During the past 12 months, the average price for a Phoenix home has risen 34 percent. Homeowners have now gained over half their home’s value that was lost when the housing bubble burst.
At the end of 2012, the average home price in Phoenix was $164,000. In 2011, the average home price was $122,500.
There are two reasons for the climb in home prices:
1 – Lender-sold homes sell for less money
2 – Between 2011 and 2012, foreclosures dropped 51 percent.
According to a report by the W.P Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, the supply of houses available also dropped six percent.
ASU’s Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice Director Mike Orr said short sales and foreclosures have dropped, which has decreased the sources for many inexpensive homes. He said this has led to more expensive transactions like new home sales and the usual resales.
Orr said home purchases by investors in the city dropped in the fall as prices increased rapidly. In late 2012, 36 percent of the home sales in Phoenix were cash deals. In comparison, during early 2012, about 50 percent of the transactions made were cash deals. The majority of cash transactions are investors.
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Carmen Brodeur JD
Realtor
Trillium Properties, LLC
9825 E Bell Road, Suite 120, Scottsdale AZ 85260
(602) 791-0536
Carmen@TopScottsdaleHomes.com
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Voted in the Top 3 Real Estate Agents in Arizona by the readers of Ranking Arizona Magazine, 2015-2023. Her background as an Attorney gives her special expertise with contracts and negotiations. Carmen has a proven track record of success with buyers and sellers in Scottsdale.
