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PHOENIX, AZ MARKET
August 2021 Phoenix Metro Area
Supply continues to move higher. We would usually consider a 24.7% increase in one month to be an exceptional growth rate. However, we are rising from a very low point and the number of active listings without a contract is still down 75% from what would be considered normal. We are witnessing new listings arrive at a faster rate than we usually see at this time of year, especially those priced between $400,000 and $1 million. This is helping buyers, but there are still far more buyers than homes for sale.
I still read articles describing demand as exceptionally strong. This is absurd. Demand is only slightly above normal and has been getting weaker over the last several months. This is obvious both from the pending and under contract counts (down compared with last month and last year). and from the monthly sales counts (down compared with last month and last year). If demand were strong, then all these numbers should be responding to the increase in supply. They are not.
ACTIVE LISTINGS
MEDIAN SALES PRICE
MONTHLY SALES
AVG. PRICE PER SQ. FT.
Data as of 8-03-21 courtesy of Cromford Report® and First American Title
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.
Things to do in Phoenix, AZ
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.
