{"id":285,"date":"2026-10-26T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/petetorrez-com\/?p=285"},"modified":"2026-10-26T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:00:00","slug":"scottsdale-buyers-pay-a-housing-premium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/26\/scottsdale-buyers-pay-a-housing-premium\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottsdale Buyers Pay a Housing Premium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/pete-torrez\/best-places-arizona-remotion-videos-2d35\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Scottsdale suits buyers seeking jobs, healthcare, dining, and outdoor access in one city, though the current median listing price sits near $915.6K.<br \/>\nThat price is nearly double Arizona&#039;s $467K median, and local preserve trailheads link neighborhoods to protected desert and popular loop hikes nearby.<br \/>\nScottsdale&#039;s job base extends beyond tourism, with major healthcare and large employers supporting opportunities in healthcare, finance, technology, and defense within the city.<br \/>\nDaily life varies by neighborhood: Old Town clusters restaurants, galleries, shopping, and arts venues, while northern Scottsdale offers easier access to desert trails.<br \/>\nFor buyers with flexible budgets, Scottsdale combines premium housing, concentrated amenities, and a broad job base that reduces reliance on Phoenix&#039;s employment market.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottsdale suits buyers seeking jobs, healthcare, dining, and outdoor access in one city, though the current median listing price sits near $915.6K. That price is nearly double Arizona&#039;s $467K median, and local preserve trailheads link neighborhoods to protected desert and popular loop hikes nearby. Scottsdale&#039;s job base extends beyond tourism, with major healthcare and large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":518,"featured_media":286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/518"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petetorrez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}