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$139,900 - The median sales price for all homes in Greater Phoenix in the third quarter of 2009.
The median sales price for all homes in Greater Phoenix has been dropping since the first quarter of 2007. It reached a low of $138,000 in the second quarter of 2009 and then increased slightly to $139,900 in the third quarter. The number of total sales of single-family homes fell to a low of 17,835 in the first quarter of 2008 and had rebounded to 31,680 by the third quarter of 2009. This increase in sales activity is in part a reflection of the affordability of the Phoenix housing market.
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As one of many indicator initiatives nationally, Arizona Indicators seeks to actively engage colleagues in the field who are working with complementary datasets. Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona Indicators’ parent institution, recently strengthened its relationship with Brookings Institution. Morrison Institute for Public Policy and Brookings Institution are now partners in Brookings Mountain West, a collaboration of Brookings Institution and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. With a focus on the Intermountain West states – Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, and New Mexico – Brookings Mountain West conducts research on economic growth, demographic change, infrastructure improvement, environmental impact, alternative energy, and real estate investment. Check out their latest publication, the Mountain Monitor, which is designed to serve as a barometer of the health of the Intermountain West’s metropolitan economies.
Read about Arizona’s performance on environmental indicators of sustainability in the latest issue of Indicator Insight. Learn about Environmental Protection Agency standards for air and water quality, urban heat island trends that are occurring in metro Phoenix, and the breakdown of energy production and use in Arizona. Each issue of Indicator Insight defines key terms, establishes historical context, and highlights major policy issues in one of our main content areas.
New Data on Older Adults and People with Disabilities
Arizona Indicators is pleased to debut a pilot set of indicators on older adults and people with disabilities. Visit the expanded Families tab to view data on Arizona’s older Hispanic population, the number of assisted living facilities, grandparents raising grandchildren, and the employment rate for people with disabilities, among others.
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Arizona Indicators is a project of Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. It is a community partnership supported by major sponsors Arizona State University and the Arizona Community Foundation, and contributing sponsors, Valley of the Sun United Way, The Arizona Republic, and Arizona Department of Commerce.
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