Arizona Foreclosure Stats — 23 Cities Tracked, Refreshed Weekly (May 2026)
Across 23 Arizona cities tracked weekly by Master Your Move, an estimated 210 active for-sale listings carry foreclosure indicators — out of 30,989 total active for-sale homes as of May 9, 2026. Median list price across cities is $487,990; median time on market is 39 days.
The statewide numbers right now
What is an "active foreclosure listing" in this report?
An active foreclosure listing is a for-sale property where the lender has initiated the Arizona non-judicial trustee sale process — typically by recording a Notice of Trustee Sale with the county recorder under A.R.S. § 33-808 — and the property is currently listed on the open market. These listings appear in MLS and aggregator feeds with status flags such as "Foreclosure," "Pre-Foreclosure," "Bank Owned (REO)," or "Short Sale."
What does "sample-extrapolated" mean?
Master Your Move pulls a 200-listing sample per city per week from Realtor.com via RapidAPI (realty-in-us). Each sample is scanned for foreclosure indicators; the share is then projected onto the city's total active for-sale count to produce an estimated city-wide foreclosure listing total. The statewide total of 210 is the sum of those 23 city-level estimates. The headline 30,989 total active for-sale count is exact (sum of city-level Realtor.com counts).
As of May 9, 2026, Master Your Move tracks 210 estimated foreclosure listings across 23 Arizona cities with 30,989 total active for-sale listings — approximately 1 in every 148 active for-sale listings. Estimates are sample-extrapolated from a 200-listing API sample per city; the headline total active count is exact.
This statewide rollup is part of our master guide on facing foreclosure in Arizona. If you are earlier in the process or want the full picture of every option, start there.
If you are reading this, you may be an Arizona homeowner trying to figure out where the market actually stands — statewide, in your county, and in your city — right now.
You may be a journalist, researcher, or analyst looking for current, dated, citation-quality Arizona foreclosure and distressed-listing data.
You may be a real estate agent, broker, or housing counselor trying to give clients an honest read on what is happening across the state.
Whichever you are, this page gives you the actual numbers, refreshed every Monday from Realtor.com via our automated stats engine, with a calm interpretation of what they mean for Arizona homeowners. We publish dedicated city-level stats pages for all 23 Arizona cities we track; the table below links to each one.
We are Chad Denke and Brittney McGuire, Certified Short Sale Experts and licensed Arizona real estate agents with Master Your Move | Great Way Real Estate. We pull this data weekly because the Arizona market moves faster than the monthly reports most aggregators publish. By the time those monthly reports are written, the numbers have already shifted.
Arizona statewide real estate market snapshot — May 2026
Arizona has 30,989 active for-sale listings across the 23 cities Master Your Move tracks weekly, as of May 9, 2026. This is the sum of exact city-level counts returned by the Realtor.com API for each tracked Arizona city, pulled by our automated weekly stats engine every Monday at 7am MST and (for cities sampled mid-week) by single-city refreshes throughout the week.
Within those 30,989 listings, our 23 per-city samples (200 listings per city) extrapolate to approximately 210 foreclosure-flagged listings statewide. The full per-city breakdown is in the comparison table below; each row links to its dedicated city stats page. Short-sale-flagged listings extrapolate to approximately 0 statewide in this snapshot, which reflects the fact that short sales currently move through MLS faster than they age into "active" status under the foreclosure indicator we sample.
Treat the headline 30,989 as a hard count. Treat the foreclosure sub-count of approximately 210 as a directional sample-extrapolated estimate with a wide confidence interval at this sample size. The headline is exact; the distress estimates are not a state census.
