Tucson Real Estate Market Stats
Tucson real estate market statistics: average sale prices, days on market, inventory, months of supply and sale-to-list ratios, sourced from MLSSAZ.
Current Tucson market figures
- Average sale price
- ~$449,500 — Mean close price across all residential property types — 1,130 closings in July 2026, up 0.3% from July 2025. A handful of high-end sales carries the mean well above the middle of the market: 48 closings above $1M averaged $1.57M, while the all-types median was $370,495 and the single-family median $390,000.
- Months of supply
- ~3.5 months — 3,907 active listings against 1,130 July closings. That sits below the 4-to-6-month balanced benchmark, which keeps Tucson a mild seller's market rather than a buyer's one. Supply is tightest from $300K–$500K (3.2 months) and loosest above $1M (4.5 months).
- Sale-to-list ratio
- ~98% — Homes closed about 2% under asking in July, unchanged from a year ago. 178 of the 1,130 sales closed above asking, while 43% of all 1,130 July sales had taken a price cut before closing — well-priced homes still draw competing offers; overpriced ones sit and then discount.
- Median days on market
- ~37 days — List-to-contract across all property types, down from 40 days in July 2025. Single-family runs 35 days. Add roughly 30–45 days of escrow for a financed buyer.
- Median price per square foot
- ~$217 — Across all residential property types in July 2026, on a median 1,806 square feet of living area. Single-family runs $221. Useful for comparing homes of different sizes, but it moves with age, condition and lot as much as with location.
- Effective property tax rate
- ~0.45–0.60% — Below the U.S. average for most owner-occupied homes in Pima County. This is a statutory and assessor figure rather than an MLS statistic, so it is the one row here that does not come from the market data connection.
Closed-sale and active-inventory statistics aggregated by LiveBy from MLSSAZ listing data, over the county boundary containing the Tucson metro (LiveBy boundary 5afc4af02f86c27281e528b1, area-level-2). Sale figures cover the single calendar month given as the as-of date; months of supply is active listings divided by that month's closings.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average home price in Tucson, Arizona?
The average sale price across the Tucson metro is approximately $449,500 (LiveBy / MLSSAZ, July 2026), up 0.3% year-over-year across 1,130 closings. That is a mean, and it runs well above the middle of the market: the all-types median was $370,495 and the single-family median $390,000. Geography moves it more than anything else — inside Tucson city limits the median was $315,000, while Catalina Foothills ran $650,000 in the same month. Always confirm against the current as-of date on the source page.
Is it a buyer's or seller's market in Tucson right now?
As of July 2026, Tucson has roughly 3.5 months of housing supply — below the 4-to-6-month balanced benchmark, which keeps it a mild seller's market. There were 3,907 active listings against 1,130 closings in July. The sale-to-list ratio is around 98%, meaning homes close about 2% under asking, and the median home goes under contract in 37 days. Buyers have more room to negotiate than in 2021–2022 — 43% of July's sales had taken a price cut before closing — but this is not a buyer's market: prices are flat to slightly up year-over-year, not falling.
How long do homes take to sell in Tucson?
The median days on market in Tucson is 37 days across all property types and 35 days for single-family homes (LiveBy / MLSSAZ, July 2026) — down from 40 days a year ago. This is list-to-contract; total list-to-close typically adds 30–45 days for escrow. Well-priced homes often sell faster and can still receive multiple offers: 178 of July's 1,130 sales closed above asking.
How do Tucson home prices compare to Phoenix?
Tucson's single-family median sale price (~$390,000 in July 2026) sits about 22% below the Phoenix metro's (~$500,000 over the same month, measured the same way over Maricopa County), making Tucson one of the more affordable major housing markets in Arizona despite sharing state-level cost drivers. Homes there also sat longer before going under contract — a 55-day median against Tucson's 37.
What is the property tax rate in Tucson and Pima County?
Arizona's effective property tax rate is below the U.S. average — roughly 0.45%–0.60% for most owner-occupied homes in Pima County, which includes Tucson, Oro Valley, Marana, and Sahuarita. Unlike the sale figures on this page, that rate is a statutory and assessor number rather than an MLS statistic.