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Tyler Kane appraises McDowell Mountain Ranch homes in Scottsdale ZIP 85255 for purchase, refinance, PMI removal, FHA, divorce, estate and pre listing work, from north Phoenix (ZIP 85029). Enter the address above for a fee quote.
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Builder, lot and view set most values here. About 4,000 homes fill 26 neighborhoods on 3,200 acres, mostly built 1998 to 2003 (ScottsdaleRealEstate.com) by more than a dozen builders. Equal size rarely means equal value, so Tyler starts with sales from the same subdivision.
Redfin put the median sale price at $1,212,415 for the three months ending August 2026, up 22.4 percent in a year. That's over twice the county median and well past the FHA limit. Under it sit Cachet townhomes and hillside homes in One Hundred Hills, which share a ZIP but never a comp grid.
All 26 names appear on the community's published neighborhood lists; builders and home counts come from the MMR Trail Talk guide.
This guard gated enclave has its guard house at 15997 N 110th Way and homes by Geoffrey H. Edmunds and Toll Brothers. Its association site points to mountain and city light views against the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. A view lot here is compared with other view sales behind a guard gate.
Cachet Home Builders put up 174 townhomes here, then 102 more units in The Ridge, its sister community. Attached homes share walls and floor plans, so a sale inside Cachet beats any detached house down the street. Tyler confirms the unit's dues and reserves before choosing comps.
Shea Homes built 103 homes in this gated neighborhood, which the MMR Trail Talk guide lists for its views. McDowell Mountain Golf Club sits at the south end of the community. The name suggests golf, so Tyler checks the plat to see whether a lot actually backs the course.
Engle Homes built 174 gated homes here in two sections, inside the community's Summit area. Sunset Point, also by Engle, has 127 homes and no gate listed in the guide. The builder matches, yet Tyler treats a Sunset Point sale as a second choice until the gate question is settled.
Shea Homes built 231 homes here, with pricing in the guide dating to 1997, which puts the oldest close to 30 years old. Original tile and air handlers sit next to full remodels on the same street. Condition and updates get rated house by house before age is.
Woodside Homes introduced Discovery Canyon in 1998 and also built Discovery Trails and Panorama Point nearby. Same builder and similar years make the three useful comps for each other when a sale inside one subdivision is missing, after adjusting for lot size and view.
The preserve and a public golf course frame the community: the Gateway Trailhead on Thompson Peak Parkway opens onto the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, and McDowell Mountain Golf Club sits at the south end. Scottsdale Unified serves it, with Desert Canyon Elementary and Middle and Desert Mountain High (ScottsdaleRealEstate.com). Lots backing the course or open desert are compared with sales on that same kind of edge.
Tyler's 2025 reports averaged 5.9 days, and 100 percent arrived on or before the promised date.
There's no posted fee. Each appraisal is quoted by address and type, usually within one business day.
It can, but no flat figure applies. Tyler measures it with matched sales, gated against gated.
Rarely. ZIP 85255 also covers much of north Scottsdale outside the community, so comps start in the same subdivision.
Yes. Divorce work may need a set effective date and estate work a date of death value; both are documented to USPAP.
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