Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

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, three speakers discuss the rapid influx of out‑of‑state buyers into Arizona’s high‑end real‑estate market. Speaker A notes that roughly 178 Californians move to Arizona each day and that many Washington‑state residents are also relocating. Speaker B attributes the Washington migration to a newly‑implemented 10 % tax on income over $1 million and contrasts buyer profiles: Paradise Valley attracts primarily California and Washington buyers, while the Cactus corridor sees mostly local residents upgrading, downsizing, or changing homes. Speaker C highlights the price advantage of Arizona luxury homes, citing examples of buyers who passed on a $14 million Los Angeles property in favor of an $8 million Scottsdale home, emphasizing better schools, family‑friendly environments, and spacious, permanent residences. The overall narrative frames tax policy, cost savings, and lifestyle quality as key drivers of the market surge.

178 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