| Metric | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $929K–$2.4M | Assessor FCV, 2026 |
| Resale / sqft | $345–$742 | recorded sales |
| Real build / sqft | $222–$375 | grossed-up median |
| Permits analyzed | 5,805 | since 2020 |
Why Phoenix is a renovation market, not a moving market
Phoenix is a renovation market hiding in plain sight. A decade of price appreciation left tens of thousands of high-equity owners in homes whose lots can support far more than the original structure — and the math of selling to trade up (6–8% in transaction costs, plus leaving the neighborhood) now favors staying and renovating for most of them. Yet the renovation process stayed broken: fragmented contractors, opaque pricing, and financing that only lends on current value, not what the home will be worth after.
ExpandEase fixes the whole path. We anchor on the high-equity, aging-stock neighborhoods where the math is strongest — Arcadia, North Central Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Paradise Valley — and do the architect’s work there: permit-ready plans, every line priced before anyone bids, the permit carried through the city, and the stay through the build. You hire the builder. Every number we quote is calibrated to real Maricopa County permits and resale data for your specific neighborhood, not national averages.
- Tens of thousands of high-equity owners in aging homes on strong lots — renovating beats selling for most of them.
- Build cost near $350–$400/sqft against neighborhood resale that climbs to $742/sqft in the strongest zips: well-scoped projects manufacture equity.
- One team from the first drawing to final inspection — no stitching together an architect, an estimator, and a builder’s guess yourself.
- Every estimate calibrated to real permits and resale data for your exact Phoenix neighborhood.
What Phoenix homeowners build with us
We focus on projects in the $300K–$2M range — additions, gut renovations, and casitas, not single-room remodels.
- Whole-home renovation ($300K–$900K) — Mid-level gut to full reconfiguration, keeping your home, your lot, and your block.
- Primary suite addition ($250K–$400K) — The most common first project — add the suite the original floor plan never had.
- Major addition + remodel ($350K–$650K) — Add square footage and bring the rest of the home up to the new standard.
- Detached casita / ADU ($250K–$450K) — Guest house, rental, or multigenerational suite — by-right on most Phoenix lots.
- Full gut / custom-level rebuild ($700K–$2M) — Custom-build finish at ~$400+/sqft toward a $690/sqft neighborhood ceiling.
One team, one locked plan — the whole renovation
- Plans first — architectural plans, 3D renders, full trade takeoffs, and a permit-ready set, delivered as the first milestone, not months into a build. The same set your lender underwrites and your contractor builds from.
- ARV-based financing — loans against your home’s after-repair value, behind your existing first mortgage, so your low locked rate stays untouched.
- Permitting & HOA/ARC — city permits and any HOA or architectural-review submittal designed for and managed up front, never a mid-build surprise.
- A vetted contractor — a scope-locked, pre-funded, permitted project handed to a vetted general contractor; no lead-gen marketplace, no bid roulette.
- Milestone-verified build — geo-tagged photo and video draws replace the bank inspector; you watch progress on a dashboard while we run the project.