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Why California & WA Buyers Are FLOODING Arizona's Real Estate Market! #shorts

29 Aug 2026 · 2 min

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In this YouTube short, Catherine Bell and two other speakers discuss the rapid influx of out‑of‑state buyers into Arizona’s real‑estate market. They note that roughly 78 Californians relocate to Arizona each day, and a significant wave of Washington‑state residents is arriving, spurred by Washington’s new 10 % surtax on incomes over $1 million. The conversation differentiates buyer types: in Paradise Valley, most purchasers are recent Californians and Washingtonians seeking primary residences, while in the Cactus Corridor many buyers are existing Arizona residents looking to upsize or downsize. A price‑arbitrage example is shared—buyers who considered $14 million homes in Los Angeles ultimately bought $8 million properties in Scottsdale, attracted by lower costs, quality schools, and family‑friendly environments. Overall, the speakers highlight tax‑driven migration, demographic segmentation, and lifestyle motivations as key forces reshaping Arizona’s housing market.

78 Californians moving here a day.
It's a big deal.
And my other investor I literally just met with, we met her over at the property, is she was actually saying there's a huge influx of people coming in from Washington State as well.
Yeah, I was gonna say, like, ever since they implemented their 10% extra tax for anything you make over a million, it's been a ton of people from Washington State that, that, that's coming in. Like, but even with the Cactus corridor, like, I feel like the buyer that we do get on these homes, like, when you look at Paradise Valley, it's more of the California and Washington State buyers. A lot of the buyers on ours in Cactus are more from people that already live here, but they want, like, to upgrade to, like, a new house or— Downsize or upsize or like whatever it is. Right. But we tend to have like a lot of buyers that already live here that's buying our product too. So yeah.
Because the value of their other prices are going up, going back and forth between the markets. I've been spending time in Los Angeles as well. It's completely different there, right? Talking to some people who were looking at a $14 million property in Southern California and who went to Scottsdale and bought one for $8. Comparable, and they're happy with the schools. They can see raising their family there. So I've been spending time in that neighborhood, and you see what a great life people are building there. People are really dedicated to creating lives there and buying those forever homes. And these ones that are just so beautiful and have so much space in them, I think, is key.
But like, we've pre-sold everything that's finishing this year, so like, we only have like ours on Cortez. It's like the next delivery, I, I, I feel like, out of everything. So like it's going to be good timing with everything. So