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July 6, 2022
Valley housing market dashing toward balance BY PAUL MARYNIAK
West Valley View Staff Writer
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he Valley’s leading analyst of the Phoenix Metro housing market last week predicted that the entire region could see a balanced market — with supply meeting demand — by September. Buckeye is almost there, according to the Cromford Report, and likely will be the first to achieve this month what the Valley hasn’t seen in more than three years anywhere. “Buckeye will be a balanced market during the first two weeks of July with that balance looking like it will swing more towards buyers with every day that passes,” the Cromford Report said. “Queen Creek and Maricopa are about one week behind Buckeye. We then have Cave Creek, Chandler, Gilbert, Peoria, Phoenix, Surprise and Tempe all in a similar condition. Their markets are cooling rapidly and look likely to move into the balance zone within a matter of weeks rather than months. Unless the current trends change, we could be in a buyer’s market across much of Central Arizona by the beginning of September.” The trend is a stunning reversal for a mar-
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The Valley’s housing market could see a balance in Buckeye, Queen Creek, Maricopa, Cave Creek, Chandler, Gilbert, Peoria, Phoenix, Surprise, and Tempe. (West Valley View photo by ??)
Avondale Mayor Kenneth Weise new MAG chair BY JORDAN ROGERS
West Valley View Staff Writer
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vondale Mayor Kenneth Weise is set to become the chair for the Maricopa Association of Governments Regional Council. Elected at the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) annual meeting on June 22, Weise will serve a one-year term. While Weise said he does feel honored that he was elected, he wasn’t always in-
terested in the chair position. “Actually, I had no interest in being chair, and not because it’s not a great position, it’s just a lot of time,” Weise said. “There’s a lot of dedicated time that has to go with it. I work two jobs and I’m back in school, so I didn’t want to take the role without being able to give my effort to it.” Despite his multiple hats, Weise said he’s confident he can add another to the support system he has with the city of Avondale
and with MAG. “I have a great team at the city of Avondale and a great team with MAG and they said, ‘it’s the next logical step,’” he said. “With SR 30 being part of Prop 400, and then the homeless initiatives, Avondale is right in the middle of it. So, to kind of walk away from that right now; it just didn’t feel right.”
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