| Statewide metric | Arizona (May 9, 2026) | Source / methodology note |
|---|---|---|
| Total active for-sale listings (sum of 23 cities) | 30,989 | Realtor.com via RapidAPI realty-in-us, weekly. Exact city-level counts summed. |
| Estimated foreclosure listings (statewide) | ~ 210 | Sum of 23 city-level sample-extrapolations (200-listing samples) |
| Estimated short-sale listings (statewide) | ~ 0 | Per-city sample composition, weekly |
| Estimated new listings in last 7 days (statewide) | ~ 11,469 | Per-city sample composition, weekly |
| Estimated price-reduced listings (statewide) | ~ 7,253 | Per-city sample composition, weekly |
| Median list price (median of 23 city medians) | $487,990 | Sample-derived per-city medians |
| Median days on market (median of 23 city medians) | 39 days | Sample-derived per-city medians |
| Foreclosure ratio (estimated FC per active for-sale) | 1 in every 148 active listings | Statewide ratio, sample-extrapolated |
| Cities tracked | 23 (Maricopa County: 20 · Pinal County: 3) | Master Your Move stats engine |
| Top city by estimated foreclosure count | Phoenix (~ 66 listings) | Largest absolute count statewide |
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Arizona by city — sortable per-city breakdown (23 cities)
Every Arizona city Master Your Move tracks, sorted by total active for-sale inventory (largest first). Each city name links to its dedicated stats page with the full per-city breakdown, neighborhood context where available, and the same data structure as this rollup. The bottom row shows statewide totals.
| City | County | Active for-sale | Est. foreclosures | Median list | Median DOM (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | Maricopa | 7,374 | ~ 66 | $487,990 | 4 |
| Scottsdale | Maricopa | 3,772 | ~ 8 | $899,000 | 16 |
| Mesa | Maricopa | 3,297 | ~ 10 | $419,900 | 15 |
| Surprise | Maricopa | 2,085 | ~ 6 | $454,990 | 4 |
| Buckeye | Maricopa | 1,708 | ~ 15 | $426,990 | 15 |
| Peoria | Maricopa | 1,441 | ~ 7 | $536,495 | 29 |
| San Tan Valley | Pinal | 1,412 | ~ 7 | $456,474 | 14 |
| Gilbert | Maricopa | 1,239 | ~ 4 | $645,000 | 30 |
| Glendale | Maricopa | 1,193 | ~ 17 | $454,999 | 36 |
| Goodyear | Maricopa | 1,069 | ~ 6 | $484,999 | 38 |
| Maricopa (city) | Pinal | 1,066 | ~ 18 | $349,990 | 50 |
| Chandler | Maricopa | 1,014 | ~ 5 | $550,000 | 43 |
| Queen Creek | Maricopa | 949 | ~ 2 | $699,090 | 47 |
| Tempe | Maricopa | 594 | ~ 6 | $484,499 | 50 |
| Fountain Hills | Maricopa | 452 | ~ 0 | $627,000 | 79 |
| Avondale | Maricopa | 411 | ~ 7 | $442,383 | 46 |
| Cave Creek | Maricopa | 376 | ~ 2 | $1,075,000 | 71 |
| Litchfield Park | Maricopa | 370 | ~ 8 | $588,286 | 45 |
| Laveen | Maricopa | 316 | ~ 6 | $488,995 | 39 |
| Waddell | Maricopa | 281 | ~ 2 | $550,000 | 37 |
| Coolidge | Pinal | 225 | ~ 4 | $280,000 | 72 |
| Anthem | Maricopa | 208 | ~ 1 | $627,450 | 60 |
| El Mirage | Maricopa | 137 | ~ 3 | $335,000 | 51 |
| Statewide (23 cities) | Maricopa + Pinal | 30,989 | ~ 210 | $487,990 (median of medians) | 39 (median of medians) |
Swipe left to see more columns on mobile. Click any city name to view its dedicated stats page.
County rollup — Maricopa and Pinal
The 23 cities in this rollup span two Arizona counties. Maricopa County contributes 20 of the 23 tracked cities and the overwhelming majority of statewide active for-sale inventory; Pinal County contributes the other three (San Tan Valley, Maricopa city, and Coolidge).
Maricopa County
Maricopa County accounts for approximately 91% of tracked statewide active for-sale inventory and approximately 86% of tracked statewide estimated foreclosure listings. Phoenix alone — the county seat — carries roughly 24% of all statewide active inventory and the largest absolute estimated foreclosure count (about 66 listings).
Pinal County
Pinal County contributes approximately 9% of tracked statewide inventory but punches above its weight on the foreclosure ratio. The Pinal County city of Maricopa alone accounts for an estimated ~ 18 foreclosure listings — the second-largest absolute count statewide after Phoenix — in part because of higher inventory turnover at the affordable end of the Pinal County price spectrum.
