Published : August 9, 2026 Data as of : August 6, 2026 Compared to : July 6, 2026 Coverage : Scottsdale, AZ (city-level) • Source : Cromford® Daily Market Snapshot (Single Family Detached)
Scottsdale • Arizona • Market Updates
Scottsdale Housing Market August 2026 Scottsdale, AZ – city-level snapshot for single-family detached homes.
Q: What’s happening in the Scottsdale housing market right now?
A: As of August 6, 2026 strongly seller-leaning : 3.2 months of supply (excluding UCB/CCBS), median monthly sold price $1,250,000 , days on market (sold) 103 days, and an average sale-to-list of 94.97% . The Cromford® Market Index is 148.0 – up from 142.7 last month because listings drained faster than buyers did.
What this means Negotiation: Homes are selling for about 94.97% of list price – roughly 5.03% under asking. On a $1,250,000 median that is about $62,900 off the asking price, and it widened from last month’s 95.96%.How much is for sale: Inventory is 3.2 months (excluding UCB/CCBS), flat against last month and well under last August’s 4.1. Active listings fell hard, from 1,365 to 1,168 .How long it takes: Recently-sold homes averaged 103 days on market, up from 95; active listings average 121 days . Scottsdale runs on a longer clock than the rest of the Valley.Pricing reality ($/SF): Monthly sold $/SF is $526.95 while active list $/SF is $646.72 . That is a $119.77/SF gap – on a 3,100 square foot home, roughly $371,000 between the average asking price and the average closing price.This is a rolling snapshot (today vs the same date last month ) so buyers and sellers can track leverage shifts without waiting for month-end reporting.
Written by Andrea Scheppe , Phoenix native and REALTOR® with HomeSmart Elite, Valley Solutions Team.
Scottsdale reality check: Inventory drained and the index jumped, while the closing table moved the other way. Active listings fell (1,365 → 1,168 ) and active excluding UCB fell with them (1,174 → 998 ), pushing the Cromford® Market Index up to 148.0 from 142.7. Closings dropped at the same time (371 → 315 ), which is why months of supply held flat at 3.2 rather than tightening. The median fell ($1,280,000 → $1,250,000 ) and monthly sold $/SF fell with it ($546.20 → $526.95 ), while average sold size went up (3,069 → 3,113 SF ). Larger homes selling for less per foot is a price move, not a mix effect. Sale-to-list softened to 94.97% and the listing success rate slipped to 58.9% – fewer than 3 in 5 listings are closing. A tightening index over a softening closing market. Both are true, and in Scottsdale they usually are.
Median sold price (monthly sales)
$1,250,000 DOWN ($1,280,000 → $1,250,000)
Inventory (months of supply, excl. UCB)
3.2 mo FLAT (3.2 → 3.2)
Speed (DOM, sold)
103 days SLOWER (95 → 103)
Negotiation (avg sale price % of list)
94.97% SOFTER (95.96% → 94.97%)
Market call Market: STRONGLY SELLER-LEANING – SUPPLY IS TIGHTENING
Strongly seller-leaning because Cromford® Market Index is 148.0 , up 5.3 points from 142.7. The rise came from the supply side: the Supply Index dropped from 65.9 to 56.4 while the Demand Index also fell, from 94.1 to 83.4. Both sides cooled, but listings drained faster than buyers did, and that is what lifts the index. What the index says and what the closing table says do not agree this month. Sale-to-list is 94.97% – about $62,900 off asking on a $1,250,000 median, and the widest discount of the Valley markets I track. The fastest-moving signals run against the headline: sold DOM slowed to 103 days , closings fell to 315 , the median fell to $1,250,000 , and the listing success rate fell to 58.9% . Scottsdale sellers hold structural leverage and still negotiate hard on the individual sale.
Quick pulse vs last month (7/6 → 8/6 1,365 → 1,168 , pending 184 → 188 ,
under contract 375 → 358 , and sales/month 371 → 315 .
Pricing per sq ft: Active list $/SF $660.79 → $646.72 ; Monthly sold $/SF $546.20 → $526.95 ; Under contract $/SF $601.37 → $607.27 .
