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BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor
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n yet another sign of the relentless increase in housing prices, the Valley’s top market analyst said the average price of a home listed in Mesa ZIP codes 85213 and 85215 exceeds $1 million, putting it among 28 Valley postal zones with seven-figure list price averages. “If rising house prices scare you, then the best place not to look is the average price for active listings,” the Cromford Report wrote. “Unless you are made of stern stuff, you should look away now.”
Cromford Report then proceeded to note that the average home list price in 85213 is $1,039,66 – nearly double the $596,795 average list price in that ZIP code three years ago this month and ranked 27th among the 28 high-dollar ZIP codes. In 85215, the average list price is $1,082,213 – far higher than the March 2019 average list price of $658.118 and placing 23rd among the 28 ZIP codes. Leading that compilation is the Paradise Valley ZIP of 85253, with average list price of $7.2 million while the lowest is the Windsong area of Phoenix with just over $1 million.
That group of what Cromford Report calls “eye-watering numbers” also includes one ZIP code in Ahwatukee and four others in Phoenix, all of Carefree, Wickenburg and Cave Creek; seven in Scottsdale, two in Gilbert, the Gold Canyon ZIP in Apache Junction and one each in South Tempe and Glendale. To understand the significance of that, Cromford provides this stunning fact: Just three years ago, average list prices topping $1 million existed in only seven Valley ZIP codes. Of course, the Cromford Report stresses,
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Fans celebrate spring ball’s return in Mesa BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer
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lue skies and green grass set the perfect tone as Sloan Park’s gates opened to welcome fans back to Spring Training. The only thing missing was the green ivy on the outfield wall but a cactus outside the stadium was fine with fans who shuffled their way through the gates on March 14 – four days before the first game – as the Seventh Inning Stretch blared on the speakers. Officials had opened the stadium’s first base gate to give away free hot dogs and soda to fans after they took pictures on the concourse or in front of the replica of the Wrigley Field marquee sign with their own custom message.
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With Sloan Park open for a March 14 celebration of the beginning of a shortened Cactus League season, Chicago Cubs fans Charlene and Don Udoni of Illinois took a video to send to family. (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer)
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