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August 21, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Cave Creek, AZ Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

What homes actually sell for in Cave Creek: a median closing price of $1,089,000 across 152 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread.

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Cave Creek, AZ Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

If you invest in or around Cave Creek, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Cave Creek sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 12 months: 152
  • Median sold price, last 12 months: $1,089,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $409
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $750,000 and $1,500,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 152 closed sales in Cave Creek over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $1,089,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $750,000 and $1,500,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 82% of the Cave Creek closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 152 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $339 and $505 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Cave Creek, AZ (September 2026)

The median home price in Cave Creek is $1,089,000, measured across the 152 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $750,000 and $1,500,000.

Where Cave Creek sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Cave Creek
Closed sale prices over the last 12 months. Middle half of sales: $750k to $1.5M
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$465k to $897k: 50 sales50sales$465k$897k to $1.33M: 48 sales$1.33M to $1.76M: 22 sales$1.33M$1.76M to $2.19M: 9 sales$2.19M to $2.63M: 5 sales$2.19MMedian $1.09M

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Cave Creek over the last 12 months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $750,000 and $1,500,000. Among the 48 Arizona markets with a published band, Cave Creek's middle-half spread ($750,000 to $1,500,000) ranks 40th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 78th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Cave Creek monthly medians for the complete months inside the last 12 months, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 7 months plotted, 4 months suppressed under the 10-closing floor and drawn as empty slots.
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Oct 2025: $392 per square foot across 13 sales$392OctNov 2025: $391 per square foot across 15 sales$391Dec 2025: fewer than 10 qualifying sales recordedDecJan 2026: $402 per square foot across 15 sales$402Feb 2026: $451 per square foot across 12 sales$451FebMar 2026: $460 per square foot across 19 sales$460Apr 2026: $404 per square foot across 20 sales$404AprMay 2026: fewer than 10 qualifying sales recordedJun 2026: $402 per square foot across 18 sales$402Jun

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 48 days, across 101 Cave Creek closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 21 days, across 79 Cave Creek closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 152 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Cave Creek angle

Resideline tracked 152 closings in Cave Creek over the last 12 months; the median came in at $1,089,000, and the middle half of those sales landed between $750,000 and $1,500,000. That spread is wider than most markets we track and it opens upward, with the upper quarter reaching much further from the median than the lower quarter does. Anyone pricing from the midpoint will be wrong by the most at the strong end of the city.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Cave Creek address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Cave Creek, AZ
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 0411300
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 152
Median sold price: $1,089,000
Median sold $/sqft: $409 (152 qualifying)
Property mix: 82% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Cave Creek over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Cave Creek city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 17% of the 152 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $1,125,500.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Cave Creek?

The median sold price in Cave Creek over the last 12 months is $1,089,000, measured across 152 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Cave Creek last month?

Resideline tracked 8 closed sales in Cave Creek in August 2026, out of 152 closings tracked over the last 12 months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Cave Creek?

The middle half of Cave Creek sales over the last 12 months closed between $750,000 and $1,500,000, with a median of $1,089,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Cave Creek?

Among qualifying Cave Creek closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $409, measured across 152 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Should I trust a Cave Creek valuation built from loosely matched comps?

No. The middle half of closings spans a wider range than most markets we track, so a comp that is only roughly similar can sit a long way from your subject's true value. With a sample thinner than most markets we track you will have fewer candidates, which makes deliberate matching and explicit adjustment more important, not less.

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