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August 27, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Sun City, AZ Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Sun City: a median closing price of $250,000 across 855 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Sun City, AZ Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

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

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 855
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $250,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $174
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $200,000 and $314,900

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 855 closed sales in Sun City over the last six months, with a median closing price of $250,000. 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 $200,000 and $314,900. 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. Across the 854 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $146 and $201 per square foot.

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

Median home price in Sun City, AZ (September 2026)

The median home price in Sun City is $250,000, measured across the 855 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $200,000 and $314,900.

Where Sun City sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Sun City
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $200k to $315k
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$130k to $164k: 68 sales$130k$164k to $199k: 94 sales$199k to $233k: 125 sales$199k$233k to $267k: 162 sales162sales$267k to $301k: 113 sales$267k$301k to $336k: 115 sales$336k to $370k: 53 sales$336k$370k to $404k: 37 salesMedian $250k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Sun City over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $200,000 and $314,900. Among the 48 Arizona markets with a published band, Sun City's middle-half spread ($200,000 to $314,900) ranks 18th 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 35th 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
Sun City monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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Apr 2026: $178 per square foot across 189 sales$178AprMay 2026: $172 per square foot across 169 sales$172MayJun 2026: $169 per square foot across 134 sales$169JunJul 2026: $168 per square foot across 121 sales$168JulAug 2026: $177 per square foot across 92 sales$177Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 34 days, across 493 Sun City closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 21 days, across 407 Sun City closings Resideline tracked in the last six 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 855 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Sun City angle

Sun City posted 855 tracked closings over the last six months, with a median closed sale price of $250,000 and the middle half of sales landing between $200,000 and $314,900. The width of that band is close to typical for the markets we track, which leaves the median informative but not conclusive. A sensible Sun City valuation starts at the median, moves with matched closed sales, and treats any large departure from the band as a claim requiring evidence.

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 Sun City 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: Sun City, AZ
Geography: Census-designated place, not an incorporated municipality, Census place 0470320
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 855
Median sold price: $250,000
Median sold $/sqft: $174 (854 qualifying)
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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 Sun City over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Sun City?

The median sold price in Sun City over the last 6 months is $250,000, measured across 855 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Sun City last month?

Resideline tracked 94 closed sales in Sun City in August 2026, out of 855 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Sun City?

The middle half of Sun City sales over the last six months closed between $200,000 and $314,900, with a median of $250,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Sun City?

Among qualifying Sun City closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $174, measured across 854 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

How much variation is normal among Sun City sale prices?

The middle half of the closings we tracked defines the ordinary spread, and in Sun City its width is close to typical for the markets we track. Half of the sales still closed outside that band, so results beyond it are common rather than suspicious. Judge a specific price against closed sales that resemble the property, not against the citywide median alone.

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