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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.
Paradise Valley, the “Beverly Hills of Arizona”, Where the Wealthy of Arizona Live
Meet the average resident of Paradise Valley, the 'Beverly Hills of Arizona': a 54-year-old homeowner making over $220,0...
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Mummy Mountain Road in top ‘aspirational streets’ list
In cities across the country, certain streets are not just thoroughfares — they are symbols of status and sophisticati...
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Paradise Valley’s Pandemic Rush Is Over—but High-Priced Homes Keep Selling
Even as pandemic-induced demand wanes, the affluent enclave of Paradise Valley, Ariz., has seen a recent spate of high-p...
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Realtor Joan Levinson brokers record-breaking $42M sale
Brokered by Realtor Joan Levinson, the largest undeveloped parcel in the Town of Paradise Valley has been sold — but w...
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Family’s $42M sale of Paradise Valley land ignores “much higher offers”
The family of a late Dial soap executive has sold 27 acres in Paradise Valley, Arizona’s wealthiest enclave, for $42 m...
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Paradise Valley land owner sells 27 acres for lower offer of $42M to ensure fewer homes built
A 27-acre vacant parcel in the heart of Paradise Valley has sold for $42 million. But don’t expect as many houses to b...
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Paradise Valley’s largest flat undeveloped parcel sells for $42M
The 27-acre undeveloped parcel of land near Mummy Mountain in the Town of Paradise Valley was sold last week for a recor...
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Largest luxury parcel sells for Arizona Record $42 Million
The largest non-hillside property available in all of Paradise Valley just closed today for $42 million, down from the o...
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Here’s What $15 Million Gets You In Paradise Valley: Three Listings
We're comparing three Paradise Valley properties all priced around $15 million to show how much bang you can get for you...
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Metro Phoenix luxury home prices push higher into the stratosphere as wealthy movers keep coming
The luxury market in Paradise Valley and Scottsdale is breaking through a new barrier, with listings upward of $75 milli...
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Paradise Valley homes with pickleball, tennis courts highlight priciest Phoenix houses sold
A Delaware LLC named after the address of the property paid cash for a 6,232-square-foot Paradise Valley house with five...
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Thousands of wealthy Californians are fleeing to celeb haven dubbed the ‘Beverly Hills of Arizona’, to escape soaring crime and high taxes
With 300 sunshine days a year, low taxes and safe streets, it's little wonder Californians are flocking to the so-called...
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Wealthy Californians are ditching the state for the ‘Beverly Hills of Arizona’
The cofounder of Saints Capital previously lived in San Francisco with his wife, who also works in venture capital, and ...
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Luxury broker races against the clock to sell former Coyotes’ owner’s Valley mansion
If a luxury broker doesn't sell this home by Feb. 22, the owner will move in. The $29 million sale price includes $2 mil...
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New Scottsdale mansion hits the market for $29M, but buyer must act fast
A north Scottsdale mansion in Silverleaf with garages for 20 cars, a $1 million home theater and a golf simulator is on ...
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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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Wife of former Wells Fargo CEO buys Valley mansion, tops all December sales
The mountainside home in Paradise Valley was picked up in December for nearly $10 million. In our monthly sales wrap-up, see the buyers and sellers fo...
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These 6 Valley mansions fetched the highest prices in 2019
The six luxury residences sold for a combined $78.5 million.
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Mountainside Paradise Valley Home Sells for $9.5 million
The home, which had been on and off the market for nearly two years, finally found a buyer.
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Retired CEO puts sprawling Paradise Valley mansion on market for $15M
For 54 years, Richard Clayton ran a busy commercial contracting services company. So when it came time for him to oversee construction of his dream ho...
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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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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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