Back on schedule with the update, and should be able to stay on schedule now that I found a somewhat quick method of posting all of the information. There were slight downticks in the absorption rate in the bulk of cities I track, but a slight uptick in the Maricopa County absorption rate despite a decline in active listings. Why? Fewer sold listings. Expect that trend of decreasing inventory and decreased sales to continue through year's end, though at least in my office I'm seeing more sales than I'd normally expect in November.

NOTE: You may notice I've added Carefree, Cave Creek, Desert Hills and Paradise Valley to the tracking. We'll have something for the change field next week on these four cities. I tried adding Guadalupe but there were no active listings.

Phoenix Arizona Real Estate market stats through 11/13

CITY	SOLD 10/13-11/13	ACTIVE 11/13	Absorption Rate as of 11/13/06	Change	Buyer/Seller
Ahwatukee	15	107	7.13 months	-2.59	Buyer
Anthem	36	664	18.44	1.32	Buyer
Avondale	122	923	7.57	-0.30	Buyer
Buckeye	68	807	11.87	-0.24	Buyer
Carefree	3	95	31.67		Buyer
Cave Creek	50	513	10.26		Buyer
Chandler	303	2,219	7.32	0.37	Buyer
Desert Hills	7	179	25.57		Buyer
El Mirage	56	386	6.89	0.27	Buyer
Fountain Hills	24	410	17.08	-4.55	Buyer
Gilbert	271	2,312	8.53	-0.10	Buyer
Glendale	298	1,996	6.70	0.07	Buyer
Goodyear	91	1,073	11.79	-0.72	Buyer
Laveen	83	382	4.60	-0.15	Seller
Litchfield Park	35	411	11.74	-0.55	Buyer
Maricopa	68	800	11.76	0.53	Buyer
Mesa	454	2,971	6.54	0.03	Buyer
Paradise Valley	22	256	11.64		Buyer
Peoria	160	1,735	10.84	0.72	Buyer
Phoenix	1,196	7,190	6.01	0.18	Buyer
Queen Creek	160	1,833	11.46	-0.17	Buyer
Scottsdale	320	3,064	9.58	-0.11	Buyer
Sun City	57	588	10.32	0.73	Buyer
Sun City West	36	489	13.58	0.28	Buyer
Surprise	215	2,158	10.04	-0.49	Buyer
Tempe	87	454	5.22	None	Neutral
Tolleson	46	292	6.35	-0.72	Buyer
Waddell	10	102	10.20	-4.66	Buyer
TOTAL	4,162	33,435	8.03	0.08	Buyer

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