Yong's Weekly Read

Week of June 1-7, 2026

New listings · weekly

2,137

YoY change

+1.4%

Median price per sqft · Phoenix metro

The price arc, month by month.

Current

$256

Apr '26

12-month peak

$258

May '25

12-month trough

$252

Aug '25

12-month change

-0.8%

vs May '25

Luxury bands · price per sqft, days on market, closings

Four luxury bands. Four different markets.

Active snapshot · 2026-06-14

Estancia, an entry-to-luxury enclave in north Scottsdale

Price band

$800K – $2M

Active
3441
Median PPSF
$389
Median DOM
45days

Weekly signal

Last 13 weeks

3441 active listings; median days on market 45 days. The bridge tier: luxury-adjacent entry, broadest active pool.

Paradise Valley, the quintessential mid-luxury Phoenix market

Price band

$2M – $5M

Active
922
Median PPSF
$676
Median DOM
64days

Weekly signal

Last 13 weeks

922 active listings; median days on market 64 days. The most actively transacting luxury band.

Desert Mountain, a premier guard-gated community at the upper luxury tier

Price band

$5M – $10M

Active
239
Median PPSF
$1,005
Median DOM
77days

Weekly signal

Last 13 weeks

239 active listings; median days on market 77 days. Selective inventory; representation-driven, longer time horizons.

Silverleaf at DC Ranch, the top of the Phoenix luxury market

Price band

$10M+

Active
68
Median PPSF
$1,525
Median DOM
85days

Weekly signal

Last 13 weeks

68 active listings; median days on market 85 days. Ultra-luxury; off-market share is meaningful, so the published count understates true activity.

The catalog

All published reads.

How we read the market

Three inputs.

  1. 01

    ARMLS recorded transactions

    1.84M Valley records · refreshed every 4 hours

    The full set of MLS-listed transactions. Source-of-record for headline volume + closed-price stats.

  2. 02

    Public deed filings

    County recorder · weekly cross-reference

    Captures recorded transactions that didn’t pass through the MLS, including off-market trades, intra-family transfers, and entity-to-entity sales.

  3. 03

    Private RLSIR registry

    Off-market trades facilitated by the network

    Yong’s and the Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty network’s direct knowledge of pocket trades, club-membership-driven transfers, and pre-MLS introductions.

Weekly cadence reports the supply pulse (new-listing cadence + rolling averages) at metro granularity. Monthly cadence reports the full stat suite: median price-per-sqft, median days-on-market, transaction volume, and inventory tier breakdown. Adjustments are noted inline where applicable.