MARKET · OCTOBER 19, 2026 Monday Market Update: Prices Hold While Supply Climbs Supply rose by about a third in a month and every city's index fell again. The median price barely moved, and the reason why matters for anyone pricing a home this fall. The Signal The supply side moved sharply ove

      MARKET · OCTOBER 12, 2026 Monday Market Update: Mesa, Gilbert and Glendale Tip Toward Buyers Three of the metro's largest mid-priced cities read below 100 on the Cromford Market Index for the first time this fall, Fountain Hills and Paradise Valley gave back a third of their readings in a mont

      MARKET · OCTOBER 5, 2026 Monday Market Update: Scottsdale Takes First as All 18 Cities Fall Every one of the eighteen cities in the table is weaker than it was a month ago. Scottsdale took the top spot by losing the least, Paradise Valley and Fountain Hills each gave back 30%, and the 30 year

      MARKET · SEPTEMBER 28, 2026 Monday Market Update: Paradise Valley Falls 22% in a Month The top of the table gave back its summer in one month, Scottsdale moved into second, and the 30 year fixed crossed 7%. Also this week: what 170,000 listings say Coming Soon actually does, and where Arizona

      MARKET · SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 Monday Market Update: Demand Fades in 15 of 18 Cities Paradise Valley gave back 13% in a month and Fountain Hills 8%. The buyers thinned out, not the listings, and the 30 year fixed crossed 7% the week the Fed hiked for the first time since 2023. The Signal The high

      Market · September 14, 2026 Monday Market Update: The Index Slips Below 80 The valley index slipped under 80 as listings rose and closings fell 10%. Thirteen of eighteen cities moved toward buyers over the past month, and a golf course view turned out to be worth anywhere from nothing to 91%.

      MARKET · SEPTEMBER 7, 2026 Monday Market Update: Paradise Valley Crosses 200 The valley average has not moved in a year. The cities underneath it moved more this month than they have all year. The Signal The Cromford Market Index, which measures the balance between supply and demand rather tha

      MARKET · AUGUST 31, 2026 Monday Market Update: The Middle Stopped Moving Supply is rising because buyers stepped back, not because sellers showed up. The Signal Months of supply climbed to 4.3 from 3.6 a year ago, a 19.4% increase, and almost none of that came from sellers flooding the market.

      MARKET · AUGUST 24, 2026 Monday Market Update: More Homes, Fewer Sales Active inventory crossed above last year for the first time this cycle while monthly sales touched a new low, even as Fountain Hills answers Paradise Valley with a 10% jump and the West Valley flips to the metro's most buye

      MARKET · AUGUST 17, 2026 Monday Market Update: The First Amber Light Pre-foreclosures have climbed to 3.9% of contracts, a distinct upward trend worth honest attention, while Paradise Valley crosses 200 and the softness shifts to the middle of the market. The Signal The most important number t

      MARKET · AUGUST 10, 2026 Monday Market Update: Why the Average Home Doesn't Exist In July, 62% of Greater Phoenix closings sold below the average price per square foot. The gap between the average home and the typical home keeps widening, and it changes how honest pricing gets done. The Signal

      MARKET · AUGUST 3, 2026 Monday Market Update: Real Prices Slip, the Crown Changes Hands Adjusted for inflation, Phoenix homes cost 14% less than at the 2022 peak, while Paradise Valley quietly completes its climb to number one. The Signal The week's most interesting story is what prices look l

      MARKET · JULY 27, 2026 Monday Market Update: Paradise Valley Jumps 23%, Real Prices Stand Still Paradise Valley posts the largest monthly gain of the summer and closes to within ten points of first place, while the metro's new $454,000 median high hides prices that are flat to falling in real

      MARKET · JULY 20, 2026 Monday Market Update: Paradise Valley Surges, Southeast Valley Slips Paradise Valley vaulted past Chandler and Scottsdale into second place metro-wide while the Southeast Valley kept sliding. The market drifts gently toward buyers overall, with strength concentrating whe

      MARKET · JULY 13, 2026 Monday Market Update: What the Housing Act Left Out A bipartisan housing act became law on July 11. For the market, the omissions matter more than the provisions: no forced institutional selloff, no build-to-rent ban, and a supply effect that will be gradual at most. The

      MARKET · JULY 6, 2026 Monday Market Update: Luxury Sellers Sit Out the Summer Inventory now sits below both last month and last year, with supply falling fastest at the high end as luxury sellers wait for late September. Stable, better than 2025, and quietly thinner at the top. The Signal Earl

      MARKET · JUNE 29, 2026 Monday Market Update: The Apartment Glut Is Clearing Multi-family permits just hit their lowest since 2016, more than 60% below the 2023 peak. The oversupply is unwinding, and forecasts point to rents turning positive between late 2026 and mid-2027. The Signal This week'

      MARKET · JUNE 22, 2026 Monday Market Update: Luxury Up 17%, Entry-Level Down 7% The 3.5-year price trend depends entirely on tier. Homes over $3M are up 17% per square foot since 2023 while sub-$500K homes are down 7%. This is four markets, not one. The Signal There is no single Phoenix price

      MARKET · JUNE 15, 2026 Monday Market Update: An Accounting Change, Not a Crisis A scary FHA delinquency number is making the rounds, but it is a bookkeeping rule, not borrower distress. Meanwhile Phoenix luxury keeps pulling away, with Paradise Valley up 19% this week. The Signal A second scar

      MARKET · JUNE 8, 2026 Monday Market Update: Foreclosures Are Still 50% Below Normal The fear-driven headlines do not match the data. Trustee sale activity in Maricopa County sits far below its historical baseline, even as local prices firm and the Cromford Index holds at 81.6. The Signal It is