A scorching housing market can only run at full speed for so long. Across Arizona’s booming Sun Corridor, that red-hot pace finally shows signs of slowing, and the shift carries real consequences for homebuyers, renters, and the communities that grew almost overnight during the last decade.
For years, bidding wars defined life across the desert cities stretching from Phoenix to Tucson. Homes vanished from the market within days. Investors snapped up properties before families could schedule a showing. Rent climbed month after month as thousands of newcomers arrived from across the country.
