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Here are the Valley's top home sales from the past week (7.1.19 - 7.7.19). The combined sales for the top 10 of the past week was over $22 million.

Paradise Valley, New construction modern custom home in Paradise Valley just completed. Located close to everything on a secluded one acre lot, $3,300,000

Saul and Juan Estrada, left to right at 350-ton hydraulic press. Photo by Saul Estrada, Jr., Southwest Metal Spinning Inc. 

Want to transform an unfriendly room? Welcome in light with a room- and life-brightening tubular skylight, also known as a solar tube. After one is added, a forbidding hallway disappears; a dark kitchen is changed into a friendly space; bathrooms, bedrooms, hallways and closets are enlivened. And, this happens after just...

Bennie Gonzales with model of Civic Center. Photo: Scottsdale Historical Society.

Barnaby (Bennie) M. Gonzales (1924−2008), is remembered for his decency, humor, humility, charm, community leadership and, most importantly, for championing a regional Southwest architecture. Now, many more living in and visiting Scottsdale will know his name.

The city of Scottsdale renamed First Avenue between Drinkwater Boulevard and 75th Street “Bennie Gonzales Way” on...

They say the best things come in small packages, which can certainly be said for these new luxury pocket communities that are popping up in the Valley’s more desirable zip codes. With only a few dozen homes each (or less), each high-end project offers intimacy, exclusivity and many of the bells and whistles found in their more populated counterparts.

The Villas at Baker Park | Phoenix

An intimate enclave of just 44 semi-custom, luxury...