Starting Point
So I was scrolling through sports news, saw something about Mat Ishbia, the Phoenix Suns owner, buying some mega mansion. Curiosity got me good. How much does a billionaire baller actually drop on a house? Grabbed my coffee and fired up Google. Simple search: “Mat Ishbia new house price”. Hit enter.
The Search Mess
Tons of hits popped up, mostly sports sites repeating the same basic crap: “He bought a HUGE house!” But price? Zip. Zero. Nada. Felt like a wild goose chase. Clicked through maybe 10 links, all talking circles around the cost. Saw one sketchy blog claiming $65 million. No proof. Total waste of damn time.
Switched gears. Typed “Mat Ishbia Paradise Valley house” hoping his area would give clues. Bingo! Found a couple local real estate sites mentioning a big buy in Paradise Valley around early 2023. Still no dollar amount, but now I had keywords: Paradise Valley + massive estate + recent sale. That felt warmer.
County Records Grind
Knew I had to go to the source. Pulled up the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office website. Ugly interface, but it holds the receipts. Searched Mathew Ishbia. Scrolled. And scrolled. Found it! A deed filed Feb 16, 2023. Paid $6.65 to download the damn thing.
Opened the PDF. Legalese and parcel numbers. Searched for “Total Consideration.” There it was:
- $28,000,000.00
Not $65 million! Not vague “expensive.” Concrete: Twenty-eight million bucks. Had my answer.
Cross-checked with Zillow, filtered recent sales over $20M in Paradise Valley. Saw the property photo matched reports. Confirmed. That dude paid $28 million.
Wrap Up Thoughts
So yeah, it took digging past the lazy headlines and gossip sites, but the county records don’t lie. $28 million straight up. Crazy money for a house, but hey, he owns an NBA team. Makes you wonder about the tax bill on that place! Whole research took maybe 30 minutes once I stopped messing around on useless sites. Hardest part was deciphering that deed document – felt like reading ancient scrolls. Bet some of those “$65M” rumors just mixed up the house size with the price tag. Moral: Always check the public records. They spill the real tea.