Josh Bernal, Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande

08/03/2026

Here's a piece of Casa Grande history a lot of people drive right past. ⚾

See the tower out at the Francisco Grande? Back in the 1960s, the San Francisco Giants held their spring training right here in Casa Grande.

Owner Horace Stoneham built the whole resort around baseball, and he didn't do it halfway:

→ A swimming pool shaped like a baseball bat
→ Flowerbeds laid out like a baseball diamond
→ A hotel tower with an overhang made to look like the brim of a ball cap

The Giants trained here through 1981, and the Angels used it for a couple of seasons after that. The resort still stands today, better known now for its golf.

Pretty wild that a big-league ballclub spent its springs right here in Pinal County.

What's your favorite bit of Casa Grande history? Drop it in the comments. 👇

📍 Casa Grande and all of Pinal County

Josh Bernal, REALTOR®
Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande
Your Realtor in Casa Grande, serving all of Pinal County

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07/31/2026

🏜️ LISTED IN APACHE JUNCTION 🏜️

$325,000
📍 1301 E 29th Ave, Apache Junction, AZ 85119

🛏️ 2 Bedrooms + DEN
🛁 1 Bath
📐 1,110 Sq Ft
🌵 8,148 Sq Ft Lot
🚗 Covered Carport Parking
🏗️ Built 1981
🚫 NO HOA

THE BIG STUFF IS DONE ✅
✔️ Newer A/C
✔️ Newer roof
✔️ Brand-new water heater

INSIDE 🏡
• Single level, no steps
• Wood-look vinyl plank flooring throughout
• Skylight, bright all day
• Breakfast bar open to the living area
• Electric range, dishwasher & fridge included
• Den for an office, guest room or hobby space

OUTSIDE ☀️
• Attached covered carport
• Block & chain-link fencing
• Low-maintenance desert front

THE LOCATION 🏔️
• Superstition Mountain views
• Salt River & Saguaro Lake a short drive north
• US-60 for the Valley commute

💵 Cash | Conventional | FHA | VA
🔑 Vacant & easy to show

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Josh Bernal, REALTOR®
Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande
317 E. Cottonwood Lane, Ste C, Casa Grande, AZ 85122 | AZ Lic. SA658510000
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07/29/2026

Here's something a lot of people who live here don't realize.

The Casa Grande Ruins, just up the road in Coolidge, were the first archaeological site the United States government ever set aside to protect. President Benjamin Harrison signed it into a federal reserve back in 1892.

The centerpiece is the Great House, a four-story earthen building the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People raised in the early 1300s. It's the largest structure of its kind they ever built.

The part that gets me: some of the openings in the walls line up with the sun and the moon at certain times of the year. People were reading the sky from right here in Pinal County more than 700 years ago. 🌵

I always tell folks new to the area that this isn't a fresh stretch of empty desert. There's deep history under our feet, and it's worth a Saturday visit.

Have you been out to the ruins yet? Tell me in the comments.

Casa Grande and all of Pinal County

Josh Bernal, REALTOR®
Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande
Your Realtor in Casa Grande, serving all of Pinal County
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07/28/2026

School started here in Casa Grande this week, and that always nudges the housing market a little. 🏫

The first day of class was this week for Casa Grande Elementary district students. Once school is back in, a lot of would-be movers hit pause until spring, and you can see it in the numbers.

Here's where our local market sits right now: 📊

→ A few hundred homes for sale across town, so there's real choice out there.
→ Closed prices holding around $330,000 to $340,000, up roughly 4% from a year ago.
→ Homes are taking longer to sell, often 60 to 85 days.

What that means in plain terms: sellers need sharp pricing and clean presentation to stand out, and buyers have time to look without feeling rushed.

I track these numbers for Casa Grande and the rest of Pinal County every week, so the read stays current instead of guesswork.

Curious what your street looks like right now? Send me a message and I'll pull the real numbers for your area.

Casa Grande and all of Pinal County

Josh Bernal, REALTOR®
Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande
Your Realtor in Casa Grande, serving all of Pinal County
Equal Housing Opportunity.

07/27/2026

Mortgage rates ticked up again this week, and I keep hearing the same question at showings.

"Should I just wait for rates to drop?" 🤔

Honest answer: nobody can promise where rates go next. The 30-year fixed averaged around 6.58% last week per Freddie Mac's national average, a touch higher than the week before.

Here's what I actually tell buyers here in Casa Grande.

The rate is only one piece of the deal. There are around 350 homes for sale in town right now, so buyers have real room to work on price, closing costs, and terms. That leverage can matter more than a small move in rates.

A few things worth doing:

→ Talk to a licensed lender first so you know your real number, not a headline average.
→ Ask about rate buydowns and seller-paid points as part of your offer.
→ Look at the whole deal, not just the rate on the sign.

General market info only, not a rate quote or an offer to lend. Your rate depends on your situation, so check with a licensed lender.

Want to see which Casa Grande listings have been sitting and where there's room to negotiate? Send me a message.

Casa Grande and all of Pinal County

Josh Bernal, REALTOR®
Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande
Your Realtor in Casa Grande, serving all of Pinal County
Equal Housing Opportunity.

07/24/2026

Casa Grande isn't just the quiet stop between Phoenix and Tucson anymore.

