Bristol Palin Buys Home in Arizona for $172,000

(AP)  MARICOPA, Arizona - Bristol Palin has bought a five-bedroom home south of Phoenix in Arizona.

Paperwork shows the recent contestant on TV's "Dancing With the Stars" and daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the sole purchaser of the house in the town of Maricopa in Pinal County. She bought it for $172,000 from a North Dakota couple.

It's not clear if Bristol Palin will be a seasonal visitor or permanent resident at the home, in a development called Cobblestone Farms.

According to real estate websites, the residence is a two-level, brown stucco house with a tile roof, a landscaped front and back yard, and access to a community pool.

The Arizona Republic reports the 3,900-square-foot home was built in 2006 and was bought for a little under $330,000 at the time. It has 2½ baths and a three-car garage.

Bristol Palin, 20, closed on the home in early December, buying it from Michael and Cynthia Smith, according to paperwork filed with the Pinal County Recorder's Office.

"I'm not sure why she wanted to buy that home, but we are real happy for her," Michael Smith told The Republic.

Bristol Palin came to the forefront during her mother's 2008 vice presidential run when the Palin family announced that the then-17-year-old was pregnant.

Following the birth of her son, Bristol Palin spoke out as a teen pregnancy prevention advocate.

[fz5znd01]

Anyone that says something like that could have it backfire in their own face. The Palins have not done anything to anyone so why dont you just leave them alone. Look at the shape our country is in and put the blame where it really belongs and that is not on the Palins. So be careful what you say because God is watching you and listening.

[brian_norwood]

I really don't give a rat's patoot about Bristol Palin.

However, the thing I find amazing is that a house that once sold for $330K now sells for $174K. Wow, things must be bad in Arizona.

[JV1970]

From what I've read it's like that all over the country. The real estate market is really down right now.

[HikerDan]

Why don't you live the girl alone, cretins.... If you want to fight someone, be brave and honest - go outside, find some tough-looking tattooed guy and tell him something insulting... Then you will have the fight, a real fight...
But noooooooo...... You, cowards, will lash out at someone who didn't do anything negative to you. I see not much difference between you and those crouds that stone women half a world away at some dusty willage square... You have no honor and no pride. Disgusting waste of oxygen...

[hamsterattack]

i hope it burns down

[erasmus111]

You're an idiot.

[JV1970]

Why? What has Bristol or Sarah or any of the Palins done to you? What's it to you if Bristol bought a house? It didn't cost you anything and she's likely not moving in next door to you and probably not even in your neighborhood!

[erasmus111]

Wow. That's a good deal. I don't think that you could even buy a mobile home, here (Canada), for that. : )

[deoppressoliber1964]

#1. Who cares?
#2. Does the house have wheels?

[JV1970]

#1. Apparently YOU care because you did read this article and you took the time to comment on it!
#2. It's a HOUSE not a trailor! I doubt that it has wheels!


Incidentally the Palin's home in Alaska isn't a trailor either! It's a nice, comfortable home with NO wheels!

[bobnjersey]

["I'm not sure why she wanted to buy that home, but we are real happy for her," Michael Smith told The Republic. ]
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how about it's half the price of what it sold four four years ago?

[omega42]

I went to Zillow and checked out the listings in that area and they are giving them away. I don't understand why anyone would want a barn that big in a climate that is going to require substantial amounts of AC though.

[kenhamlett]

If she is trying to get away from Sara, Arizona is not far enough. Try Argentina. They even admitted Nazis so I am sure the welcome sign will be out.

[DoctorGlennPHD]

Some of you are unbelieveably heartless. Picking on a 20-year old is senseless and serves no purpose other than to pamper your twisted minds. I'll bet a few of the posters here are the same people who would kick the crutches out from under the arms of a wounded veteran. In a world so filled with hate, why not try to show some compassion?

[skeezix06]

Bristol doesn't need compassion by republican standards. In fact, compassion is not a republican virtue or ethic from everything I've seen.

[JV1970]

They're jealous, bratty children. They can't stand it when someone else has more than they have and they lash out and make their snide, hateful remarks. They are no different than a jealous child who's brother or sister got more toys for Christmas than they did or their brother or sister gets more attention than they do.

[inmom63]

I'm not a fan of Sarah Palin, but what in this world has Bristol Palin done to any of you? She earns money from her speechs (which lots of people seem to want to listen to) and she earned money from DWTS. If she wants to invest it in a house in Arizona...more power to her.