Every number below comes from recorded sales, not sentiment.
Right now this is a balanced market, heating up.
Neither side holds much leverage. Homes move at a normal pace for this ZIP and pricing discipline decides the outcome.
$705K
Median sold (3 mo)
$292
Per sqft
47 days
On market
98.8%
Sold to list
12%
Closed over list
Latest three complete months of ARMLS single-family sales in 85298.
One-year $/sqft change: -0.1%. Three-year: 3.6%.
What sold here in the last three months
Out of the 193 homes that closed in April to June 2026, here is the bedroom count buyers
actually bought. Median 3.0 bathrooms.
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2 beds or fewer14%
3 bedrooms20%
4 bedrooms42%
5+ bedrooms23%
Where 85298 sits
The shaded area is ZIP 85298. Streets and highways
stay visible so you can orient yourself. Map data from OpenStreetMap.
Is 85298 expensive right now
Measured against 22 years of history, 85298 is priced right where it usually sits relative to the rest of the Valley. No premium, no discount. If you buy here, you pay what the neighborhood is actually worth.
Still adding homes, but past its peak building pace. 16,272 homes and counting. Most were built around 2010. Only 8% are landlord-owned, low for the Valley. This is owner territory.
When 85298 was built
The age profile of the 15,471 homes here with a recorded build year. The copper
bar is the decade that defines this neighborhood. Age tells you what to inspect: a 1970s ZIP
means original plumbing and panels are still out there, while a 2020s ZIP is mostly
under builder warranty.
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Before 19600%
1960s0%
1970s0%
1980s1%
1990s3%
2000s45%
2010s40%
2020s11%
Twenty-two years of price history
ZIP 85298Maricopa County
Median sold price per square foot by month,
Jan 2004 to Jul 2026, 3-month smoothed. ARMLS single-family sales.
Over the last 10 years this ZIP appreciated 115%. In the 2008 crash it drew down 39% peak to trough, which is the honest measure of how it behaves when the market turns.
Where prices actually land
From 632 sales in the last 12 months (July 2025 to June 2026).
Half of everything sold between the 25th and 75th percentile lines.
$/sqft
Sold price
Bottom of the market (p10)
$225
25th percentile
$259
$571,423
Median
$291
$700,522
75th percentile
$325
$883,459
Top of the market (p90)
$369
Price per square foot falls as homes get bigger, so a large
home should be judged against its own size band, not the ZIP overall.
Size band
Median $/sqft
Sales
Under 1,400 sqft
$326/sqft
16
1,400 to 1,900 sqft
$304/sqft
113
1,900 to 2,600 sqft
$285/sqft
199
Over 2,600 sqft
$277/sqft
304
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Where does your home land?
Slide to a price and size. I will place it on 85298's ladder, using the
last 12 months of actual sales.
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YOUR HOME
$225/sqft$291 median$369/sqft
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just where the number sits on this ZIP's ladder.
See what features place a house into each price tier in 85298, and how your
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What this means for you
Buying here
No rush, no panic. Pricing discipline matters more than timing. Leverage score 51 out of 100,
measured against this ZIP's own 22-year history. Days on market sit at the
46th percentile of everything this ZIP has ever done.
Selling here
The data says: price at market; expect near-list offers. That comes from how 85298 buyers
are actually behaving this quarter, not a rule of thumb.
This is the ZIP. Your street tells its own story.
I run this same analysis at the subdivision and
size-band level before any client of mine lists or offers.
Sources: ARMLS sold records (Jan 2004 to Jul 2026) and Maricopa County Assessor public
records. Analysis window April to June 2026. This report describes market conditions in ZIP 85298
as a whole. It is not an appraisal or a valuation of any specific property, and it is not
investment advice. Statistics reflect recorded single-family sales and may lag the market
by up to one month. Clifford Wong, CliffordSellsAZ.
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