The evidence is in

Good news for Morrison Ranch in the middle of plenty of bad news in housing.

First, Gilbert had 10% of all single family detached residential (SFR) building permits in Maricopa County in January. That number was only 41, but that meant the entire Valley had only 410 +/-. I was told specifically that the city of Glendale had one (1) permit. That includes all the edge communities like Queen Creek and Buckeye, though not into Pinal county.

Next most of those were in Morrison Ranch. Well, it was not “most”. It was only 30%. So with Power Ranch, Seville, and Spectrum still in action, which are master planned communities, and probably 15 smaller subdivisions under way at the downturn, including Trend Homes just south of us, Morrison Ranch generated 30% of the building permits in Gilbert in January.

The moral: Gilbert is one of the best places in the Valley to live, and Morrison Ranch is currently the most popular place to buy a new home in Gilbert.