Searching in Seattle: Most new residents to Phoenix area come from these 4 states – The Arizona Republic

People who get a lot of rain seem to appreciate a dry climate.
Almost half of the 5,300 searchers on Redfin checking out Phoenix area houses during June and July were from Seattle, according to the real estate brokerage.
But Washington state overall doesn’t top the relocation list. The Phoenix area has long drawn new residents from California and is still doing so. Arizona’s neighbor to the west is the top state for new residents moving to the Phoenix area, according to the Maricopa Association of Governments.
Texas is No. 2 and Illinois No. 3, and the state of Washington is No. 4 on the Maricopa Association of Governments list.
Maricopa County drew more new residents than any other county across the country last year. That boom helped the region’s housing market slow less than other areas despite higher interest rates keeping more homebuyers on the sideline.
In the Redfin study, metro Phoenix showed wide popularity, finishing second only to Las Vegas where people from pricier West and East Coast cities are searching for homes.
Despite a big jump in home prices during the past decade, metro Phoenix is still a deal for major metro U.S. areas.
The median home price in the Seattle area was $793,000 at the end of this year’s second quarter, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Metro Phoenix’s second-quarter median was $464,000.
San Jose’s median home price is almost four times as much as Phoenix’s at $1.8 million. A typical home in San Francisco is $1.335 million. San Diego’s median is $1.06 million, and the Los Angeles median is $789,000.
More homebuyers are leaving San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles than any other U.S. metro area, Redfin reports.
The median home price in Dallas is $389,000 and $348,000 in Houston. In Chicago, the median price is $363,000. So jobs, weather or lifestyle are likely drawing those residents and homebuyers to Arizona.
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About 2% of homebuyers using Redfin searched to move to metro Phoenix from other U.S. metro areas, according to the recent survey.
Among home searches done by people living in the Phoenix area, 29% involved potential homebuyers who wanted to move away. Dallas, Nashville and Miami were the top cities for people looking to leave the Valley.
The Redfin data doesn’t track actual moves. It is based on about 2 million searches in 100 metro areas.
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