Published July 1, 2026 · Arizona Real Estate Wholesaling Team
Each quarter, we plan to publish a market update covering the Phoenix metro, Pinal County, and Tucson — median prices, days on market, foreclosure trends, and what it all means for sellers and investors. This particular article is being published ahead of having verified Q3 2026 data in hand, so rather than invent numbers and present them as fact, we're using it to show you the format and structure our real quarterly updates will follow. Every figure below is an illustrative example, clearly labeled, so you can see how the finished product will read once it's populated with verified numbers from our data sources.
In a completed version of this update, this section would include the current median sale price for Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Scottsdale, Tempe, Peoria, and Glendale, each compared to the prior quarter and prior year. Example format: "Phoenix's median sale price this quarter was approximately $X, up/down Y% from last quarter." Until real Q3 2026 figures are compiled from ARMLS and the Maricopa County Assessor, treat any specific number as a placeholder rather than a fact.
Similarly, this section would normally cover Casa Grande, Maricopa, and Coolidge median prices and trends for the quarter, sourced from Pinal County Assessor records and ARMLS. Pinal County submarkets often show different momentum than the core Phoenix metro, which is part of why we break this data out separately rather than lumping all of Arizona into one number.
This section would typically describe whether the quarter leaned toward a buyer's market, seller's market, or balanced market, based on trends in days on market and inventory levels, along with what that generally means for sellers considering a traditional listing versus a fast cash sale.
Rather than fabricate a filing count, a completed update would summarize the general directional trend in trustee sale notices and pre-foreclosure activity across Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima counties, sourced from RealtyTrac and county recorder data, along with what that trend might mean for the pipeline of distressed and off-market deals available to investors.
A completed quarterly update would close with practical takeaways: whether it's a good time to sell traditionally versus for cash, whether investor competition for wholesale deals is heating up or cooling down, and any notable shifts in repair costs, hard money rates, or assignment fee norms worth watching. See our MAO formula guide and hard money lending overview for the underlying mechanics these takeaways build on.
We considered simply not publishing a Q3 2026 update until we had verified numbers fully compiled and cited. Instead, we decided it was more useful to lay out the exact structure and sections our real quarterly updates will follow now, clearly labeled as a sample, so readers know what to expect from future updates and can compare the format against what eventually gets published with real data. This also gives us a consistent template to fill in each quarter — Phoenix metro snapshot, Pinal County snapshot, days on market and buyer/seller balance, foreclosure and distress trends, and practical takeaways — rather than reinventing the structure from scratch each time, which should make future updates faster to produce and easier for readers to compare quarter over quarter.
If you need current market data today rather than waiting for our next full quarterly release, our market data page is kept as the canonical reference point and is updated on a quarterly cycle directly from Maricopa County Assessor, Arizona REALTORS®/ARMLS, RealtyTrac, and U.S. Census Bureau sources. Our individual Phoenix, Mesa, Casa Grande, Pinal County, and Tucson market report pages also carry city-level snapshots.
Whether you're deciding when to sell or evaluating investment timing, we're happy to talk through what current conditions mean for your specific situation.
Whether you're reading this template, our finished quarterly release, or a market update from another source, it's worth developing the habit of checking where the numbers actually come from before treating them as fact. A credible update should cite its sources (county assessor records, ARMLS, RealtyTrac, Census data, or similar), should distinguish between median and average figures (which can tell very different stories), and should be honest about margins of uncertainty rather than presenting a single precise-looking number as if it were exact down to the dollar. We've built our own market data page around that same standard, and we'd encourage you to apply the same scrutiny to any source claiming to know exactly where the Arizona market stands in a given quarter.
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