Phoenix serviced apartments: November 2025 snapshot needs validation

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I would like to keep this as a monthly Phoenix series, but the November 2025 sample is not yet consistent enough. It currently shows 49 days on market, a 7.4% drop in asking prices and apparent financing sensitivity near $990,000.

Before carrying those figures forward, I need to define what qualifies as a serviced apartment and separate active, withdrawn and completed properties. The property-type mix, neighbourhood coverage and revision date for each figure should also be visible. Completed-sale evidence and paired listing histories would be especially useful, along with inventory changes and source links. Local observations can help, provided they are clearly distinguished from the measured sample.
 
I would not turn it into a series until “serviced apartment” is defined. Does the sample include every furnished unit marketed for medium-term stays, or only properties offering services? Also, is 49 days calculated across active listings, withdrawn listings or completed sales? Those choices could materially change the picture.
 
The -7.4% figure needs similar treatment. A fall in the median asking price could simply reflect more lower-priced properties entering the sample. It is different from a 7.4% reduction on the same listings. Paired listing histories would support the latter; completed-sale prices would answer a separate question.
 
I disagree slightly with holding the whole snapshot back. It can still be useful as a dated, provisional reading if the limitations are beside the figures rather than buried later. Preserve the November 2025 version, add a revision date to any later changes, and do not silently replace the original numbers.
 
What makes the financing sensitivity around $990,000 “visible”? If it comes from longer marketing periods or more reductions near that price, show the comparison below and above it. Otherwise the apparent threshold might just be where many listings happen to cluster.
 
The Phoenix geography also needs tightening. Is this Phoenix proper or a wider area being presented under the city name? A neighbourhood split will not help much unless all entries follow the same boundary. Even a simple list of included areas would make later monthly comparisons less slippery.
 
A compact table would solve several of these issues. For each monthly figure, include the date collected, number of qualifying properties, active or completed status, original and latest asking price, days-on-market convention, neighbourhood and a link where one can be provided. Then publish asking and completed-sale results separately rather than blending them.
 
One more point on the 49 days: relisting can reset the visible clock. Nicolas, do you mean uninterrupted time under the current listing, cumulative exposure where identifiable, or the age of listings still active in November? The figure is hard to compare month to month without that rule.
 
Property-type mix could be doing more work than neighbourhood here. “Serviced apartment” might capture studios, larger apartments and other furnished properties with very different prices and selling periods. I’d split by type or size before interpreting the $990,000 area as a financing effect.
 
There is a risk of designing a table more detailed than the sample can support. The minimum useful release would be the sample count, collection date, inclusion rule, whether each figure is a mean or median, and what -7.4% compares. Add neighbourhood and price-band splits only when they do not reduce the groups to isolated listings.
 
Thanks all. I’m keeping this as a provisional discussion snapshot rather than presenting it as a Phoenix-wide index or promoting it as a settled monthly series. The 49 days, -7.4% and $990,000 observations remain unchanged for the November 2025 entry, but their calculation and sample boundaries are not yet documented well enough.

My next revision will separate asking-price evidence from completed sales, state the geography and serviced-apartment definition, explain treatment of relistings, and display the revision date. I’ll only add price-band or neighbourhood conclusions when the underlying mix can be shown.
 
Please spell out the sign on -7.4% when you revise it. Readers need to know whether it means current asking prices versus original asks, a month-to-month change in the sample median, or something else. “Asking-price movement” alone leaves all of those interpretations open.
 
That sounds like the right level of caution. I’d retain an archived November 2025 entry, attach links to any later evidence, and place completed sales in their own section. For the $990,000 point, compare properties below, around and above that level using the same time-on-market rule; if the pattern disappears after separating neighbourhood and property type, describe it as mix rather than financing sensitivity.
 
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