Arizona home prices have plummeted in the last year: What to know

If you’ve written off being able to afford a home in Arizona, you may want to think again. A recent housing study revealed that prices are dropping — albeit slightly — which could provide relief for aspiring homeowners.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, housing prices have skyrocketed in the Grand Canyon State. Amid rapid population growth over the last two decades, the state’s housing supply, which has been significantly hindered by the financial crisis and pandemic, has failed to meet demand. 

However, a new housing study by home warranty company Cinch Home Services, which analyzed Zillow data, found that for the first time in years, housing prices in Arizona are dropping. 

Over the last year, Arizona experienced the second-highest decrease in home prices among all 50 states, trailing only Florida. From August 2024 to August 2025, Arizona home prices dropped 3.15%, or an average of $13,745. Florida’s home prices dropped 5.13%.

Cinch Home Services used Zillow’s Home Value Index metric, which estimates the typical value of a home in an area by averaging the company’s monthly “Zestimate” values to show changes in home values. Zillow’s “Zestimate” is a tool that helps estimate the market value for a home using a “proprietary formula” that takes details about the home, public and user-submitted data, location and other factors into consideration, according to the company’s website. 

Nationwide, home prices increased by 1.25% over the past year, resulting in an average increase of roughly $3,572. Wyoming, Kentucky, and New York saw the largest price increases.

Arizona home prices hit their peak in the summer of 2022, with an average price of nearly $460,000, according to Zillow’s Home Value Index. At that time, prices had increased by more than 82% over the last four years. Home prices eventually balanced out after that summer and remained stable in the mid-$400,000s for several years. 

Still, Arizona’s prices are significantly higher than they were in August 2020, in the middle of the pandemic. In the last five years, Arizona’s home prices have increased by nearly 42%. That’s slightly higher than the national average, which saw a 40% increase in home prices over the same period.

As of August, the average home price in the state is $422,446, which is $46,636 more than the national average. According to Zillow’s Value Index, as of the end of November, more than 36,000 homes were for sale in the state, and the median sale price was more than $423,000. 

Arizona’s drop in average home prices follows news that Phoenix homeowners delisted their properties en masse this past fall, as homes are no longer selling at the high dollar amounts they were fetching during the pandemic. Additionally, nearly all Phoenix homes lost value in 2025, according to a Zillow report.

So, wannabe homeowners, don’t write off homeownership just yet. Arizona’s housing market may be swinging back your way.