Yong's Weekly Read

Week of June 1-7, 2026

New listings · weekly

2,163

YoY change

+2.9%

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 · 2026-06-13

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

Price band

$800K – $2M

Active
2975
Median PPSF
$386
Median DOM
41days

Weekly signal

Last 13 weeks

2975 active listings; median days on market 41 days. The bridge tier: luxury-adjacent entry, broadest active pool.

Paradise Valley, the quintessential mid-luxury Phoenix market

Price band

$2M – $5M

Active
782
Median PPSF
$674
Median DOM
62days

Weekly signal

Last 13 weeks

782 active listings; median days on market 62 days. The most actively transacting luxury band.

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

Price band

$5M – $10M

Active
201
Median PPSF
$998
Median DOM
71days

Weekly signal

Last 13 weeks

201 active listings; median days on market 71 days. Selective inventory; representation-driven, longer time horizons.

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

Price band

$10M+

Active
60
Median PPSF
$1,481
Median DOM
69days

Weekly signal

Last 13 weeks

60 active listings; median days on market 69 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.