Only half of September is over and there are seven homes priced over a million that have come under contract or closed escrow in September.

What is even more astonishing to me is that three of the sales come from Oro Valley that has had a more difficult time in maintaining many high-end sales than the heart of the Foothills zip codes of 85750 and 85718.

 So the million plus buyers are out there hunting for great bargains on homes that would have cost a lot more in the past. Typically September is slow, but this year is likely to prove unusual with all but the first quarter seeing a recovery in the number of sales.