Tucson Real Estate Blog

Community Spotlight

• San Manuel: A Copper Town at Half the County Price — October 10, 2026
• Benson's Median Home Sale Was Built in 2025 — September 30, 2026
• Green Valley in May 2026 — May 22, 2026
• Sahuarita in 2026 — April 26, 2026
• Marana in 2026 — April 21, 2026

Events

• Fall Home Show Oct. 16-18: $2 After 3 p.m. — October 8, 2026
• Oktoberfest Oct. 3 on a Leftover Movie Set — September 29, 2026
• Four Days of Corn, 3,000 Years of Reasons — September 21, 2026
• A Free Festival for a River That Came Back — September 12, 2026
• 125 Kitchens, Five Prices, Ten Days — September 4, 2026
• Comic-Con Sept. 4-6: Skip the $20 Garage — August 27, 2026
• Tucson Turns 251 on Thursday — August 19, 2026
• The $333,000 Championship Game at Tucson Arena — August 10, 2026
• Thirty Chefs and Artisans, Four Regions, One Ballroom — August 2, 2026
• HarvestFest at Arizona's Oldest Winery — July 25, 2026
• Old Tucson's Summer Night Market — July 18, 2026
• Cypress Hill's Stacked Night at AVA Amphitheater — July 11, 2026
• 2nd Saturdays: Downtown Tucson's Free Street Fair — July 4, 2026
• Where to Catch Fireworks Around Tucson on July 4 — June 27, 2026
• Tucson's Defending Champs Are Back at Kino — June 20, 2026
• Tucson's Summer Night Market in the Mercado District — June 13, 2026
• Loft Kids Fest: Free Summer Movies Turn 20 — June 6, 2026
• Marana's Star-Spangled Spectacular, July 4 — May 30, 2026
• Summer Safari Nights at Reid Park Zoo — May 24, 2026
• Tucson Asian Night Market at Kino — May 18, 2026
• Star Wars Live at the Linda Ronstadt — May 12, 2026
• Music Under the Stars Returns — May 8, 2026
• Antiques Roadshow at Old Tucson — May 2, 2026
• Tucson International Mariachi Conference — April 22, 2026

Hidden Gems

• The Petroglyph Boulder Off Oro Valley's Trail Map — October 14, 2026
• Yume Japanese Gardens Reopens October 11 — October 5, 2026
• Twice Saguaro's Size, an Eighth Its Visitors — September 26, 2026
• 202 Acres of Old Fairway, Free to Walk — September 18, 2026
• The $27 Million Hillside That Became a Free Park — September 9, 2026
• The Free Permit Guarding Cienega Creek — September 1, 2026
• It Was Almost 300 Acres of Houses — August 24, 2026
• The Ghost Town That Takes Reservations — August 16, 2026
• A Water Utility Built Tucson's Best Bird List — August 8, 2026
• Where Ansel Adams Left His Life's Work — July 31, 2026
• A World-Class Gem Museum Inside the Old Courthouse — July 23, 2026
• Tucson's Birthplace Garden — July 16, 2026
• Ignite Sign Art Museum — July 9, 2026
• Tucson's Hand-Built Fairyland Opens After Dark — July 2, 2026
• The Midtown Museum Built Entirely Out of Tiny Worlds — June 25, 2026
• The Adobe Art Compound Hiding in the Foothills — June 18, 2026
• Tohono Chul: A Garden That Cools Off After Dark — June 11, 2026
• Agua Caliente Park: Tucson's Palm-Shaded Oasis — June 4, 2026
• Biosphere 2: Tucson's Coolest Day Trip — May 28, 2026
• Tucson Botanical Gardens — May 21, 2026
• Tubac at 274 — May 16, 2026
• Steam Pump Ranch, Oro Valley — May 7, 2026
• Madera Canyon Spring Birding — May 3, 2026
• Kartchner Caverns in May 2026 — April 28, 2026

