Current Market Data

CoreLogic: Pace of home-price increases slows for fourth month in a row in August

Looking ahead, CoreLogic expects the year-over-year pace of home-price appreciation to slow to 3.5% by August 2023. 

American Home Shield: Average home sizes vary dramatically across the U.S.

The average median home size varies drastically across the country, according to American Home Shield’s 2022 American Home Size Index.

Mortgage payments up 15% since mid-August

Market volatility is causing more and more homebuyers to delay or cancel plans to make a purchase.

Arizona ranked the No. 6 state for retirement

The average retirement income in Arizona is $30,168 (20th among all states).

Overvalued markets increasing as mortgage rates rise

Rising mortgage rates have led to a substantial increase in the number of markets considered overvalued.

Homebuyers face most volatile mortgage rates in 35 years

Mortgage rates continue to fluctuate by nearly half a percentage point every month, leaving homebuyers facing the most volatile three-month period they’ve seen since 1987.

ATTOM: Third-quarter increases in housing costs outpace increases in income

“Homeownership remains largely unaffordable for the majority of homebuyers in the majority of markets across the country,” said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of market intelligence at ATTOM.

National home prices see first monthly drop since January 2019, S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index shows

The price index dropped in Phoenix, too, declining 0.12% from June to July. Year over year, the Phoenix home price index is up 13.51%.

NAR: 2022 Member Safety Report for residential real estate

While 23% of residential Realtors claim they have feared for their safety while on the job, 98% reported that they have never been the victim of a crime while at work.

Bidding wars fall to lowest level since April 2020

In Phoenix, 26.4% of Redfin offers faced competition in August

New-home sales post unexpected rebound in August

Sales of new homes in the U.S. jumped 28.8% between July and August, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  

Phoenix named one of the most popular cities to move to during the first half of 2022

Phoenix had one of the highest ratios of people moving in vs. those moving out during the first half of the year, a recent analysis found. 

Phoenix stands out as one of best markets for real estate investment over the last 10 years

The median single-family home price in the Phoenix metro area in 2011 was $115,500. Ten years later, it was $415,400, nearly a 260% increase.

NAR: Existing-home sales fell in August while prices rose

The median existing-home price for all housing types in August was $389,500, a 7.7% rise from the year before. 

NAR: Charitable giving by REALTOR® associations increased 20% in 2021

The NAR’s Community Aid and Real Estate (CARE) Report shows that REALTOR® associations donated a median of $12,070 this past year, a 20% increase over 2020.

Housing starts surprise to the upside in August

New-home construction posted a 12.2% month-over-month increase in August, thanks in large part to a significant jump in multifamily building.  

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