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August 21, 2026· Updated August 22, 2026
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Sun City West, AZ Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Sun City West: a median closing price of $359,000 across 685 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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

Sun City West closes a lot of homes into a narrow band, which makes its median unusually informative: sales over the last six months land close together, so the citywide number is a real anchor rather than an average of extremes.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 685
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $359,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $214
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $295,000 and $430,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 685 closed sales in Sun City West over the last six months, with a median closing price of $359,000. 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 $295,000 and $430,000. 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. 84% of the Sun City West 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 685 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $184 and $242 per square foot.

Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Sun City West, AZ (August 2026)

The median home price in Sun City West is $359,000, measured across the 685 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $295,000 and $430,000.

Where Sun City West sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Sun City West
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $295k to $430k
$215k to $267k: 70 sales$215k$267k to $319k: 127 sales$319k to $372k: 163 sales163sales$319k$372k to $424k: 105 sales$424k to $476k: 79 sales$424k$476k to $528k: 37 sales$528k to $580k: 21 sales$528k$580k to $632k: 13 salesMedian $359k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Sun City West over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $295,000 and $430,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Sun City West monthly medians over the last six months, among qualifying closings with usable living area
Feb 2026: $207 per square foot across 40 sales$207Feb 2026Mar 2026: $218 per square foot across 156 sales$218Mar 2026Apr 2026: $221 per square foot across 148 sales$221Apr 2026May 2026: $218 per square foot across 111 sales$218May 2026Jun 2026: $206 per square foot across 114 sales$206Jun 2026Jul 2026: $206 per square foot across 76 sales$206Jul 2026Aug 2026: $220 per square foot across 40 sales$220Aug 2026

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 31 days, across 485 Sun City West closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 22 days, across 418 Sun City West 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 685 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Sun City West angle

strong sample, narrow band: that pairing makes Sun City West among the more tractable records we work with. Both facts push the same way. Closings sit within a compact range, so $359,000 is a more usable starting point than usual, and there is enough volume to confirm it with comps filtered strictly on property type, living area and condition. Use the band as a check rather than a conclusion. A valuation well outside $295,000 to $430,000 in a market this compact should be traceable to something specific about the property. Within the band, the stretch from $359,000 to $430,000 is the wider side, so an under matched comp set reads low. And half of all closings still fall beyond both edges of that band.

From market read to offer price

A tight market makes the next step easier: the citywide anchor sits close to most homes, and a report only has to explain the gap. 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. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,508+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

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

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Sun City West, AZ
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 685
Median sold price: $359,000
Median sold $/sqft: $214 (685 qualifying)
Property mix: 84% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/sun-city-west-az-housing-market

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 West over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Sun City West?

The median sold price in Sun City West over the last 6 months is $359,000, measured across 685 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Sun City West last month?

Resideline tracked 76 closed sales in Sun City West in July 2026, out of 685 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 West?

The middle half of Sun City West sales over the last six months closed between $295,000 and $430,000, with a median of $359,000.

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

Among qualifying Sun City West closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $214, measured across 685 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

What makes Sun City West easier to value than most markets?

Both facts come straight from the record. The band from $295,000 to $430,000 is narrower than in most markets we track, so closings sit closer together and $359,000 carries more information about a given address. Together those mean you can build a matched estimate and then check it against a meaningful citywide reference.

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