Pools, golf, pickleball, and lazy rivers — here are the Scottsdale communities that actually deliver on the resort lifestyle, and who each one fits.

If you want luxury living wrapped in real desert beauty, McDowell Mountain Ranch belongs on your list. It's one of North Scottsdale's most complete communities: golf, miles of trails, to p-rated schools, and Southwestern homes built against the McDowell Mountains. Here's what makes it stand out, whether you're buying or selling. Discover the Charm of Homes in McDowell Mountain Ranch McDowell Mountain Ranch offers a lifestyle that’s hard to beat. Nestled against the backdrop of the McDowell...

Most five bedroom homes in this neighborhood send you upstairs to sleep. This one does not. The primary suite is on the main floor, and so is a second bedroom, a flex room, and a full bath. You can live the entire day on one level and still have three bedrooms and a double loft waiting upstairs when the family comes. In Tatum Highlands, that combination is genuinely hard to find. The floor plan is the feature This is the Talavera plan, and it is the one buyers in Tatum Highlands ask for by...