Valley home prices going up, up and away

by Paul Maryniak | Ahwatukee Foothills News

The steadily high demand for homes is sending desperate buyers in search of new houses instead of resales – but they shouldn’t expect developers will take any offer that comes along.

So says the Cromford Report, which closely monitors the Valley’s housing market.

“With the chronic shortage of re-sale homes, many buyers are turning to new-builds,” Cromford said last week. “Here they will not face multiple offers, but they may well find some builders are not accepting contracts except for homes that are near completion.”

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