Buyer standings – August 2026 (what to do) The discount here is real money: Sale-to-list is 94.97% – about 5.03% under ask, roughly $62,900 on a $1,250,000 median. That is the widest negotiation of the Valley markets I track.The $/SF gap is where the leverage lives: Active list is $646.72/sf against monthly sold $526.95/sf . Asking prices are set well above where deals close, so start from closed comps.Time is on your side: Sold DOM is 103 days and active DOM is 121 days . Sellers here have been waiting for months, and fewer than 3 in 5 listings close at all.Inventory is draining though: Active listings fell from 1,365 to 1,168 in a month. The discount is available on the homes that have been sitting, not on new, well-priced ones.Seller standings – August 2026 (what matters) Your leverage is structural, not transactional: CMI is 148.0 and supply is 3.2 months , but buyers still closed 5.03% under ask.Price to closed comps: Buyers closed around $526.95/sf . Active listings average $646.72/sf . On a 3,100 square foot home that gap is roughly $371,000 , and it is why listings sit for months.Plan for a long runway: Sold DOM is 103 days and active DOM is 121 days . Budget a full quarter.Fewer than 3 in 5 listings close: The listing success rate fell to 58.9% from 61.0%. Condition, staging and a defensible price decide which side of that number you land on.Notes & FAQ This is a rolling daily snapshot (today vs the same date last month), using Scottsdale single-family detached metrics from the Cromford® Daily Market Snapshot. Designed to answer “where do buyers and sellers stand right now?” without waiting for month-end reporting.
Quick definitions: Months of supply = “how much is for sale,” DOM = “how long it takes,” sale-to-list = “how much people negotiate,” $/SF = “price per square foot.”
What is Scottsdale’s inventory right now?
About 3.2 months of supply (excluding UCB/CCBS) as of 8/6/26
Are buyers negotiating in Scottsdale?
Yes, meaningfully: sale-to-list is 94.97% as of 8/6/26
Is Scottsdale a buyer’s market right now?
No by Cromford® Market Index: it is 148.0 as of 8/6/26
What is the median home price in Scottsdale in August 2026?
The median monthly sold price for Scottsdale single-family detached homes is $1,250,000 as of August 6, 2026
Open: Scottsdale daily snapshot table (Today vs last month vs last quarter vs last year vs 2 years ago) Scottsdale Daily Market Snapshot – Single Family Detached Metric Today (8/6/26 ) Last month (7/6/26 ) Last quarter (5/6/26 ) Last year (8/6/25 ) 2 years ago (8/6/24 ) Active listings 1,168 1,365 1,793 1,383 1,209 UCB & CCBS listings 170 191 289 177 173 Active listings excl. UCB 998 1,174 1,504 1,206 1,036 Pending listings 188 184 275 185 158 Listings under contract 358 375 564 362 331 Sales per month 315 371 433 291 295 Sales per year 4,459 4,435 4,246 3,927 3,765 Days on market (sold) 103 95 83 99 86 Days on market (active) 121 118 109 126 112 Days inventory excl. UCB 82 97 130 112 101 Months of supply (excl. UCB) 3.2 3.2 3.5 4.1 3.5 Active listings $/SF $646.72 $660.79 $680.01 $630.30 $624.57 Under contract $/SF $607.27 $601.37 $597.44 $544.92 $552.42 Monthly sales $/SF $526.95 $546.20 $561.82 $504.14 $515.07 Annual sales $/SF $539.79 $538.45 $538.30 $529.12 $507.61 Avg sale price % of list 94.97% 95.96% 96.01% 95.54% 95.66% Listing success rate 58.9% 61.0% 70.2% 51.8% 62.9% Monthly dollar volume $517M $622M $745M $432M $466M Annual dollar volume $7,282M $7,197M $6,882M $6,206M $5,668M Average price (monthly sales) $1,640,451 $1,676,552 $1,719,635 $1,484,195 $1,578,864 Median price (monthly sales) $1,250,000 $1,280,000 $1,250,000 $1,115,000 $1,208,000 Average SF (monthly sales) 3,113 3,069 3,061 2,944 3,065 Contract ratio 35.9 31.9 37.5 30.0 31.9 Cromford® Supply Index 56.4 65.9 79.9 67.2 53.2 Cromford® Demand Index 83.4 94.1 100.0 70.9 69.1 Cromford® Market Index 148.0 142.7 125.1 105.5 129.9
Note: “months of supply” reported excluding UCB/CCBS inventory.
Disclaimer (method): This post uses the Cromford® Daily Market Snapshot for Scottsdale single-family detached homes, comparing 8/6/26 7/6/26