High Growth Area

• Oro Valley's 888-Acre Question on Tangerine Road — October 7, 2026
• One Fence Line, Two Rulebooks — September 28, 2026
• Oro Valley's Last 12% Goes on the Ballot — September 20, 2026
• Marana's Aaa Rating and the Tax District Next Door — September 11, 2026
• The Pipe Comes Before the Rooftops — September 3, 2026
• Sahuarita's Queue: 2,476 Homes and Lots — August 26, 2026
• The Road a Homebuilder Helped Pay For — August 18, 2026
• New Houses Under $300K at Tucson's Edge — August 9, 2026
• Rooftops Outran the Retail on Oracle Road — August 1, 2026
• Vail's Next 1,180 Homes: Vail Crossings — July 24, 2026
• Corona de Tucson's Build-Out — July 17, 2026
• North Marana's Building Boom — July 10, 2026
• Tucson's Biggest New Master Plan in Years Breaks Ground — July 3, 2026
• Vail's 5,000-Acre Growth Engine Just Added Another Builder — June 26, 2026
• Oro Valley's Quiet Building Boom in 2026 — June 19, 2026
• Marana Is Now Arizona's 4th-Fastest-Growing City — June 12, 2026
• Sahuarita: Tucson's Fast-Growing South Valley — June 5, 2026
• Rocking K Ranch & the Houghton Road Boom — May 29, 2026
• Dove Mountain at Build-Out — May 10, 2026
• Vail & Rita Ranch in 2026 — April 30, 2026

Local Business Spotlight

• Civano Breeds Tucson's Desert Plants — October 2, 2026
• Bookmans Turns 50 in 2026 — May 25, 2026
• Hotel Congress at 107 — May 17, 2026
• Eegee's at 55 — May 9, 2026
• Whiskey Del Bac — April 29, 2026

Local Insights

• Tucson Skips the Clock Change. Your Calendar Doesn't — October 12, 2026
• Your Address Decides Your November Ballot — October 3, 2026
• The Southlands: Tucson's 50 Empty Square Miles — September 23, 2026
• San Rafael Estates: The Carport Test — September 15, 2026
• Tucson's Code Rewrite Reaches the Back Yard — September 7, 2026
• Windsor Park Joins the National Register — August 30, 2026
• Colonia Solana: Where the Wash Drew the Streets — August 22, 2026
• Menlo Park: The End of the Streetcar Line — August 13, 2026
• Dunbar/Spring: The Streets That Water Their Own Trees — August 5, 2026
• Civano: The Subdivision That Had to Prove It — July 28, 2026
• Starr Pass: Golf, Gates, and a Trailhead Backyard — July 20, 2026
• Armory Park: Downtown's Railroad-Era District — July 13, 2026
• The Neighborhood Built in a Fort's Ruins — July 6, 2026
• The Shaded Grid Beside Campus — June 29, 2026
• The Walkable Block Where Tucson Began — June 22, 2026
• The Arizona Inn Just Made a National Historic Register — June 15, 2026
• Barrio Viejo's Adobe Streets Get a 2026 Encore — June 8, 2026
• Tucson's June 2026 Real-Estate Snapshot — June 1, 2026
• Tucson's 2026 Pool Season Opens — May 19, 2026
• Five Weeks to Monsoon — May 11, 2026
• Saguaro Bloom Season 2026 — May 1, 2026
• Tucson's Spring 2026 Housing Market — April 23, 2026

Local Real Estate News

• Tucson Real Estate in September 2026, by the Numbers — October 15, 2026
• Arizona's Deed Fraud Law: ID, Thumbprints, a Felony — October 9, 2026
• Tucson Real Estate in August 2026, by the Numbers — September 29, 2026
• Arizona's HOA Resale Packet Got Longer — September 24, 2026
• No Property Tax, Bigger Map — September 16, 2026
• Three Cents' Worth a Year, Not Three Cents Once — September 14, 2026
• $1.4M for 9 Acres on Tanque Verde Road — September 6, 2026
• Innovation Park Land Sold: 333 Acres, $21.25 Million — August 29, 2026
• Your September Tax Bill Just Got Its Number — August 21, 2026
• Tucson Is Stocking a Fourplex Plan Library — August 12, 2026
• Tucson Votes on Data Center Zoning Aug. 4 — August 4, 2026
• Marana's Downtown Clears Its Last Court Fight — July 27, 2026

