Good morning, Tempe. The National Weather Service has an extreme heat warning in effect through 8 PM Friday.
- 🏠 Median sale price falls to $483,000. Down about 11% from a year ago.
- 🎓 ASU move-in runs through the week. Thousands of students land on the Tempe campus during the heat warning.
- 📷 Tempe PD's Flock contract is an open question. The Tribune puts the license plate cameras in front of council.
- 🤠 Cavender's is planning a Tempe store. The Western retailer is adding Tempe and Goodyear locations.
- 🏫 Fees rebuild information night Tuesday. TESD meets in the middle school library at 5:30 PM.
- 🎸 Two shows at Marquee this week. A Tom Petty tribute Thursday, Pepper and The Movement Friday.
- 🎟️ Four valley picks. Benson Boone tonight, Phoenix Rising Wednesday.
Tempe's median sale price is down 11% in a year
Tempe's median home sale price has fallen to $483,000, down about 11% from the same point last year.
Key facts
- Median sale price: $483,000
- Change: down roughly 11% year over year
- A year earlier: roughly $542,000
- Source: Redfin's Tempe city page, pulled August 17
That works out to about $59,000 off the typical Tempe sale in a year. What's driving it isn't clear from the figures alone. Sales volume, new listing counts, and how long the typical listing sits aren't in what Redfin surfaced for the city.
What to watch: Redfin refreshes the city figures monthly, so the next update is the read on whether the slide holds. Details.
Around Tempe
🎓 ASU move-in is underway. Thousands of students are moving into dorms on the Tempe campus this week, which means the campus edge and the Mill Avenue District pick up their fall volume in the middle of a 110-degree stretch. 12News rode along with families working through the day. Details.
📷 Tempe PD and Flock Safety. The Tempe Tribune takes up whether the police department stays with Flock Safety, the license plate camera vendor, and where the city council lands on it. Details.
🤠 Cavender's is coming. The Western wear chain is planning new Phoenix-area stores, including one in Tempe and one in Goodyear. No address or opening date has been released for the Tempe location yet. Details.
🍽️ A top 10 list worth arguing with. Phoenix New Times ranked the 10 best restaurants in Tempe. Good fuel if the dinner rotation has gone stale. Details.
The week ahead
Monday, August 17
- 🕶️ Teen VR Exploration. Tempe Public Library, 4 PM. Headsets, games, and design basics, ages 12 to 18.
- 🃏 Pokémon Hour. Tempe Public Library, 5 PM. Bring a deck or borrow one. Ages 6 to 16.
- 📕 Love and Fate romance book club. Tempe Public Library, 6:30 PM. This month's title is Nine Month Contract.
Tuesday, August 18
- 🧱 Level Up LEGO. Tempe Public Library, 4 PM. Engineering and computer science build sessions for teens.
- 📖 Bite Size Book Club. Mill's Modern Social, 5 PM. One short story a month, read free on Hoopla.
- 🎮 Pokémon Gen 1 trivia. Snakes & Lattes, 20 W 6th St. First-generation questions only.
Thursday, August 20
- 🎸 The Broken Hearts. Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave, 6:30 PM. A Tom Petty tribute set.
Friday, August 21
- 🌴 Pepper and The Movement. Marquee Theatre, 7 PM. The High Tide Summer Tour, a reggae rock co-bill.
From the schools
🍎 Arizona teacher turnover runs ahead of the national rate. The Tempe Tribune digs into the state's numbers, with Tempe Union High School District (TUHSD) among the districts in the reporting. Details.
🏗️ Future of Fees information night, Tuesday at 5:30 PM. Tempe Elementary School District (TESD) hosts it in the library at Fees College Preparatory Middle School, 1600 E Watson Dr, to walk through the campus rebuild. Details.
🏈 Desert Vista fall sports parent meeting, Tuesday at 6 PM. The Thunder spread it across the cafeteria, the thunder room, both gyms, and the PD room. Details.
✏️ SAT testing at Mountain Pointe, Saturday at 7 AM. Early check-in for a Saturday morning that will already be warm. Details.
🏛️ Tempe High site council meets Monday at 5 PM in room E102. Details.
Around the Valley
Worth the drive this week. Everything below is in Phoenix, a short hop west.
🎤 Benson Boone, Monday night. Mortgage Matchup Center. The Wanted Man Tour, and one of the bigger arena stops of the summer. Tickets.
🎶 The Guess Who, Monday night. Arizona Financial Theatre, Takin' It Back Tour. Fifty-plus years of radio staples in a seated room. Tickets.
🎧 Nine Vicious, Tuesday night. The Van Buren. A hip-hop bill in the best midsize room downtown. Tickets.
⚽ Phoenix Rising vs. Colorado Springs Switchbacks, Wednesday at 7:30 PM. Phoenix Rising FC Stadium. A midweek league match with a late kickoff, which is the only sane way to play soccer in August. Tickets.