For Maricopa County specifically, the Maricopa County Recorder publishes the legally authoritative Notice of Trustee Sale index. We cite the recorder index as our cross-reference whenever a fresh download is available; our weekly listing-side estimates are a faster, complementary signal. The recorder index measures notices recorded; this page measures listings currently active on the open market with foreclosure indicators. The two measures answer different questions and rarely agree exactly in absolute terms.
Multi-timeframe ladder (data history accumulating)
Authoritative statewide data sources publish multi-timeframe context (latest week, prior 30 days, prior 90 days, prior year). Our weekly Arizona series began on 2026-05-05; the year-over-year and 90-day comparison cells will populate as the historical archive fills out across the coming weeks. For the current week, only the latest snapshot is shown.
Note: We elected to publish the multi-timeframe ladder with empty 30/90/YoY cells now and let it fill in honestly each week, rather than backfill from third-party monthly aggregators that measure a different denominator. Compare against the Maricopa County Recorder Notice of Trustee Sale index for an independent legal-record cross-reference.
How this Arizona statewide data is gathered
Master Your Move pulls Arizona market data weekly from Realtor.com via RapidAPI realty-in-us, every Monday at 7am MST, through an automated stats engine we built specifically for Arizona market tracking. For each of the 23 tracked cities, the engine calls the Realtor.com endpoint with the city's slug, retrieves the exact total active for-sale count, and then samples up to 200 active listings to compute median list price, median days on market, and the share of listings flagged with foreclosure or short-sale status indicators.
The statewide totals on this page are computed deterministically from those 23 city-level outputs. The headline 30,989 total active for-sale is the exact sum of city-level counts — no extrapolation. The ~ 210 estimated foreclosure total is the sum of city-level sample-extrapolations (each city's foreclosure-flagged sample share applied to its exact total active count), and therefore inherits the wide confidence interval of any 200-listing sample at the city level. The median list price of $487,990 and median DOM of 39 days are the median of the 23 city-level medians.
Cite the page with its date stamp. We refresh weekly. The Realtor.com API does not natively filter by foreclosure status (the parameter is silently rejected), so we estimate distress signals from sample composition rather than from a direct count. Treat the headline counts as exact and the distress sub-counts as directional. Known limitation: the Realtor.com API sample appears to over-weight newest listings, biasing median DOM downward in cities with very high inventory turnover (Phoenix, Surprise). We are patching the puller methodology to correct this and will reintroduce a corrected DOM series once verified.
Realtor.com (our source): 30,989 active for-sale across 23 AZ cities, May 9, 2026 (weekly).
Maricopa County Recorder: Notice of Trustee Sale index (legally authoritative for that county; cadence varies, downloaded as available).
Zillow / Redfin / ATTOM: monthly metro and statewide snapshots, different denominators (housing units vs active for-sale).
Different methodologies measure different things. We report active listings (live inventory). The recorder reports legal notices (process events). Zillow / Redfin / ATTOM monthly indexes report metro-level prices, sales, or housing-unit ratios. Use all four for the full picture.
How Arizona compares to the national market
Arizona has historically tracked above the national average on foreclosure activity, especially during the 2008 and 2009 housing correction. National-cadence sources publish a US-wide foreclosure rate denominated in housing units (for example, ATTOM's "1 in every X housing units" framing), which is a different denominator from this page's "1 in every 148 active for-sale listings" framing.
We deliberately do not publish a single AZ-vs-national headline number on this page, because doing so would require either (a) extrapolating our active-listing-denominator ratio onto a housing-unit denominator we do not measure, or (b) citing a third-party AZ ratio at a different cadence than our weekly refresh. Both options would mislead more than they would inform. Cross-reference any of the public housing-unit-denominated indexes (ATTOM, RealtyTrac) for the housing-unit framing; cross-reference the Maricopa County Recorder index for the legal-notice framing. Our page reports the active-for-sale-denominator framing because that is the data we ourselves measure weekly.
Download the data (CSV, JSON)
Take the data with you
The full 23-city Arizona statewide aggregate is published in machine-readable form for research, journalism, and analyst workflows. Files refresh on the same Monday cadence as this page.
