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PHOENIX, AZ MARKET
May 2022 Phoenix Metro Area
Between late October and mid-March, we saw a downward trend in supply. However, this has completely changed direction over the past 6 weeks, and active listing counts are rising very strongly. They are up more than 32% in a single month, one of the most dramatic shifts in the direction we have ever seen. If this trend continues for several months, the market dynamics will change significantly.
The overall effect is a major cooling event, turning a hot housing market into one that still favors sellers (for now) but is looking increasingly dangerous with each passing day. It only favors sellers because the supply is still very low compared with a normal market. But if supply continues to increase, as looks very likely at this point, we could quickly find ourselves with as many sellers as buyers. The market does not turn on a dime, but it can certainly change dramatically over a handful of months, as it did between August and November 2005. The charts today suggest we are now entering a very different phase of the market cycle.
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Data as of 05-03-22 courtesy of Cromford Report®
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Phoenix is a sprawling and busy metropolitan area with Sky Harbor Airport voted “America’s Friendliest Airport” that is one of the busiest airports in the nation serving 46 million passengers in 2019. Phoenix began as an agricultural, farming community and is still impacted economically by local growers and the 5 Cs: cotton, cattle, citrus, climate and copper. The Phoenix metropolitan area is serviced by 56+ hospitals and medical centers. The Mayo Clinic, is north of downtown, Banner Health is a non-profit health system in the United States, based in Phoenix and on of the city’s largest employers. Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI) is the world’s largest dedicated neurosurgical center and a leader in neurosurgical training, research since 1962. While Cancer Treatment Centers of America cares for patients from all over the nation.
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WHY CHOOSE PHOENIX?
According to Payscale, Phoenix’s cost of living is 5% lower than the national average. Compared to other cities around the nation property taxes are lower. Tourism has always been a large economic source for the Phoenix area, but the influx of GoDaddy and InfusionSoft along with other IT companies is creating a technology hub. AZ Big Media says more than 60 percent of the private sector works in advanced industry sectors: business and financial services, bioscience and healthcare, manufacturing or technology. This diversified job market is great for the local economy and shows resilience. Exemplifying how Phoenix was named for a bird that rises out of the ashes.
