Good morning, Scottsdale. An extreme heat warning is in effect through 8 PM Friday, so push outdoor errands to the early morning.
- 🏠 Median sale price is $932,500. Up about 4% in a year, with homes taking 76 days to sell.
- 📷 License plate cameras are under review around the Valley. Scottsdale PD credits them. Other departments have dropped them.
- 🍽️ Old Town eats mid-week. Cala runs a $55 three-course night Tuesday and Wednesday. Marcellino pairs dinner with a movie.
- 📚 Civic Center Library finishes The Odyssey. The Staff Picks group takes books 13 through 24 Wednesday evening.
- 🎸 Benson Boone and The Guess Who both play Phoenix tonight. Two arena-and-theater options down the 101.
The median Scottsdale sale is now $932,500
Scottsdale's median sale price hit $932,500 in the latest Redfin reading, about 4% higher than a year ago.
Key facts:
- Median sale price: $932,500, up roughly 4% year over year
- Homes sold: 563 in the period ending May 31
- New listings: 555
- Median days on market: 76
Two numbers sit almost on top of each other: 555 homes came on the market and 563 sold. Supply and demand are trading evenly, and prices are still climbing, but the typical listing takes about two and a half months to close. That is the citywide figure, which flattens three very different markets into one number: Old Town condos, the mature ranch neighborhoods along the Indian Bend greenbelt, and the North Scottsdale communities out past Bell.
Redfin refreshes the city numbers monthly, and the next update covers the summer stretch. Details.
Around Scottsdale
📷 The Flock camera question. Scottsdale police are publicly backing the license plate reader network and the department's Real Time Crime Center, crediting the cameras with helping close cases. The Scottsdale Progress ran that defense alongside a second piece asking whether Scottsdale follows the Valley departments that have walked away from the contracts, with Tempe, Surprise, Goodyear, and Apache Junction all in the conversation. No Scottsdale council date has been announced. The department's case. The other side of it.
🎓 Where charter school dollars come from. The Scottsdale Independent published an explainer on how Arizona funds charter school students, which is the piece worth reading before the next SUSD enrollment argument. Details.
🗣️ Resident Q&A. The Independent's running interview series is up with Randy Bailin this round. Details.
🌃 Old Town and nightlife
Bars, music, and galleries, plus what is on in the Arts District this week.
Neighborhood Nights at Cala. A three-course dinner for $55 per person, Tuesday and Wednesday, at 7501 East Camelback Road. A good midweek reason to eat somewhere with tablecloths. Details.
Dinner and a movie at Marcellino. Breakfast at Tiffany's screens Tuesday evening in the private dining room on Stetson Drive, at a single table for 10. Bring a group or take an open seat. Details.
The Big Night, Wednesday. Same room, same table, one night later. The food movie in the food restaurant is the correct pairing. Details.
Glow Up sound bath at SMoCA. Thursday at 7 PM at the museum on Civic Center. Details.
The week ahead
Tuesday
- 🧠 Trivia at The Rack. Weekly team trivia at 3636 North Scottsdale Road. Details.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday and Saturday
- 🍴 Foodies and New Friends, young pros edition. Monthly dinner meetup at a rotating restaurant. Details.
- 🔮 Tyler Henry, Friday at 8 PM. Talking Stick Resort, on Salt River land across Pima Road. Details.
- 🎸 Fan Halen, Friday at 7:30 PM. The Showroom at Casino Arizona, 101 and McKellips, also Salt River. Details.
- 🔥 Gene Simmons Band, Saturday at 8 PM. Talking Stick Resort. Details.
Around the Valley
A few picks worth the drive down the 101 this week.
Benson Boone, tonight at 8 PM. Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, on the Wanted Man Tour. An arena pop show on a Monday is its own kind of decision. Tickets.
The Guess Who, tonight at 7:30 PM. Arizona Financial Theatre, one night on the Takin' It Back Tour. Tickets.
NINE VICIOUS, Tuesday at 8 PM. The Van Buren downtown. A small room for a touring hip-hop bill. Tickets.
Phoenix Rising FC vs. Colorado Springs Switchbacks, Wednesday at 7:30 PM. Phoenix Rising FC Stadium. Kickoff is late enough that the field has cooled off. Tickets.