Introducing the New & Improved Redfin Data Center
Monthly housing market data is now available sooner New metrics—including home purchase cancellations, price drops, financing trends, and luxury and starter home data—are now available
Sheharyar Bokhari is a Principal Economist and spokesperson at Redfin, where he leads housing market research and oversees the data published through Redfin's Data Center.
His research covers luxury real estate, investor activity, climate risk, affordability in the for-sale and rental markets, and generational housing trends across the U.S.
Prior to joining Redfin, he created commercial real estate sale and rental price indices at the MIT Center for Real Estate. He holds a PhD in Urban and Real Estate Studies from MIT.
Monthly housing market data is now available sooner New metrics—including home purchase cancellations, price drops, financing trends, and luxury and starter home data—are now available
The typical home bought in the U.S. hit a record age of 36 years in 2024—up from 27 years in 2012. Buyers pay less for
Developers obtained permits to build 12.4 multifamily housing units for every 10,000 people in the U.S. over the past year—down 27.1% from the pandemic building
Just 47% of newly-built apartments completed in Q3 were rented within three months as a record number of new apartments hit the market. But construction
Investor activity is declining nationwide due to slow homebuying demand, a lackluster rental market, economic uncertainty and elevated interest rates. Investor market share is falling,
The median rent in the District of Columbia rose 2.7% year over year in February, following three months of declines. Rents have been falling most
Monthly housing market data is now available sooner New metrics—including home purchase cancellations, price drops, financing trends, and luxury and starter home data—are now available
The typical home bought in the U.S. hit a record age of 36 years in 2024—up from 27 years in 2012. Buyers pay less for
Developers obtained permits to build 12.4 multifamily housing units for every 10,000 people in the U.S. over the past year—down 27.1% from the pandemic building
Just 47% of newly-built apartments completed in Q3 were rented within three months as a record number of new apartments hit the market. But construction
Investor activity is declining nationwide due to slow homebuying demand, a lackluster rental market, economic uncertainty and elevated interest rates. Investor market share is falling,
The median rent in the District of Columbia rose 2.7% year over year in February, following three months of declines. Rents have been falling most