- arizona-foreclosures-latest.json — statewide aggregate plus the 23 per-city objects (latest week)
- arizona-foreclosures-latest.csv — 23-row CSV of the per-city table on this page
- (Distribution generator builds these files weekly; the most recent stamp on each file matches the page header above.)
If you cite this dataset, please include the page URL and the date stamp from this page header. The dataset is published by Master Your Move | Great Way Real Estate, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Who this page is for
This page exists for three audiences:
Arizona homeowners researching their options. If you are behind on your mortgage, underwater, or considering a sale and want to know where the Arizona market actually stands — statewide and in your city — before making a decision, this page gives you the current numbers and the context to interpret them. From here, click your city in the table above to drill into the city-specific data.
Journalists, researchers, and analysts covering the Arizona real estate market. The methodology section above explains how the data is gathered. The multi-source comparison shows how our numbers relate to other public sources. Cite the page with the date stamp. The dataset is also available in JSON and CSV in the Downloads section above.
Real estate agents, brokers, and Certified Short Sale Experts working with Arizona sellers. The per-city table and the county rollup give you a fast read on how each tracked Arizona city compares within the statewide context, and the per-city pages drill into neighborhood-level color where available.
How Master Your Move helps Arizona homeowners
We handle every piece of the short sale process ourselves. We talk to the lender. We negotiate the payoff. We coordinate with the title company, the HOA, any second lien or HELOC, any PACE or solar lien, any judgment against the property. The seller does not chase paperwork. They do not sit on hold with loss mitigation departments. That is our job.
The lender pays our commission. You pay nothing. Commissions, title fees, and closing costs are paid out of the sale proceeds, which means they come out of the lender's payoff, not your wallet. Many sellers also receive relocation assistance at closing.
We are Chad Denke and Brittney McGuire, Certified Short Sale Experts and licensed Arizona real estate agents with Master Your Move | Great Way Real Estate. We work the entire Maricopa County and Pinal County market every week. We hold a 5.0 average rating across 95+ Google reviews. We do not redirect you to a third-party hotline. The number on this page is our number. The booking link goes to our calendar.
All 23 Arizona city stats pages
Drill into the city-specific data. Each page carries the same v7 visual structure as this rollup, plus city-specific neighborhood and case-study color where available.
Maricopa County (20 cities): Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Surprise, Buckeye, Peoria, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Chandler, Queen Creek, Tempe, Fountain Hills, Avondale, Cave Creek, Litchfield Park, Laveen, Waddell, Anthem, El Mirage.
Pinal County (3 cities): San Tan Valley, Maricopa (city), Coolidge.
Related guides for Arizona homeowners
- Facing Foreclosure in Arizona: Your Options, Short Sales, and How to Protect What Comes Next (the master guide — this page links UP to that hub)
- How a Short Sale Works in Phoenix, AZ: A Straightforward Guide for Homeowners
- Short Sale vs. Foreclosure in Arizona
- How a Short Sale Works in Mesa, AZ
- How to Spot Foreclosure Scams in Arizona
- Book a free 15-minute options call
Frequently asked questions
How accurate are these statewide Arizona foreclosure numbers?
The headline 30,989 total active for-sale count is exact. It is the sum of the per-city Realtor.com API counts for the 23 tracked Arizona cities. The estimated 210 statewide foreclosure total is the sum of 23 city-level sample-extrapolations from 200-listing samples per city, and it inherits the wide confidence interval of any 200-listing sample at the city level. Treat the headline as exact and the foreclosure sub-count as a directional estimate. We refresh the entire dataset weekly through our automated stats engine, every Monday at 7am MST. For Maricopa County specifically, the Maricopa County Recorder Notice of Trustee Sale index is the legally authoritative cross-reference for distress activity in that county.
How often is this Arizona data refreshed?
Every Monday at 7am MST. The numbers on this page reflect the most recent weekly pull from Realtor.com via RapidAPI realty-in-us, summed and aggregated across the 23 tracked Arizona cities. The "Last verified" stamp near the top of the page shows the verification date of the current rollup. We chose weekly cadence because the Arizona market moves faster than the monthly reports most aggregators publish. If you are reading this page on a Wednesday, the data is from the most recent Monday refresh.
Which 23 Arizona cities are tracked in this rollup?
