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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.
Paradise Valley home with Camelback Mountain views sells for $9.25M
A 7,370-square-foot Paradise Valley home sold in March 2025 for $9.25 million. The house on two acres comes with five be...
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How Much Will the Best Views of Paradise Valley Cost You? $12.95 Million.
The Clearwater Hills home sits at an elevation of 1,960 feet and looks out onto Chase Field and the surrounding desert l...
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Extraordinarily Ornate $7.8 Million Paris-Inspired Arizona Mansion Comes Complete With 24-Karat Gold Trim and 52 Chandeliers
A $7.75 million Arizona mansion is offering one homebuyer the rare chance to live like a king or queen of old courtesy o...
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Paradise Valley mansion with garage space for over 20 cars sells for $15M
A 10,051-square-foot Paradise Valley mansion was bought with cash in early February 2025 for $15 million. The house loca...
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Former Arizona Coyotes owner Meruelo lists huge Paradise Valley mansion
The former owner of the Arizona Coyotes, who owns several homes in the area, has put his sprawling Paradise Valley mansi...
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Alex Meruelo Lists Arizona Home Following the Sale of His NHL Team
The hacienda-style estate in Paradise Valley is listing for $28.9 million
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Paradise Valley mansion with basketball court, garages for 50 cars for sale for $15.9M
A view of the luxury Paradise Valley home that is listed for $15.9 million and contains a full-size basketball court and...
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Solar-powered Valley estate with NBA-grade basketball court to list at $16M
Built in 2022, this residence on 2.4 acres in Paradise Valley is solar-powered, has parking spaces for 50 cars and an NB...
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A Paradise Valley Home With an NBA-Size Basketball Court Asks $15.895 Million
In the wealthy Arizona town of Paradise Valley, a newly built estate asking $15.895 million has an NBA-size basketball c...
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Paradise Valley mansion with opulent French-chateau interior on the market for $8.5M
A Paradise Valley mansion reminiscent of the inside of France’s opulent Palace of Versailles is for sale.
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Most-Productive Phoenix-Area Residential Real Estate Agents 2024
List gathered with the help of local residential real estate brokerages. Information points include: 2023 local dollar s...
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Wife of former Wells Fargo CEO sells Paradise Valley mansion for $11.75M
The wife of the former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf, who stepped down after the bank was found to have charged customers ...
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Fire sale of Paradise Valley mansion yields “phenomenal buy” for $12M
The owner of a 9,100-square-foot mansion perched on a hill high over Paradise Valley outside Phoenix has sold it for $11...
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Pair of Paradise Valley estates sell, including one owned by former MLB star
A sprawling Paradise Valley estate perched on top of Phoenix Mountains Preserve sold immediately after the price was tri...
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A look at some of Paradise Valley’s top home and land sales in 2024
The highest-priced Paradise Valley home to sell so far in 2024 is a 10,676-square-foot house that went for $14 million i...
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Why Are Millionaires From All Over the Country Moving to This Little-Known Arizona Suburb?
For Tina Garrity, the decision to relocate from Chicago to Paradise Valley, Ariz., in the early months of the pandemic was an easy one.
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This Arizona Home for Sale Was Built for an Art Collector
A modern home built for an art collector is hitting the market in Paradise Valley, Ariz., for $9.5 million.
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Paradise Valley Home With Its Own Soccer Field Almost Scores New Arizona Price Record
A gated Arizona estate with its own soccer field has sold for $17.5 million. That is just shy of the $19.25 million record generated late last year by...
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Private Libraries that Inspire
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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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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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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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 sales volume ($30M minimum), nu...
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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 five homes within three ...
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Arizona Cardinals’ new head coach buys newly built Valley home for $10M
The new head coach of the Arizona Cardinals is putting down roots. Here are the details about the newly built home he just bought in Paradise Valley.
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Levinson closes on off-market PV estate
Usually, the luxury market is slowing down during the hot summer months. But for some reason, luxury agents are busier than ever, selling mansions off...
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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 it the most expensive home to ...
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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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Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill sells Paradise Valley home
Michael Bidwill's home at 7451 N. Las Brisas Lane in Paradise Valley sold after being listed only one month on the market.
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Freeport-McMoRan CEO lists Paradise Valley home
The chairman and CEO of Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan is downsizing and has listed his Paradise Valley mansion for sale. Click through for a glimpse ...
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Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill lists Paradise Valley home for $5.8M
The owner of the Arizona Cardinals is selling his Paradise Valley home. But don't worry, says the luxury real estate agent who listed the home, h...
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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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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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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 str...
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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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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 Phoenix’s priciest homes to se...
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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 priciest metro Phoenix houses to...
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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 with a tennis court and 12-car...
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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 north Scottsdale mansion on more ...
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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.
The opulent home has four ...
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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, paid $7 million cash for...
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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 l...
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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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