Niche market

Waterfront homes, in the desert

Arizona really does have waterfront: man-made lake communities like The Lakes in Tempe, Dobson Ranch, Val Vista Lakes, Arrowhead Lakes, Estrella, and Fountain Hills, where homes back to water, and the MLS records the lot as waterfront. Those listings, live, are below.

Lake communities come with their own homework: association rules, what the water can be used for, and how lake frontage prices against the rest of the neighborhood. Worth knowing before you fall for the view.