Phoenix New Homes Sales Up

According to the latest data from Scottsdale-based research firm RL Brown Housing Reports, new home sales are up around Phoenix area and builders continue to take out more permits for new construction compared to last year.

RL Brown’s February numbers show there were 980 new home sales in the Phoenix market last month. That’s a 38.2 percent jump from the 709 new homes sold in February 2015.

For the year, there have been more than 1,700 new homes sold — up 29 percent from the first two months of 2015.

The median new home price this year is just over $304,000, up 3.1 percent from last year.

Builders also continue to take out more permits for new home construction. They took out 1,380 permits in February, up 32.4 percent from last February, according to RL Brown. New home permits are up 43.2 percent for the year (2,637 vs. 1,841 permits taken out in January and February 2015.

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