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About Joan Levinson: Joan Levinson is 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.

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Parents of a New York Jets player paid $12.3M cash for Paradise Valley mansion

The parents of the center for the New York Jets paid cash for a Paradise Valley mansion. That home and a Peoria mansion ...

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The Valley’s Best Real Estate Agents of 2023

Is buying or selling a home on your to-do list in 2023? Consult this exclusive resource to find the Valley’s highest-p...

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Joan Levinson: The Desert’s Luxury Real Estate Expert

Real Estate Agent Magazine sat down with Joan Levinson, Arizona’s premier luxury real estate expert. For the past 30 y...

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Former MLB outfielder and Playboy model sell their Scottsdale home

Former Cleveland Guardians’ outfielder Grady Sizemore and his wife Brittany Binger, a former Playboy model, sold a nor...

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Paradise Valley Home Sells for a Record-Breaking $23.5 Million

A Paradise Valley mansion recently sold for $23.5 million in cash, setting a new record for the highest price paid for a...

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Paradise Valley Luxury Mansion Sold by Tech Entrepreneur for $23.5 Million in Cash

Listed for $25 million, a 18,575-square-foot estate on five acres sold for $23.5 million in an all-cash deal — making ...

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Mansion Sells for $23.5M, Setting Paradise Valley Record.

An 18,500-square-foot Paradise Valley estate has sold for $23.5 million in cash, setting a new record for the posh town....

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A New Home Is Crowned Priciest Property to Ever Sell in Paradise Valley

In Paradise Valley, Ariz., a home built for a car collector has closed for $23.5 million, making it the most expensive h...

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This $9.3 Million Arizona Manse Has a Swimming Pool That Looks Like a Human Aquarium

If you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like to swim in an aquarium, this home is for you.

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Top metro Phoenix home sales in 2023

Former Arizona Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt and his wife, Kealia Watt, a National Women's Soccer League free agent,...

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An Arizona Home With a See-Through Swimming Pool Asks $9.3 Million

The roughly 5,600-square-foot Paradise Valley property has come on and off the market several times over the last few ye...

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An Arizona Home With a See-Through Swimming Pool Asks $9.3 Million

The roughly 5,600-square-foot Paradise Valley property has come on and off the market several times over the last few ye...

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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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Unaffected by interest rates, cash buyers rush to close on Paradise Valley luxury residences

This home at 8311 N. 53rd St. in Paradise Valley recently sold in an all-cash deal.

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An Arizona Home Filled With Western and Native American-Inspired Art Asks $6.685 Million

The artwork, which includes paintings, sculptures and kachina dolls, could be also be sold, if a buyer is interested

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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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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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$18M Paradise Valley home sells in ‘strong as a bull’ market

The estate is in the priciest Arizona ZIP code and is the third most-expensive home to ever sell in the state, according to the agent who sold it.

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Most-Productive Phoenix-Area Residential Real Estate Agents Ranked by Dollar volume, 2019

List information gathered by email surveys and by request of leading Residential Real Estate Brokerages from the list published June 26. List ranked b...

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Joan Levinson Number One Individual Real Estate Agent in Valley 2020

List information gathered by email surveys and by request of leading Residential Real Estate Brokerages from the list published June 26. List ranked b...

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Valley luxury home sales in March, April going strong amid Covid-19

While the rest of the world was shutting down business, luxury real estate in the Valley kept going strong with high-priced homes changing hands in Ma...

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Global investment firm leader sells Paradise Valley home for $17.5M

The home brought close to its $21 million asking price and shows the Valley's luxury market isn't feeling any major headwinds yet from economic shutdo...

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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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Car-care mogul buys $5.5M Paradise Valley mansion with showcase garage, tennis court

Car-care mogul buys $5.5M Paradise Valley mansion with showcase garage, tennis court

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$3.9 million Paradise Valley mansion features wine room, gated courtyard with fireplace

$3.9 million Paradise Valley mansion features wine room, gated courtyard with fireplace

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$4.4M Scottsdale mansion has shoe room and a hydro-clay tennis court

Double exercise rooms, a private hair salon and infinity edge pools are among the features in some of this week's most expensive home sales in metropo...

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18 Luxury homes: $3.25M contemporary-style Scottsdale condo has theater room

18 Luxury homes: $3.25M contemporary-style Scottsdale condo has theater room

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Arizona’s priciest home ever sells for $15.65M on Mummy Mountain

A tech company CEO paid $15.65 million for a mansion on Paradise Valley's Mummy Mountain. It's the priciest home sale ever to close in Arizona. Steve ...

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Long vacant home on edge of Piestewa Peak sells for $3.2M

Anyone who hiked around Phoenix’s Piestewa Peak will recognize this vacant home that just sold for $3.2 million. The 4,200-square-foot house at the ...

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Top Independent Paradise Valley Realtor 2015

Silverleaf specialist Deborah Beardsley captured the No. 1 ranking in the Phoenix Business Journal's Residential Real Estate Agents list.

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