The Northeast and Midwest remained strong, while Florida, which saw a major runup in prices in recent years, continued to cool. 

Luxury listings in Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Phoenix and Sedona are among the priciest new homes on the market statewide.

The 6.3% month-over-month decline was the steepest the U.S. market has seen since September 2022. 

In Phoenix, home prices rose 1.92% year over year and 0.15% month over month in March. 

Nationally, home sales slid 1.4% year over year but increased 11.3% month over month, RE/MAX said. 

The priciest home sale in Arizona last month was a $14.9 million estate in Scottsdale.

The association noted, however, that 90% of the responses to its survey tracking homebuilder sentiment were received before the announcement of a 90-day reprieve in U.S.-China tariffs. 

The most recent Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey shows homebuyer activity continued despite the economic uncertainty. 

Homes that are professionally staged not only attract more attention from potential buyers — they also sell faster and for more money, according to data from the National Association of Realtors’® 2025 Profile of Home Staging.  

Despite the deceleration, the company, formerly known as CoreLogic, expects prices to rise another 4.9% over the next year.

The National Association of REALTORS’® Pending Home Sales Index rose 6.9% in March, compared to economists’ expectations of a smaller 1% gain.

A Scottsdale estate, last sold in 2022 for $9.5 million, just hit the market again — but this time, with a $25 million price tag.

The pace of sales rose 7.4% compared to February, topping analyst estimates by a large margin.

Given the city’s median annual household income of $110,067 for married couples, they have to spend 50% of their yearly earnings on mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance and other related costs.

The surprisingly large decline in the pace of housing starts comes as builder sentiment remains depressed by tariff worries and high prices. 

Agents from Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty are prominently featured as both listing and selling agents on this month’s list of the 10 most expensive home sales in Arizona.