Median Prices June 4, 2009

City...........Week 15 April.......Week 23 June
Phoenix..........$60,735..............$75,000
Gilbert............$195,000............$189,000
Mesa..............$129,000............$134,900
Glendale.........$105,000............$95,500
Surprise..........$132,350.......... $137,000
Queen Creek...$107,000...........$109,500
Scottsdale......$400,000............$400,000

Glendale declined to $91,000 in May...

The May numbers just came out on the Cromford Report. Here they are:

DATE................NOTS......... TDS..........CTS......... CHANGE........PENDING

May 2009...........8,613...........3,809.........2,354 .............1,589...............44,760

April 2009...........9,092...........3,106.........2,666 .............3,427...............43,171
March 2009.......10,689..........3,377.........3,168.... .........5,189...............39,744

These...

On June 12, 2009 in the Phoenix Metropolitan area, on the MLS, there were 9,864 homes of the following type that are in Active status.

Single family detached homes
NOT in short-sale status
Priced below $350,000

(Short sales were eliminated because the current buyers are shunning them in favor of the REO's.)

For the past 30 days there were 6,762 Sales of the above type.

That means there is a 1.4 months supply of that type home...

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