Sun City Palm Desert Videos

Here are a few videos of activities here in Sun City Palm Desert.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLnCiWT1Ei4 About how we chose Sun City Palm Desert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNt_kOTeVxI Softball at Sun City Palm Desert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y1OZQ3LFFA Sun City Palm Desert stocked Fishing Pond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaRu8kpVJMI Sun City Palm Desert's Library

Sun City Palm Desert Homes by Linda Novick

Welcome back to my blog about the #1 gated golf and tennis active adult community in the nation. We are located in Palm Desert, about half way between Los Angeles and San Diego, just off of the 10 freeway. Palm Springs is the most well known city in our area and was originally the vacation area of choice for Hollywood Actors. Most actors contracts stated that they must be within 2 hours of Hollywood in case they were needed, and Palm Springs became the playground for the rich and famous. Palm Springs bloomed and grew in the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's. Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack all had homes here. This was also known to be the vacation spot for our nation's presidents and the mega rich from around the world. Golf courses sprouted up overnight due to the abundance of land and fabulous weather. Ultimately hotels, spas and casinos soon followed. Today there are about 7 casinos, all with gambling and spas, many with hotels, and some with golf courses. All in all we have about 120 golf courses within 25 minutes of each other.

Beginning in the early 90's retirees started looking this way. The full time population here in the Coachella Valley has doubled and tripled. Del Webb started building Sun City Palm Desert in the early 90's, and building was completed about 2006. We have just under 5,000 home and about 9,000 residents. We are a city within a city. Within our gates we have 3 country club sizeaclubhouses, 3 restaurants, 2 regulation golf courses, a beautiful 18 hole putting course, tennis and bocce courts, softball diamond, walking, hiking and biking trails, 2 complete fitness centers, a library 2nd to none, our own post office, numerous meeting rooms for games and crafts, an auditorium for meetings or movies, a ballroom for dinners, dances and outside entertainment and so much more. There is never a dull moment here with over 80 activity clubs to choose from. I would compare Sun City Palm Desert to scout camp; you can do it all, or nothing at all.

My name is Linda Novick and I have lived here for 10 years. I am a real estate broker and have been in the real estate business for over 37 years. Please give me a call at 760/397-3652 or email me at lindanovick@windermere.com if you would like additional information on Sun City. Also ask for a free copy of my e-newsletter.

Linda Novick, Associate Broker Windermere Real Estate Coachella Valley

Website: lindanovickmywindermere.com

Sun City Palm Desert Active Adult Community by Linda Novick, Realtor

Hi Readers,

It is Friday night and I thought I would share a couple of things that have happened here at Sun City lately. First of all, one of our palm trees fell over last Sunday. I have lived here for 10 years and have never heard of this happening. But there it was, laying across our main street. Fortunately no one was hurt, but you can bet I will be watching for flying palm trees in the future.

I also have been busy making a few videos for those of you who would like to know a bit more about our beautiful guard gated golf and tennis community. The latest one showing our great library can be viewed at the following website: http://www.wellcomemat.com/video/DCDA66BF71. I also did a video on how my husband David and I made the decision 10 years ago to purchase here at SCPD. I tried to be very open and take a look at some of the real questions that face us when choosing to move into a senior retirement home. We are so happy we made the move. The friends that we have made and the adventures that we have shared with them are the best in our lives. Live here is so unbelievable that we have to pinch ourselves on occasion to make sure we aren't dreaming. If you think you would enjoy this lifestyle, please give me a call. I would love to help you find the perfect retirement home, and to introduce you to a life worth living. Give me a call at 760/397-3652. Together we will make your dreams come true. You can also reach me by email at lindanovick@windermere.com.

Hello Friends,

Today I want to chat about our wonderful library here in Sun City Palm Desert. It is truly one of a kind and only second to perhaps a city or college library. There are so many book clubs here in Sun City; after all we have 5,000 homes and 9,000 residents; that current best sellers are often found in the library in multiples. Besides the many novels, mysteries, biographies and autobiographies we have most of today's current magazines and periodicals. The library setting is perfect for sitting around the fireplace and browsing, or just choose and be on your way. Books on tape and CD's are also available, as are video movies. This is a no fee library for all owners.

This is just one of the many amenities found here at Sun City Palm Desert. In addition to two regulation size golf courses we have an 18 hole putting course that winds itself around a beautiful lake, softball diamond, 2 full fitness centers, 3 huge clubhouses, 3 restaurants, a movie/meeting auditorium, a ballroom for dances, lunches or dinners, a dance studio for aerobics, step class, and line dancing, a billiard room with about 10 tables, bocce courts, tennis and paddle courts, 5 swimming pools, walking and hiking trails, biking, travel and gourmet clubs and many other clubs and activities. We have just under 5,000 homes and 9,000 happy home owners here in Sun City.

If this sounds like a lifestyle you would enjoy, then call me and we will find your perfect dream home. Linda Novick, Associate Broker at Windermere Real Estate Coachella Valley

Direct: 760/397-3652 Email: lindanovick@windermere.com Web: www.lindanovick.mywindermere.com

We are into October now and and weather is right on cue, down into the 90's during the day and the low 70's at night. I'm excited to start walking outdoors again and playing golf on Tuesdays with the ladies. I have missed that this summer as I have worked almost daily. This has been one of the most active real estate summers here in the Coachella Valley in many a year. In May we had over 8,000 properties for sale in the Valley and now we are below 5,000. Of course many were foreclosures, and that brought the investors in from all over, primarily Los Angeles County. According to the National Association of Realtors there are still over 7 million foreclosures to be released over the next couple of years.

