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Sun City · 85351 · 85373 · Unincorporated

Sun City home appraisals and estate values

Tyler Kane appraises Sun City homes in 85351 and 85373 from north Phoenix (ZIP 85029): estate and date of death values, purchase, refinance, PMI removal, FHA, divorce and pre listing. Enter the address above for a quote.

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Tyler Kane, certified appraiser serving Sun City
Tyler KaneSun City, AZ
Sun City · ZIP 85351, 85373

What moves a Sun City value

Build year and what sits behind the lot do most of the work. Redfin's median for the three months ending August 2026 was $259,000, down 2.3 percent, with homes taking about 75 days to sell. Del Webb opened Sun City in 1960 (Wikipedia), so one ZIP can hold houses 18 years apart.

The Sun City Home Owners Association's CC&Rs require at least one occupant 55 or older in each single family home, so comps stay inside Sun City. For estates, Tyler sets the effective date to the date of death and uses sales that closed around it.

$259,000Sun City median sale price · Redfin, 3 months ending August 2026
75 daysSun City median days on market · Redfin, 3 months ending August 2026
$473,406Maricopa County median sale price · Redfin, August 2026
$557,750FHA one unit limit, Maricopa County · homebuyer.com, 2026

Sun City plats, condos and golf frontage

Plat names and build years come from Maricopa County Assessor parcel records.

Sun City Unit 1

The first tracts, on 103rd Avenue and Oakmont, carry a 1960 build year on the county roll, the year Del Webb opened Sun City. At 66 years old, condition can swing widely from house to house, so Tyler weighs remodel level and roof age before square footage.

Sun City Unit 4 Replat

Pebble Beach, Pinehurst, Riviera and La Jolla are among its streets, and the county dates the houses to 1962 through 1965. That puts them among the oldest in Sun City. Sales from 1970s units get an age adjustment before they are used here.

El Dorado of Sun City Condominiums

A condominium plat on Thunderbird recorded for units 1 to 249, built 1986 to 1988 per county records. Living areas run from 625 to 1,537 square feet, so unit size drives the grid. Resales inside El Dorado come first, and the condo board's CC&Rs apply on top of SCHOA's.

Rancho Estates

Units 1 to 4 sit along 111th and 112th avenues and have CC&Rs of their own, which the Sun City Home Owners Association oversees. Build years spread from 1967 into the 1990s, wider than in most numbered Sun City units, so effective age gets set house by house.

Palmbrook Country Club frontage

Palmbrook was private until a 2022 purchase, and amateurgolf.com says the course now serves the public. Fairway homes have sold under both setups. Tyler checks each frontage comp's sale date against what the course offered then, and never assumes the old club premium carried over.

Sun City Unit 52

This plat reaches Beardsley Road, with streets such as Stagecoach, Mustang and Willowcreek in ZIP 85373. County build years start in 1977. Tyler starts with other late 1970s plats on the north end before reaching south into the 1960s core of 85351.

School districts and busy roads

Sun City is in no school district; Wikipedia lists it as unorganized territory served by Peoria Unified or Dysart Unified. Lots facing Grand Avenue, Bell Road or Union Hills are compared with other arterial lots.

  • Sun City North Golf Course
  • Lakes East and West golf courses
  • Riverview Golf Course
  • Palmbrook Country Club
  • Sun City Country Club
  • Viewpoint Lake
  • Dawn Lake
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Every 2025 report was delivered on time.

Tyler's 2025 reports averaged 5.9 days, and 100 percent arrived on or before the promised date.

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Sun City appraisal questions

Sun City appraisal questions

What does a Sun City appraisal cost?

It depends on the home and the report. Send the address and Tyler replies with a quote, usually within one business day.

Can you value a Sun City home as of a parent's date of death?

Yes. The report uses sales that closed near that date and is documented to USPAP.

Is a Sun City condo appraised like a house?

No. Sales inside the same condo association come first, and its own CC&Rs and dues get read too.

Is Sun City part of Peoria?

No. It's unincorporated Maricopa County, with Peoria on three sides (Wikipedia).

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Sources for this page, checked October 2026