Surprise 85378

Maricopa County, AZ · 3,410 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

47affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
32.2%
stretched
Days on market
43
daily
Price cuts
28.7%
of active
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50
/100
Mixed
stable · balanced · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
65
Economic health
47

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

34/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Seller's Market
Needs 6.8% correction for affordability
DOM: 57d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)50
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)20
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)50
Days on Market (5%)60

Seller-favored market in 85378. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 32.3% of median income. Median days on market: 57. Renting is approximately 38% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 16.5).

Buyer Caution

Seller's market. Be prepared to pay near list price.

Competitive market similar to 2021-2022 — limited inventory driving prices above fundamentals.
STABLEBALANCED

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$334,382
▾ 0.9% YoY
Days on market
43
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,689
ZORI
Investor score
60/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
35
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$0
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+71.3%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Maricopa+71.3%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$236
Price-to-income5.3×

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How 85378 ranks in AZ
percentile vs all Arizona ZIPs · n=398
Market velocity84%
Supply tightness91%
Affordability48%
Investment yield81%
Appreciation42%

Affordability, supply & momentum

73SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

Supply is below normal — sellers are favored but buyers still have options.

Months of Supply2.6 mo
Days on Market43d
Inv vs History-3.3%
Listing Density9.1/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$1,689
Payment burden32.2%
Median income · ZIP$62,881
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$2,023
Monthly rent$1,689
Market dynamics
Price cut %28.7%
Momentumstable
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply2.6
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,689
Price-to-rent16.5
Est. cap rate3.9%
Buy vs rentneutral

Livability

Walk score8
Transit score
Bike score
Places & amenities in ZIP 85378 · 16 mapped
Leaflet © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO
Parks & open space4
Floyd Gaines Park Softball FieldCentennial Friendship ParkGaines Park Multipurpose FieldJohnson Townhomes Park
Recreation & aquatics4
Villanueva Community CenterSurprise Senior CenterHollyhock Community PoolCoyote Lakes Golf Club
Venues & culture2
Hollyhock LibraryWHAM Art Center
Dining & cafés3
Scooter's CoffeePeter Piper PizzaTivoli Gardens
Getting around2
Surprise Park and RideCrossroads Towne Center
Weekend range10
Hells Canyon Wilderness Area · wilderness area21 mi
Gila River Waterfowl Management Area · national conservation area28 mi
Sierra Estrella Wilderness Area · wilderness area30 mi
Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness Area · wilderness area36 mi
Castle Creek Wilderness · wilderness area39 mi
North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness Area · wilderness area39 mi
Mazatzal Wilderness · wilderness area48 mi
Woolsey Peak Wilderness Area · wilderness area48 mi
Signal Mountain Wilderness Area · wilderness area49 mi
Pine Mountain Wilderness · wilderness area53 mi

Straight-line distance from the ZIP centroid (USGS PAD-US).

1,156 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP2 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USSurprise: incorporated/founded 1937 · Wikidata

Place data: USGS 3D Elevation Program · USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) · Wikidata · © OpenStreetMap contributors — licensed ODbL (OpenStreetMap), CC0 (Wikidata) and US public domain (USGS, NPS, Census). Every place shown comes from the named sources; nothing is editorialized.

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Maricopa County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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