250 -6.7% -6.7% 4 -42.9% -73.3%
Lytle $266,000 160.8% 204.7% 2 100.0% 100.0%
Marion $63,000 -57.6% -47.5% 1 -83.3% -50.0%
Mico 0 -100.0%
Natalia 0 -100.0% -100.0%
New Braunfels $202,500 13.6% 27.0% 28 -22.2% -48.1%
Pipe Creek 0 -100.0% -100.0%
Pleasanton $175,000 13.0% 33.6% 11 83.3% 120.0%
Poteet 0 -100.0% -100.0%
San Antonio $134,900 -0.1% 4.6% 738 -6.8% -31.8%
Schertz $156,500 -15.5% 4.9% 17 41.7% -22.7%
Seguin $102,250 -27.7% -32.4% 12 0.0% -40.0%
Selma $140,000 -2.1% -6.6% 2 -33.3% -71.4%
Shavano Park $927,500 89.3% 3 0.0%
Spring Branch $244,500 -14.6% -3.9% 12 -33.3% 50.0%
Terrell Hills $230,000 -75.1% 12.2% 3 200.0% 50.0%
Universal Ci $142,950 22.3% -4.1% 14 55.6% -30.0%
Von Ormy $35,000 -73.9% 5 150.0%
Windcrest $179,950 22.4% 4.1% 8 100.0% 0.0%

Single Family = Single Family Detached, Manufactured, Garden/Patio Detached, Modular, Townhome, Other
Condo = Low-Rise (1-3 Stories), Townhome Style, High-Rise (8+ Stories), Mid-Rise (4-7 Stories), Other
Reports generated from Clarus MarketMetrics®

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