The weekly Cromford® Market Index ranking for the 18 largest Greater Phoenix cities, showing where each city sits now and how it has moved over the past month.
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Maricopa Affidavit Statistics for August 2026
August 2026 had 21 working days, the same as August 2025 but one fewer than July 2026. The year-over-year comparison therefore needs no calendar adjustment, while July’s extra day means we should expect about 4.5% fewer closings than last month before reading anything into the change. Total closings came in at 5,417, down 7.8% year-over-year,…
Cromford® Subdivision Explorer for Maricopa County
Here is a tool I built for the new website that I thought you might find interesting. You can search for any recorded subdivision in Maricopa County and see it along with its neighboring areas.
CMI Secondary City Ranking Table – August 2026
The monthly Cromford® Market Index ranking for the secondary Greater Phoenix cities, showing where each city sits now and how it has moved over the past month.
CMI Large City Ranking Table August 27, 2026
The weekly Cromford® Market Index ranking for the 18 largest Greater Phoenix cities, showing where each city sits now and how it has moved over the past month.
S&P/Cotality Case-Shiller Indexes for August 2026
The latest S&P Cotality Case-Shiller® Home Price Index® numbers were published today. The new report covers home sales from April to June 2026. This means the typical home sale closed in mid-May, more than 3 months ago. We should remember that Case-Shiller data is based on older sales and does not include data from July…
CMI Large City Ranking Table August 20, 2026
The weekly Cromford® Market Index ranking for the 18 largest Greater Phoenix cities, showing where each city sits now and how it has moved over the past month.
Mid-Month Pricing Update and Forecast
For the monthly period ending August 15, we are currently recording a sales $/SF of $292.77, averaged across all areas and types in the ARMLS database. This is down 3.6% from the $303.74 we measured for July 15. Our forecast range midpoint was $300.36, so although we predicted a significant fall, we underestimated it by…
CMI Large City Ranking Table August 13, 2026
The weekly Cromford® Market Index ranking for the 18 largest Greater Phoenix cities, showing where each city sits now and how it has moved over the past month.
Price Analysis: Part Three – A Longer-Term View
In our last two posts, we studied the weak period in the housing market that has lasted since the froth of the COVID frenzy blew away. Using the most recent price peak as the baseline means almost all methods of measuring home prices show a gloomy picture because, by definition, we started at the top…