Staff Reports | Dwellings & Multifamily
Numbers were up for single-family home sales in October as Phoenix continued to outpace the national housing market in several categories.
Year-to-date closed sales, pending sales, new listings and median sales price all increased.
“Year-to-date closed sales, pending sales, new listings and median sales price all increased,” said Christy Walker, board president of Phoenix REALTORS. “These data are indicators of the strength in the Phoenix market,” Ms. Walker said.
The October data show Greater Phoenix with a 3.8% increase in closed sales compared to the first 10 months of 2024, according to a press release from Phoenix REALTORS.
Comparing October 2025 to the same month last year, locally, closed sales increased by 4.9%, compared to a 1.5% rise nationwide. Almost 52,000 homes have sold so far this year, with just over 51,000 pending deals posted, the release states.
Over the first 10 months of 2025, compared to 2024, new listings rose 8% and pending sales were up slightly at 0.5%. Nationally, the data for the same period show new listings decreasing 0.8% and pending sales dropping 27.1 percent.
Greater Phoenix homeowners again saw their home equity increase in year-to-date numbers, with the median price of a single-family home matching the national average at $480,000. While the national median price remained flat, locally it increased by 0.4% over 2024.
Despite the increase in home prices, the housing affordability index improved from 69 to 71. This means that through October, 71% of households could afford the median-priced home, up 2.9% from a year earlier.
“These are two markers of very good news,” Ms. Walker said in a prepared statement. “Homeowners are seeing values rise, increasing their personal equity. At the same time, rising incomes mean more households can buy that median home compared to last year.”
Across the metropolitan area, the inventory of homes for sale climbed by 19.2%, creating a 4.4-month supply. The average number of days on the market rose 15.6% to 74 days from 64 last year.
City breakdown:
- Phoenix: Inventory supply at 3.8 months; closed sales up 1.8%; new listings up 5.4%; median price flat at $485,000; days on market up 20% to 66.
- Scottsdale: Median price up 3.5% to $1.18 million; new listings up 4.2%; closed sales up 5.7%; pending sales down 0.2%; inventory at 4.8 months.
- Mesa: Days on market up 28.3% to 68; median price down 0.2% to $490,000; closed sales up 0.9%; pending sales down 3.1%; inventory at 3.5 months.
- Gilbert: New listings up 11.4%; pending sales up 4.7%; closed sales up 8.2%; median price down 1.7% to $595,000; inventory steady at 3 months.
- Goodyear: Closed sales up 27.2%; pending sales up 24.4%; new listings up 16.9%; median price down 1.2% to $475,000; inventory down to 4.1 months.
- Peoria: Closed sales up 5.6%; new listings up 11.3%; pending sales up 1.2%; median price down 1.5% to $529,000; days on market up 20% to 72.
- Surprise: Closed sales up 6.1%; pending sales up 3.7%; new listings up 14.1%; median price down 1.4% to $430,000; inventory up to 4.8 months.
