By David M. Brown | Arizona Foothills Magazine
Canadians may not be coming to the Valley for a while, but Californians are coming on strong.
The Maricopa County luxury market was red hot in a red-hot summer, despite COVID-19 and in some ways because of it. Buyers are from out West and from back East and even in town.
They want bigger homes with new spaces inside and they want homes with more space outside: residential social distancing. They even want more pets. What’s more, they bought in the hottest summer ever recorded in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area. Only Death Valley made the Valley of the Sun look cool.