Maricopa County (20 cities): Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Surprise, Buckeye, Peoria, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Chandler, Queen Creek, Tempe, Fountain Hills, Avondale, Cave Creek, Litchfield Park, Laveen, Waddell, Anthem, and El Mirage. Pinal County (3 cities): San Tan Valley, Maricopa city, and Coolidge. Every city in the per-city table above links to its dedicated stats page with the same data structure as this rollup. Cities outside Maricopa and Pinal Counties are not yet in the tracked set; the city list will expand on the same template as the stats engine adds capacity.
How does Arizona's foreclosure rate compare to the national average?
This page reports a foreclosure ratio of 1 in every 148 active for-sale listings across 23 tracked Arizona cities (sample-extrapolated, May 9, 2026). National foreclosure rates are typically reported on a different denominator — "1 in every X total housing units" — which is not directly comparable. We intentionally do not publish a single AZ-vs-national headline on this page because the two denominators measure different things and reconciling them in one number would mislead more than it informs. For housing-unit-denominated context, cross-reference ATTOM Data Solutions, RealtyTrac, or the Federal Reserve Economic Data series. For the legal-notice-denominated context in Maricopa County, cross-reference the Maricopa County Recorder Notice of Trustee Sale index.
What does "sample-extrapolated" mean in this report?
Master Your Move pulls a 200-listing sample per city per week from Realtor.com via RapidAPI. Each sample is scanned for foreclosure indicators ("Foreclosure," "Pre-Foreclosure," "Bank Owned (REO)," "Short Sale"). The share of the sample carrying those indicators is then projected onto the city's exact total active for-sale count to produce an estimated city-wide foreclosure listing total. The statewide foreclosure total of 210 is the sum of those 23 city-level estimates. Because a 200-listing sample at the city level has a wide confidence interval, treat the foreclosure sub-counts as directional and the headline total active for-sale of 30,989 as exact (the latter is summed directly from city-level Realtor.com counts and is not sample-derived).
How can I drill down to a specific Arizona city?
Click any city name in the per-city table above. Each link goes to that city's dedicated stats page at /stats/{city-slug}-az-foreclosures. Every city page carries the same data structure as this rollup — total active for-sale, estimated foreclosures, median list price, median DOM, plus city-specific neighborhood color and case-study work where available. Each city page also links back UP to this statewide rollup and OUT to the Master Your Move foreclosure hub at /foreclosure-arizona. The full set of 23 city links is also collected in the "All 23 Arizona city stats pages" sidebar above.
Is this dataset citable? Can I link to it?
Yes. This page is published as a citable Arizona foreclosure data source under the Master Your Move | Great Way Real Estate brand. Cite the page URL (https://www.masteryourmovenow.com/stats/arizona-foreclosures) along with the date stamp shown at the top of the page. The full 23-city dataset is also available in machine-readable form in the Downloads section above (JSON and CSV, refreshed on the same weekly Monday cadence). If you are a journalist, researcher, or analyst with citation questions or wish to verify a number directly with the publisher, contact us at the phone or booking link below.
When is data history (multi-timeframe ladder) coming?
Our Arizona statewide weekly series began on May 5, 2026. The 30-day comparison cell will populate in early June 2026; the 90-day comparison cell in August 2026; the year-over-year comparison cell in May 2027. We elected to publish the multi-timeframe ladder with empty cells now and let it fill in honestly each week, rather than backfill from third-party monthly aggregators that measure a different denominator and cadence. Until those cells populate, cross-reference our weekly snapshot against the Maricopa County Recorder Notice of Trustee Sale index for an independent legal-record perspective on Maricopa County distress activity.
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This Arizona statewide market data is published weekly by Master Your Move | Great Way Real Estate, the Arizona short sale and foreclosure specialists serving Maricopa County and Pinal County. We refresh weekly because the market moves faster than monthly reports can capture.
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Disclaimer: This page is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, tax, or financial advice. Short sales can have significant legal and tax consequences, including potential deficiency liability and taxable forgiven debt. Please consult a licensed real estate attorney and/or CPA regarding your specific situation before making any decisions. Statewide foreclosure and short-sale sub-counts on this page are sample-extrapolated from per-city 200-listing API samples and carry wide confidence intervals; the headline total active for-sale count of 30,989 is exact (summed directly from per-city Realtor.com API counts).