The city is turning into the manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare hub of the Pinal County growth corridor. New industrial projects keep getting approved, including a large speculative tech park on the north side and a 68-acre site that was just rezoned for industry.

Here's why that matters if you own a home here or want to.

→ New jobs bring people, and people need places to live.
→ Retail and services tend to follow the paychecks.
→ The city has set a goal of adding or preserving 2,000 attainable homes by 2030.

The median sale price around town is sitting near $330,000 to $340,000 right now, so there's still a window to get in before the next wave of building fills in.

I'm not going to hype it. Growth takes years and nothing is promised. But I've watched this town for more than 10 years, and the direction is real. 🌵

Thinking about buying or selling in Casa Grande or anywhere in Pinal County? Comment "Casa Grande" below or send me a message and let's talk it through.

Casa Grande and all of Pinal County

Josh Bernal, REALTOR®
Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande
Your Realtor in Casa Grande, serving all of Pinal County
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07/23/2026

If you're buying in Casa Grande right now, you've got more room to negotiate than buyers had a year ago.

There are around 350 homes for sale here, and a lot of them have been sitting. Plenty have already cut their price at least once.

That means sellers are dealing. And not just on price.

Here's where buyers are winning:

→ Price. Offers a little under list are getting accepted.
→ Closing costs. Sellers are covering them to get to the finish line.
→ Repairs. You can ask and actually get a yes.
→ A rate buydown. A seller credit your lender can use to bring your rate down.

The 30-year is sitting around 6.5 percent, Freddie Mac's national average. General market info only, not a rate quote or an offer to lend. Your rate depends on your situation, so a licensed lender is who runs those numbers.

The catch is knowing which sellers are motivated. A house that hit the market this week isn't feeling any pressure. One that's sat 70 days is a whole different conversation.

📩 Message me and I'll send you the Casa Grande listings that have been sitting the longest. That's your short list.

Casa Grande and all of Pinal County

Josh Bernal, REALTOR®
Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande
Your Realtor in Casa Grande, serving all of Pinal County
Equal Housing Opportunity.

07/22/2026

Over half the homes for sale in Casa Grande have already cut their price.

Most of those cuts were avoidable.

Here's how it usually goes. You list a little high to leave yourself room. Two weeks pass with a few showings and no offers. By week four you're competing against the same houses you started with, except now yours carries a price-drop tag and buyers are asking what's wrong with it.

Nothing was wrong with it. The number was wrong.

Homes here are closing around 97 percent of list right now and sitting 60 to 85 days. About 12 percent go over asking, down from around 17 percent last year. Buyers have options and they're in no hurry.

Your first ten days are the only stretch where your listing is new to everybody. That's the whole game.

So here's my offer. Comment your neighborhood or your street below and I'll reply with what's actually sold there in the last 90 days. Real numbers, no pitch, no signup.

Casa Grande and all of Pinal County

Josh Bernal, REALTOR
Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande
Your Realtor in Casa Grande, serving all of Pinal County

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07/22/2026

Pinal County just passed 500,000 people.

If you've been here a while, that number probably lands a little funny. I remember when driving up to Phoenix felt like leaving town for the day.

What the last five years actually looked like:

→ Coolidge grew over 48 percent, the fastest of any city in Arizona
→ Maricopa, Casa Grande and Eloy each grew more than 25 percent
→ Eloy has a $400 million recycling plant coming
→ Casa Grande just opened a new Sun Life Health facility this month

Growth cuts both ways and I won't pretend otherwise. The I-10 stretch is worse. Fees are climbing, and council was going through next year's increases Monday night.

But here's what people outside Pinal still haven't caught up on. This isn't Phoenix spillover anymore. Coolidge, Eloy, Maricopa, Casa Grande, these are their own towns now with their own jobs and their own reasons to be here.

Ten years of selling in this county and it does not look like the same place.

If you moved to Pinal County in the last five years, where'd you come from? Genuinely curious how far the map spreads. 🌵

Casa Grande and all of Pinal County

Josh Bernal, REALTOR®
Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande
Your Realtor in Casa Grande, serving all of Pinal County

Equal Housing Opportunity.

07/08/2026

Mortgage rates just hit about a seven-week low. Here's what that actually means if you're thinking about buying. 🏡

The Freddie Mac national average on a 30-year fixed was 6.43% last week, down from 6.49% the week before. A year ago it was 6.67%. So rates have drifted down, slowly.

→ 30-year fixed: around 6.43% (Freddie Mac national average)
→ Down from 6.49% the week before
→ A year ago: about 6.67%

Small moves add up. Even a quarter point changes the monthly payment on a Casa Grande home by real money over the life of the loan.

Here's the honest part. Nobody knows where rates go next, me included. Chasing the exact bottom is how people lose the house they actually wanted.

If the payment works for your budget today, the home is the point, not the rate. You can refinance a rate later. You can't get back a house you passed on.

General market info only, not a rate quote or an offer to lend. Your rate depends on your situation, so check with a licensed lender.

Want to know what a payment could look like for you here in Pinal County? Comment below or send me a message and I'll point you to a licensed lender who can run your real numbers.

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Josh Bernal, REALTOR®
Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande
Your Realtor in Casa Grande, serving all of Pinal County
📞 480-773-4489

Equal Housing Opportunity.

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