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About Joan Levinson: Joan Levinson was the 2022 Real Trends/Wall Street Journal Number 1 Realtor in Arizona, and #40 nationally. She was named by Newsweek as one of “America’s Best Realtors, 2020,” and the Inman 2022 Top Luxury Agent in Arizona, and as the Phoenix Business Journal’s Most Productive Phoenix Area Agent in 2020,2021, and 2022. As Arizona’s Luxury Real Estate Expert, she has specialized for the past 35 years in the finest estates in Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Phoenix, and Arcadia. Levinson and her properties have appeared throughout TV and multiple major media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Newsweek, Fox, ABC, NBC, Architectural Digest and more.
Year in review: Niche properties big draw for Paradise Valley in 2023
The Town of Paradise Valley’s residential real estate market was a “treasure hunt” in 2023, according to Scott Gri...
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$20M Paradise Valley listing with a $1 million gold-tinged closet
PARADISE VALLEY, AZ — A 16,035-square-foot Paradise Valley estate with a $1 million renovation of the master closet ha...
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Dream Getaways: $20M Paradise Valley estate comes with a $1M gold-tinged closet
What's a $1 million closet made out of? Gold? Actually, yes. The closet in this sprawling mansion boasts gold-leaf detai...
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Metro Phoenix’s top home sales: Professional golfer sells Scottsdale condo for $5M
A professional golfer sold a Scottsdale penthouse for $5 million, and a Phoenix Biltmore-area house designed by the Fran...
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Phoenix Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation near Biltmore sells for $5.2M
This home designed by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation near Phoenix’s Arizona Biltmore resort boasts 5,453 square fee...
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$20M Arizona home has breathtaking closet and ultra-colorful decor that would make the Sex and the City icon green with envy
An Arizona home with ultra-colorful decor and a breathtaking closet that would make Carrie Bradshaw jealous has hit the ...
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It Took Three Interior Designers before she Finally found the One
Tracy Katz worked with Matthew Boland to create a comfortable yet eclectic home in Paradise Valley. Now she’s shopping...
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Metro Phoenix luxury home sales didn’t slow over the summer. Why and who’s buying?
Metro Phoenix’s million-dollar home sales didn't slow during the summer, despite the housing market's overall slowing....
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Paradise Valley Housing Market Limited by Low Inventory
Paradise Valley’s luxury housing market is unlike much of the Valley, as many wealthy buyers are unaffected by high in...
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Arizona Coyotes minority owner lists $27.5M Scottsdale Mansion
Andrew Barroway, a minority owner of the Arizona Coyotes hockey team, is building a 15,378-square-foot mansion in Silver...
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Most-Productive Phoenix-Area Residential Real Estate Agents
List gathered with the help of local residential real estate brokerages. Information points include: 2022 local dollar s...
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Former Arizona sports team owner sells home in north Scottsdale’s Silverleaf community
This north Scottsdale house with five bedrooms and six bathrooms has a full-size gym, a theater, a large bar, a walk-in ...
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HGTV star, former Hollywood exec buy two of metro Phoenix’s priciest homes
Retired DreamWorks Animation President Lew Coleman and HGTV reality show personality Pete de Best bought two of metro Ph...
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New Scottsdale, Arizona, home with 10-car garage sells for almost $11M
The co-owner of a Canadian brewing company and owners of a construction firm were among the buyers and sellers of the pr...
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After streak of Valley luxury sales, broker lists Bing Hu home in Silverleaf for $27.5M
It's no secret the luxury market in Paradise Valley and Scottsdale is on fire, but one luxury agent was so busy she sold...
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Private Libraries That Inspire (PDF)
Forget the Dewey Decimal System: Entrepreneur and inventor Jay Walker’s 25,000 books, manuscripts, artifacts and objects are organized in his person...
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REAL Trends: The Thousand Top Realtors in America, 2019
2019 Individuals by Transaction Volume
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The Rise of the Older, Single Female Home Buyer
Leah Hoffman was looking for a house to start the next phase of her life. She doesn’t need a lot of space, and being single, she only needs to pleas...
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My Therapist Says I Can’t Close Escrow (and Other Deal Killers)
Agents Pegi DiRienzo and Joan Levinson remember the most difficult, last-minute problems that emerged just before closing a sale.
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My Therapist Says I Can’t Close Escrow (and Other Deal Killers) PDF
Two real-estate agents remember the most difficult, last-minute problems that emerged just before closing a sale, including a seller who declared a me...
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The Ranch House, Reinvented
Homeowners and architects are reinventing the low-slung ranch house with high ceilings, wide-open spaces and luxury amenities, all on a single floor
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Joan Levinson Number One Individual Real Estate Agent in Valley, 2022
List gathered with the help of local residential real estate brokerages. Information points include: 2021 local dollar sales volume ($30M minimum), nu...
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Most-Productive Phoenix-Area Residential Real Estate Agents Sept 2022 – JAL #1
List gathered with the help of local residential real estate brokerages. Information points include: 2021 local dollar sales volume ($30M minimum), nu...