New Business

• Sprouts Opens October 30 at Old Vail and Houghton — October 16, 2026
• Barnes & Noble Takes Oracle Road's Old Joann Box — October 6, 2026
• One Room, Two Names, 17 Hours a Day — September 27, 2026
• One Storefront, Three Kitchens, Four Years — September 19, 2026
• Tortillas Chiwas Restarts Barrio Hollywood's 1947 Tortilla Factory — September 10, 2026
• Dirt Is Moving at Old Vail Road — September 2, 2026
• Walmart Bought Its Own Store — August 25, 2026
• Next Door to 51 Acres of Construction — August 17, 2026
• A Fabric Store's Lot, Now Three Tenants — August 15, 2026
• Champagne Takes Over La Encantada's Old Wine Bar — August 7, 2026
• Fifty Vendors in One 1,198-Square-Foot Store — July 30, 2026
• Zeke's Pizza & Coffee Opens Downtown — July 22, 2026
• Gibson Food Hall Opens Downtown — July 15, 2026
• El Charro's Family Opens The Hills — July 8, 2026
• Tucson's Fast-Growing Local Coffee Brand — July 1, 2026
• A Fantasy Café Is Coming to the Marana Outlets — June 24, 2026
• A Fresh-Pasta Bar Is Coming to Sam Hughes — June 17, 2026
• A Speakeasy Opens Inside a 1929 Bank Vault — June 10, 2026
• A German Beer Hall Lands on Silverbell — June 3, 2026
• Ciao Down Kitchen Is Coming to Marana — May 27, 2026
• Mountainside Fitness Comes to Tucson — May 15, 2026
• BubbaQue Smokehouse on S. Campbell — May 5, 2026
• Trader Joe's on Broadway & Plumer — April 25, 2026

New Development

• 66 Apartments Replace the Old Bum Steer Lot — October 13, 2026
• Grant Road Finishes. The Next Two Miles Wait Until 2029. — October 4, 2026
• A Fiber Ring Around Tucson, and What It Isn't — September 25, 2026
• Valencia Road: Two Lanes to Six — September 17, 2026
• A $27M PFAS Filter That Isn't for Drinking Water — September 8, 2026
• Two Propositions, One Midtown Street Rebuild — August 31, 2026
• The First Road RTA Next Actually Paid to Fix — August 23, 2026
• Mosaic Quarter: Ice Made From Rainwater — August 14, 2026
• Santa Rita Park's $8M Rebuild Slips to Fall — August 6, 2026
• I-19 and Irvington: A $53.4M Rebuild Begins — July 29, 2026
• A Nine-Story Dorm Rises at Speedway and Campbell — July 21, 2026
• Oro Valley's Mall Becomes a Village Center — July 14, 2026
• Tucson's $400M Airfield Rebuild — July 7, 2026
• Midtown's Longest Road Rebuild Wraps in October 2026 — June 30, 2026
• Tangerine Road's 10-Mile Widening Is Almost Done — June 23, 2026
• 22nd Street's $157M Bridge Rebuild Is Underway — June 16, 2026
• The $600M I-10 Rebuild Reshaping SE Tucson — June 9, 2026
• The $100M Pipeline Reshaping NW Tucson — June 2, 2026
• Oro Valley Marketplace's 'Village Center' — May 26, 2026
• Inside Mandarina, Marana — May 14, 2026
• Downtown Marana, on 60 Acres — May 6, 2026
• Camino Verano Breaks Ground — April 24, 2026
• Building Oro Valley Marketplace — April 20, 2026

Things to Do

• Kartchner's Big Room Reopens After the Bats Leave — October 11, 2026
• San Xavier's Façade, Restored by Hand — October 1, 2026
• Picacho Peak's Season Starts September 26 — September 22, 2026
• The Dark Sky Park Behind the Catalinas — September 13, 2026
• Madera Canyon: The $8 Is Parking, Not Entry — September 5, 2026
• Fall Gem Shows: Three Free, Two Billed Trade-Only — August 28, 2026
• Grass Country Goes Green, 45 Miles Out — August 20, 2026
• Where to Watch the Perseids After the Gates Lock — August 11, 2026
• Tumamoc Hill Opens at 4 a.m. — Free and Paved — August 3, 2026
• Downtown Tucson's Summer Scavenger Hunt — July 26, 2026
• A Free Old West Town on the East Side — July 19, 2026
• The Fox: Downtown's Restored 1930 Movie Palace — July 12, 2026
• Boo the Villain in the AC at the Gaslight — July 5, 2026
• Stargazing in the AC at Flandrau — June 28, 2026
• Tucson's Cold War Silo Stays Cool in June — June 21, 2026
• Saguaro National Park Is Best at First Light — June 14, 2026
• Colossal Cave: A 70°F Escape Near Vail — June 7, 2026
• Pima County's 137-Mile 'Loop' Greenway — May 31, 2026
• Catalina State Park in Oro Valley — May 23, 2026
• Pima Air & Space Museum + the Boneyard — May 20, 2026
• Cool Summer Nights at the Desert Museum — May 13, 2026
• Sabino Canyon in May 2026 — May 4, 2026
• Mount Lemmon in May 2026 — April 27, 2026