Your Guide to the Housing Market in 2024 The challenging housing market conditions that dominated 2023 are easing, but buyers and sellers must take action to stay ahead. Kiplinger · Mar 12, 2024
Is Air Pollution Harming Your Health and Home Value? A quarter of Americans are exposed to air pollution deemed "unhealthy," which may damage the lungs, heart and brain. A free app from Redfin shows if your property is at high risk. Kiplinger · Feb 20, 2024
Mortgage Rates Climb Again, Dampening Housing Market Rising mortgage rates are dampening homebuyer activity and refinancing opportunities, with affordability concerns clouding the housing market outlook. International Business Times · Feb 14, 2024
Luxury Home Prices at All-Time Highs as Rich Buyers Pay Cash A new Redfin report shows soaring luxury home prices, with a record number of wealthy buyers paying cash. Kiplinger · Feb 2, 2024
The economy just handed boomers another win—the U.S. housing market nearly doubled in a decade to a record $23 trillion U.S. homeowners with mortgages were sitting on $23 trillion in housing wealth by the end of 2022. Fortune · Jan 10, 2024
There’s a flicker of life in the housing market as average mortgage payments plummet nearly $400 over 2 months and buyers start to stir again, Redfin says The median mortgage payment fell 14% to $2,361 in December from a record high in October, when mortgage rates hit a 23-year peak. Fortune · Jan 4, 2024
Only 16% Of Homes Listed For Sale Were Affordable In 2023 A Redfin analysis showed only 16% of homes listed in 2023 were technically affordable. Kiplinger · Dec 27, 2023
Most homes for sale in 2023 were not affordable for a typical U.S. household The share of affordable homes plunged 40% from before the pandemic, according to a new analysis. The biggest drops were in smaller cities, where wages could not keep pace with spiking mortgage rates. WEKU · Dec 24, 2023
Even a burst in new home construction isn’t enough to solve the nation’s housing crisis “We are still not building enough new housing to keep up with demand,” Bright MLS chief economist Lisa Sturtevant said. Fortune · Dec 19, 2023
The frozen U.S. housing market is finally starting to thaw as mortgage rates drop below 7% and more homes change hands Declining mortgage rates are “breathing new life” into housing market, Redfin says. Fortune · Dec 15, 2023
Homebuyers are finally feeling relief now that monthly payments are at their lowest level in 8 months It’s not all good news for buyers, the median home sale price is still up 4.5%, according to Redfin. Fortune · Dec 14, 2023
Property millionaire Barbara Corcoran insists now is still the time to buy even though houses are at their least affordable levels in 3 years "People relatively are seeing our current interest rates as a lot of money, they're really not, they're simply average." Fortune · Dec 14, 2023
US Home Affordability Drops To Lowest Level On Record Home affordability in America dropped to a record low in 2023, according to a report from the real estate brokerage firm Redfin released Thursday. International Business Times · Dec 8, 2023
Home prices will fall for the first time since 2012, Redfin’s chief economist predicts, but they'll still be ‘out of reach’ for many buyers Redfin expects home prices to fall 1% in the second and third quarters of next year and be flat in the first and last quarters, per its 2024 housing market forecast. Fortune · Dec 6, 2023
Fortune · Nov 10, 2023 The cracks in the housing market are growing larger. But beware the all-cash buyer Mortgage rates are down slightly, the number of homes for sale is up, and sellers are dropping their asking price, according to a new Redfin report.
Fortune · Nov 9, 2023 The ‘silver tsunami’ is about to hit the housing market—but millennials and Gen Zers may not come out any better in the wash Just over half of people aged 50-plus are set to downsize in the next two years.
Fortune · Nov 9, 2023 Millennials and Gen Z say it's harder to buy a house and get promoted than it was for their parents 55% of young people say it’s harder to buy a home than it was for their parents—and harder to get ahead in the office.
Kiplinger · Nov 8, 2023 Five Housing Markets On the Rise Study shows homes in five markets are going under contract in less than two weeks, despite a broader national housing market slowdown. Which cities are bucking the trend and why?
Fortune · Nov 6, 2023 The housing market is starting to crack—Sellers are cutting prices at record levels as 'You can no longer price based off of where sales were' Nearly 7% of sellers posted price drops in October, Redfin says—well above the 3.6% average.
Kiplinger · Nov 3, 2023 Luxury Home Prices Rise as the Rich Dodge High Mortgage Rates Luxury home prices rose 9% to the highest third-quarter level on record, Redfin reports, growing nearly three times faster than non-luxury prices.
Fortune · Nov 3, 2023 Google's 'San Francisco Project' wanted to build 15,000 homes in the Bay just 3 years ago, but the deal is off due to 'market conditions' Tech giant and LendLease terminate agreement for $15 billion project.
Fortune · Nov 2, 2023 National realtor association CEO suddenly quits in the wake of a massive sex scandal and a pricing conspiracy that cost the industry $1.8 billion Bob Goldberg, CEO of the National Association of Realtors, announced his resignation.
Fortune · Nov 1, 2023 Real-estate industry rocked by $1.8 billion verdict finding ‘conspiracy’ to force sellers to pay illegal commission fees Warren Buffett's HomeServices was among the defendants found liable for a verdict that could climb to more than $5 billion.
Fortune · Oct 24, 2023 It's 52% more expensive to buy than rent in this housing market and shoppers are pulling out of contracted offers left and right An estimated 53,000 home purchase agreements were canceled in September, Redfin says. The housing market winter is chilly indeed.
Fortune · Oct 19, 2023 The best way to help your kids buy a home in a ‘nepo’ market 3 financial strategies for helping young would-be homeowners in a historically unaffordable housing market.