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ZIP Code Market Report · 85281 · Tempe, AZ

85281 Tempe / ASU Corridor Housing Market

ZIP 85281 median sale: $400K · Phoenix Metro HPI -1.9% YoY · Tempe, AZ
Updated October 22, 2026 — refreshed nightly from ARMLS closed sales

Haus Signal: ↘ 35 · Cold for 85281. Demand has dropped — 8 months of supply and 64-day DOM. Buyers hold significant leverage on price, repairs, and closing terms.

Haus Signal · 85281 Updated October 22, 2026
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35 below typical · Cold for 85281
Scored vs Tempe / ASU Corridor · 12-quarter history · net of season
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Buyers hold considerable leverage here — 8 months of supply and 56% of listings carrying price reductions. Homes are averaging 64 days on market against a 94.8% negotiation index. Sale terms are commonly negotiated on price, repairs, and closing costs.
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Median Price
$400K
ZIP 85281 · 90-day median
Source: Opitz Housing Report · ARMLS © · closed sales · 90-day · Updated Oct 22 · ZIP 85281
Median Days on Mkt
64
ZIP 85281 median
Source: Opitz Housing Report · ARMLS © · closed sales · Updated Oct 22 · ZIP 85281
Months of Supply
8
Buyer favoring
Source: Opitz Housing Report · ARMLS © · active inventory ÷ sales rate · Updated Oct 22 · ZIP 85281
Price Reductions
56%
Elevated
Source: Opitz Housing Report · ARMLS © · active listings · Updated Oct 22 · ZIP 85281
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Market Snapshot

85281 · Tempe
Active Listings
133
▲ 11.1% MoM
Source: Opitz Housing Report · ARMLS © · active feed · Updated Oct 22 · ZIP 85281
Sale vs. Original List
94.8%
Close price ÷ original ask
Source: Opitz Housing Report · ARMLS © · ClosePrice ÷ OriginalListPrice · Updated Oct 22 · ZIP 85281
YOY Appreciation
-1.9%
Phoenix Metro HPI
OHR HPI · BMN repeat-sales · Phoenix Metro
Time to Contract
45d
In the Haus Signal
Source: Opitz Housing Report · ARMLS © · median list → under-contract · ZIP 85281
OHR Home Price Index
Phoenix Metro Appreciation
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OHR Derived · Bailey-Muth-Nourse repeat-sales regression on ARMLS data
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Daily Haus Signal for 85281

Today's reading: ↘ 35 · Cold for 85281. Track how this ZIP shifts week to week with 7 weighted indicators.

Tempe / ASU Corridor Comparables

Recent sales, price trends, DOM patterns, and negotiation-index data — the same intel licensed agents use to advise their clients.

How the Haus Signal Works

The Haus Signal is a three-layer read of the market — current temperature (NOW), recent trend (DIRECTION), and a 60–90 day forecast (FORECAST) — scored against each ZIP's own historical distribution. Every input is derived directly from ARMLS closed and active transaction records. No estimates. No third-party projections.

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Layers · NOW · DIRECTION · FORECAST
Current temperature uses months of supply, DOM, sale-to-list ratio, and price reductions. Direction tracks the 30-day delta as snapshots accumulate. Forecast reads leading indicators — pending volume, inventory change, $/sqft momentum — for the next 60–90 days.
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Per-ZIP Relative Score
Each indicator is scored against this ZIP's own 12-quarter distribution, not against a Phoenix-wide breakpoint table. 50 = typical for this ZIP, 0 = at the floor of its own 3-year range, 100 = at the ceiling. So "Cool for 85253" means PV-relative cool, not metro-relative.
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Refresh Cycle
Inputs recalculate daily as new closed sales, pending contracts, and listing changes flow through ARMLS. The per-ZIP HPI series refreshes weekly via Bailey-Muth-Nourse repeat-sales regression.
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Level Precision
Metro figures hide the story. Paradise Valley and Maryvale aren't the same market — their typical DOM, sale-to-list spread, and supply rhythm are structurally different. The Haus Signal honors that.
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