{"id":9926,"date":"2026-08-29T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/?p=9926"},"modified":"2026-08-29T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:00:00","slug":"heres-how-metro-phoenix-ranks-among-buyer-friendly-housing-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/heres-how-metro-phoenix-ranks-among-buyer-friendly-housing-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s how Metro Phoenix ranks among buyer-friendly housing markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>The expanded Market Clock\u00ae tool shows 70% of the top 100 U.S. metros favor buyers or are trending that way, the highest spring share since 2019. Seller\u2019s markets have shrunk to 25%, with the South dominating buyer-friendly markets and the Midwest still favoring sellers. Listing prices per square foot fell in 60 metros, signaling sellers are adjusting prices. Market momentum varies regionally, with some metros moving rapidly toward buyer conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/azbigmedia.com\/real-estate\/heres-how-metro-phoenix-ranks-among-buyer-friendly-housing-markets\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The expanded Market Clock\u00ae tool shows 70% of the top 100 U.S. metros favor buyers or are trending that way, the highest spring share since 2019. Seller\u2019s markets have shrunk to 25%, with the South dominating buyer-friendly markets and the Midwest still favoring sellers. Listing prices per square foot fell in 60 metros, signaling sellers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paOTA9-2A6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9305,"url":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/heres-where-phoenix-ranks-among-most-buyer-friendly-housing-markets-of-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":9926,"position":0},"title":"Here&#8217;s where Phoenix ranks among most buyer-friendly housing markets of 2026","author":"admin","date":"March 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Phoenix ranks among the most buyer-friendly housing markets of 2026, offering cooling home prices, forecasted appreciation, and less competition. 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