Retired Major League Baseball star Matt Holliday and his wife Leslee have put their Paradise Valley, Arizona estate on the market for $11.6 million, as reported by Realtor.com on October 29, 2026. The listing is a quick turnaround: the couple bought the newly built desert home in February 2026 for $10.6 million, as reported, and are now asking $1 million more after less than a year of ownership and a round of high-end upgrades.
Paradise Valley, set between Phoenix and Scottsdale, is one of the most expensive residential enclaves in Arizona, known for large lots, mountain views and a steady stream of professional athletes and executives. A nearly new glass-walled estate with Camelback Mountain views fits squarely into that market — and the short holding period makes this listing one of the more closely watched athlete-home stories of the season.
Quick Facts
- Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona
- Asking price: $11.6 million, as reported
- Purchased: February 2026, for $10.6 million, as reported
- Bedrooms: 5
- Living space: 7,781 sq ft
- Built: 2025
- Lot: Just over 1 acre
- Setting: Camelback Mountain views
- Pool: 60-foot lap pool with heated spa
- Outdoor space: About 3,000 sq ft covered
- Extras: Transferred approved plans for an 845 sq ft guest casita; climate-controlled 4-car garage
A Quick Turnaround in Paradise Valley
Buying at $10.6 million and listing at $11.6 million within the same year is an unusual move, and the reported details help explain it. As reported, after purchasing the home the Hollidays added substantial healthy-home enhancements and a full smart-home system — upgrades that go well beyond cosmetics and form part of the case for the higher asking price.
Quick resales are not unheard of among professional athletes, whose careers and family circumstances can change fast. In South Florida, the Tyreek Hill house in Southwest Ranches has followed its own for-sale storyline, and the Bhad Bhabie Boca Raton mansion listing shows another young property with a short, eventful ownership history. The Holliday listing stands out because the home itself is barely a year old.
Inside the Estate
The house was built in 2025 and runs to 7,781 square feet with five bedrooms, as reported. Its defining feature is glass: walls of it, opening the interior to the desert landscape and the Camelback Mountain views that anchor the property’s appeal. In the great room, a 14-foot multislide door — as reported — blurs the line between the main living space and the covered outdoor areas beyond it.
Beyond the main living spaces, the layout includes a dedicated office, a recreation and theater room, and a fitness space, as reported. A climate-controlled four-car garage — a meaningful feature in the Arizona heat, where garages can become ovens for much of the year — completes the main package.
Outdoor Living, Desert Style
In Paradise Valley, the outdoor program is not an accessory to the house; it is half the house. This estate delivers about 3,000 square feet of covered outdoor space, as reported, arranged around a 60-foot lap pool with a heated spa. Fire features and a built-in barbecue round out the entertaining setup.
The design logic is desert-specific. Deep covered patios create usable shade through the long hot season, the lap pool suits both exercise and the long, low profile of contemporary desert architecture, and the glass walls and multislide door let the interior borrow the mountain views all day. On a lot of just over an acre, the grounds read as an extension of the living space rather than a yard to be maintained around it.
Healthy-Home Upgrades and Smart Systems
The post-purchase work is the most distinctive part of this listing. As reported, the couple added substantial healthy-home enhancements, including air and water filtration and a multistage reverse-osmosis drinking water system, along with Control4 smart-home automation running the property’s systems.
The listing agent told the Phoenix Business Journal, as reported, that a respiratory diagnosis following a water leak at the couple’s Oklahoma home prompted a doctor-advised move to a dry climate — context that helps explain both the Arizona purchase and the filtration-focused upgrades. For the next buyer, the practical point is simpler: systems that are often retrofitted piecemeal over years are already installed in a house that was completed in 2025.
Room to Grow: The Casita Plans
The sale also includes transferred approved plans for an 845 square foot guest casita, as reported. In Paradise Valley, where approvals for additional structures can be slow, plans that transfer with the property carry real value: a buyer can add a guesthouse without starting the permitting process from zero. Combined with the office, theater room and fitness space already in the main house, the casita plans give the estate a clear next phase for an owner who wants more room for guests or staff.
The Oklahoma Estate Is Also For Sale
The Arizona listing is only half of the couple’s real estate picture. Their 136-acre estate in Stillwater, Oklahoma is also on the market, priced at $8.95 million after a cut from $12 million, as reported. Selling both properties at once points to a household consolidating its footprint rather than trading one home for another — and it gives buyers two very different versions of the same family’s taste: a sprawling Oklahoma acreage estate and a crisp, nearly new desert contemporary.
Whether the Paradise Valley house achieves its $11.6 million ask will test how much value the market assigns to the upgrades and the casita plans on top of a $10.6 million purchase price from February. What is not in doubt is the underlying product: a 2025 build, on more than an acre, with Camelback views, in one of Arizona’s most durable luxury enclaves.
Key Features
- 7,781 sq ft contemporary home built in 2025, with 5 bedrooms
- Glass walls and a 14-foot multislide door in the great room
- 60-foot lap pool with heated spa and fire features
- About 3,000 sq ft of covered outdoor space with built-in barbecue
- Air and water filtration, multistage reverse-osmosis drinking system, Control4 automation (added after purchase, as reported)
- Transferred approved plans for an 845 sq ft guest casita
- Office, recreation/theater room, fitness space, climate-controlled 4-car garage
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is Matt Holliday’s Paradise Valley house listed for?
The estate is listed at $11.6 million, as reported by Realtor.com on October 29, 2026.
When did Matt Holliday buy the Paradise Valley house, and for how much?
Holliday and his wife Leslee bought the home in February 2026 for $10.6 million, as reported — less than a year before listing it.
What upgrades did the Hollidays add after buying?
As reported, they added substantial healthy-home enhancements — air and water filtration and a multistage reverse-osmosis drinking water system — plus Control4 smart-home automation.
What are the home’s main features?
As reported: 5 bedrooms and 7,781 sq ft built in 2025 on just over an acre, glass walls, a 14-foot multislide door in the great room, a 60-foot lap pool with heated spa, about 3,000 sq ft of covered outdoor space, fire features, a built-in barbecue, an office, a recreation/theater room, a fitness space, and a climate-controlled 4-car garage.
Is there a guest house?
Not yet — but the sale includes transferred approved plans for an 845 sq ft guest casita, as reported, so a buyer can build one without starting approvals from scratch.
Are the Hollidays selling any other property?
Yes. Their 136-acre estate in Stillwater, Oklahoma is also on the market at $8.95 million, as reported, after a price cut from $12 million.