We have seen between 1.2 and 1.4 million buyers using the $8,000 tax credit to buy their first home (or first within three years). All sales using the tax credit have to close by December 1, 2009. There are, however, 12 more bills in Congress to make money available for home buyers, and not all of them are for first time buyers. The bill that is creating the most buzz is one for a $15,000 tax credit to anyone (not just first time buyers) who plans to occupy the home. We should see the results of those bills within the next month or so.

This is the time of year here in the Valley and at Sun City Palm Desert, where I specialize in real estate, that the golf courses are scalped and reseeded for the coming year. It is amazing to watch as one day the course is beige from the scalping, and within 3 weeks is green and plush. The trees are getting their haircuts and the planting of the winter and spring flowers is beginning. Snowbirds are starting to return and pretty soon the place will be buzzing about summer adventures and travel as friends reunite and begin a new season.

The Clubs here at Sun City Palm Desert are planning their schedules and agendas for season. Schedules for ladies, mens and couples golf will be posted online. Tennis courts are ready for you. Flyers describing hikes, bicycling trips, travel trips and other outings will be posted. The softball season will soon begin and teams will be at the ball diamond practicing. The 2 fitness centers will be full again, artists will be spinning and firing and painting their ceramics, taking classes in oils and pastels, how to make jewelry, create stained glass projects, wood projects, sewing, knitting and all other crafts. The creativity of residents here is quite amazing, as you can see for yourself at our bi-annual craft fairs. And don't forget about the billiard club, the bocce club, pet club, card clubs, writers club, drama, singing clubs and games in general. It is all here, and in abundance at Sun City Palm Desert.

If you are an active senior (55+) and would like to live in one of the most desired gated golf communities in the nation, then give me a call. I will help you find your dream home.

Linda Novick, Associate Broker, Windermere Real Estate Coachella Valley

Direct: 760/397-3952 Email: lindanovick@windermere.com

Website: www.lindanovick.mywindermere.com Blog: www.suncityrealestate.blogpost.com

I live and specialize in an active adult gated golf and tennis community. I have seen business picking up all around our area and was really looking forward to a healthy market in 2010. I have been spreading good news and then tonight I read an article in one of my real estate letters that talks about the 'new housing crash'. Apparently over 7 million foreclosures will be hitting the market over the next year. I have known for some time that there was still a wave of foreclosures coming, but I had no idea it was so huge. It is rather a dicy situation. Do the banks flood the market and kill the housing recovery that has just started to take place? Or do the banks hold onto the foreclosures and end up going under? It is a very sad and scary situation. If the market is flooded with the foreclosures, it will no doubtedly depress values even more, and just when we saw our first gain (0.03%) in several years. I have been looking forward to a stellar year, but now just hope we remain steady.

Linda Novick, Associate Broker, Windermere Real Estate Coachella Valley Website: www.lindanovick.mywindermere.com Email: lindanovick@windermere.com

Hello readers, and welcome back to Linda's Sun City Real Estate. It has been an absolutely perfect week here in Sun City Palm Desert and the Coachella Valley. Temperatures are in the mid 90's during the day and low 70's at night. Golfers and tennis players are out in record numbers enjoying their own private paradise before the snow birds start arriving next month. Actually, we all love to see our snow bird friends come back to begin another season of friendship and sharing our favorite sports, activities and stories. We can't wait to hear about the wonderful places each has visited and the experiences we have shared. There is a great sense of family and caring here in Sun City Palm Desert.

October is the month our golf courses are scalped, reseeded and prepared for the new season. As a rule we are without both courses during reseeding, but this year it will be staggered so there will always be one course open. And we didn't do that before because???

The baseball commissioner will be getting ready for the new season, the new teams will selected and training will begin soon. We have the perfect softball diamond for the players and a great grassy area for you to come watch the games. You should see some of these guys and gals play. They are great! The new golf boards have been selected for the mens, womens and couples golf and they are busy preparing for the new season that begins November 1st. Mens, womens and couples putting clubs are also in full swing. The same can be said for the tennis and bocce clubs. In a way it is like waiting for the spring flowers to start the summer, except we start the new year (season) in October. This is also the time of the year to get your golf cart serviced and ready for season. Golf carts, by the way, become the second car for most residents. It is a great way to head down to the pro shop, restaurant, post office, library, pools, yoga, tai chi, aerobics, card game rooms or the fitness centers. We even have two golf cart gates into the shopping center next door where you can do your grocery shopping, stop by the drug store, get a cup of coffee at 'Just Java', have your nails or hair done, go to the bank, get your hearing checked, go to the dentist or have a meal at our local italian restaurant. That is called 'easy living'.

Yes, life is good here in Sun City Palm Desert. What is not to love? I would be delighted to share my 37 years of real estate experience with you. Give me a call and I will show you what makes Sun City Palm Desert the flagship of Active Adult gated golf club community living.

Linda Novick, Associate Broker
Windermere Real Estate Coachella Valley
DRE # 00415294
Direct: 760-397-3652
Email: lindanovick@windermere.com
Website: www.lindanovick.mywindermere.com