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Vacant Paradise Valley lot sells for $11M; Joan Levinson had both sides of the listing
While the Valley's housing market may be in cool-down mode, the luxury sector is still going strong. Here's another example.
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Largest vacant land parcel in Paradise Valley hits market at $55M
A 27-acre parcel in an exclusive area of Paradise Valley has been sitting undeveloped for 50 years and is now listed for $55 million.
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‘ENDLESS DEMAND’
With few empty parcels of land remaining in the Valley's most prized neighborhoods for new mansions, lot prices for luxury homes are reaching stratosp...
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Highest priced home sales 2021 Phoenix
The Valley’s residential real estate market had another banner year, with the top-selling house coming in at $21.5 million. Click through to see the...
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Highest Price Phoenix Luxury Homes October 2021
October was yet another big month for luxury real estate sales in the Valley, with the top-selling home selling for $21.5 million. Click to see inside...
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Joan Levinson Number One Individual Real Estate Agent in Valley 2021
The largest residential real estate brokerages in the June 25 Residential Real Estate Brokerages list were asked to supply information on individual a...
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Most Productive Phoenix-Area Residential RE Agents
Ranked by Dollar volume, 2020
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Arizona Coyotes owner pays $12.1M for Paradise Valley mansion; 2 hockey players sell homes
The main home and two casitas on the property in Paradise Valley total nearly 23,000 square feet, with unimpeded views of Camelback Mountain. Meanwhil...
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California homebuilder pays $16M for 155 acres in Goodyear
The acquisition of 616 building lots in Goodyear is the largest homesite acquisition for the homebuilder in the Grand Canyon State to date.
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20 Valley Names to Know in Residential Real Estate
New to the Valley or working in homebuilding or home sales? Here's your primer on well-known residential real estate sector movers and shakers around ...
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Here are the highest-priced Phoenix-area luxury homes sold in April
The Phoenix metro’s white-hot real estate market, which includes multimillion-dollar mansions, is showing no signs of cooling off as the temperature...
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Here are the Highest-Priced Phoenix-Area Luxury Homes Sold in February
Luxury homes sales in the Valley aren't slowing down anytime soon if February sales are any indication. The most expensive residence sold that month i...
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One city in metro Phoenix made Zillow’s million-dollar cities list
Across the nation, there are 312 U.S. cities with a typical home value of at least $1 million — 45 more than a year ago and the largest increase in ...
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Arizona Cardinals player pays $5M for new Scottsdale home
Features of the priciest metro Phoenix homes to sell in mid-March include a secret garden
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Pricey Phoenix home sales: Room for 1,800 bottles of wine, an 8-car garage
The most expensive homes to sell in the Valley during the first week of January were in Paradise Valley, Scottsdale and Phoenix's "Arcadia lite.&...
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Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill sells metro Phoenix mansion
The estate has six bedrooms and seven bathrooms, three elevators, an 1,800-bottle wine room and a theater with rows of leather reclining chairs.
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A 9,100-square-foot Paradise Valley mansion sells for $7.5M cash
Features of the priciest metro Phoenix homes to sell last week include a home theater
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Paradise Valley mansion with private jogging path and putting green sells for $12M
Putting greens, sports courts and game rooms were popular features in the most expensive
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Arizona Coyotes owner buys $12.1M home in Paradise Valley
A basketball court, heated floors, a "beautiful" motor court and a "gentleman's library"
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Million-dollar home sales are soaring in metro Phoenix. Here’s who is buying them.
Metro Phoenix is drawing more millionaires, or at least buyers who can pay $1 million or more
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Paradise Valley Mansion with 25-person elevator, shooting rage sells for $14.25 million
About $40 million in total was spent on the five priciest homes to sell in metro Phoenix this week
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Paradise Valley Mansion with more bathrooms than bedrooms sells for $13.5 million
Paradise Valley mansions dominated this week's list of metro Phoenix's priciest home sales
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$4.5M PV home with a barrel-vaulted herringbone brick kitchen ceiling among priciest home sales
Resort-style back yards were a popular amenity with buyers of this week's priciest homes
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Modern showpiece in Paradise Valley sells for $5.1M, topping luxury home sales list
An attorney, doctor, software CEO, salon owner and real estate agent are among the buyers
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Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald, DeAndre Hopkins among buyers, sellers of metro Phoenix’s priciest homes
Arizona Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald sold an $18M home, while DeAndre Hopkins
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$17.5M Paradise Valley mansion ties for 2nd priciest home ever sold in Arizona
A multimillion dollar home sale in Paradise Valley made Arizona history, tied for the second priciest home ever sold in the state. The home boasts 12 ...
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Arizona Cardinals star Larry Fitzgerald sells $4.65M Paradise Valley mansion
The sale of Larry Fitzgerald's Paradise Valley mansion for $4.65 million was among this week's priciest home sales in metro Phoenix.
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Top Metro Phoenix Homes Sales 2019
Putting greens, stone fireplaces and radiant heated floors are among the luxurious features that can be found in some of this week's most expensive ho...
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