Where is Payson, AZ, and why should I buy a house there?

This 2 bedroom, 1 bath, upstairs unit is for sale at the great price of $55,000! Play the show for pictures, and click "details" and "amenities" for more information.

OK, SO I'm exaggerating. But it does totally amaze me how many people seem to find Payson, Arizona, and are interested in buying homes here. Payson is a very small town. When we moved here 15 yrs ago the population was 8,000+. The last I heard we are now near 16,000. When I am down in the Phoenix...

I just reposted an entry from last year (so it would show on Localism- that's what the Q & A recommends) entitled "How to speak Payson". Since its almost supper time, this is a natural follow-up. For a small town, Payson has quite a few good restaurants. This list is purely subjective, these are ...

Hi from Payson, AZ. By no means everyone in Arizona knows where Payson is (I know this by the blank looks I get when I mention it to someone in Phoenix). We're about an hour and a half drive north of the Phoenix area, and about 5,000 ft. UP. Long-time residents have their own vocabulary. These ar...

Payson has a great fireworks show. They shoot them out over Green Valley Lake, the park around fills with people. We usually love it. But this year it drizzled rain and we didn't feel like sitting in it for hours to get a spot. We took our Jeep Wrangler on a dirt road toward the edge of a hill ov...

                              THe Monsoon is officially on in the Southwest. This year they just defined it by DATE, not by 3 days in a row with a dewpoint over 55 as in past years. Here in Payson, AZ we've had several storms already with a few tenths of a percent of an inch of rain. Even a litle...

 Hi from Payson, AZ Payson, being the friendly small town which it is, offers a great Fourth of July Celebration free to the community. There are usually various activities for the kids during the day, a concert in the early evening, and a fireworks display when its dark enough. All of these act...

  Hi from Payson, AZ  OK, I admit it. Payson is going to be hot today. How hot, you ask? We're supposed to be 96 today! Now if you're from back East or North, you may thinking "that IS hot", but if you're from Arizona's deserts, you're probably thinking "what a wimp!"       Actually I'm being si...

Real Estate Statistics for Payson, AZ, for May, 2008 These stats are only for Payson, for outlying areas, please contact us. Site-built homes:22 sold through RE offices in May in Payson, at prices from $137,900 to a million.-4 were under $200,000-6 in the $200,000s-5 in the $300,000s-7 over $400,...

Site-built home in Alpine Heights subdivision- Owners say Lease it! This is a spacious, 4 bedroom/3 bath home, with the main living area (including 3 bedrooms and 2 baths) on the top floor, an additional bedroom and bath (as well as family room/living area, and workroom/laundry room) are on the l...