Housing Equality & Policy
All Policy & Current Issues
August 14, 2023
The typical home purchased in high-opportunity U.S. neighborhoods went for $470,000 last year—$130,000 more than the typical home in low-opportunity areas. The price premium for opportunity is highest in segregated parts of the Midwest and South; in Detroit, homes in high-opportunity areas are nearly four times more expensive than those in low-opportunity areas. High-opportunity neighborhoods […]
August 3, 2023
This week, Redfin became the first brokerage to publish wind risk data for nearly every U.S. home for sale on Redfin.com. That means you can now use Redfin to find important information about a home’s wildfire, flood, extreme heat and wind risk, provided by our partners at First Street Foundation. Why We Did It […]
July 24, 2023
Nearly 400,000 more people moved into than out of the most flood-prone counties in 2021 and 2022—a 103% increase from the prior two years. The counties most vulnerable to wildfires and heat have also seen more people move in than out as the housing affordability crisis pushes Americans into disaster-prone areas. New Orleans and Paradise, […]
July 7, 2023
The Cape Coral metro area has more than made up for the plunge in new listings caused by the storm. Home sales have also started to rebound. Listings of homes for sale in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metropolitan area have recovered after plunging in the wake of Hurricane Ian last fall, and sales have […]
June 27, 2023
30% of surveyed homebuyers said seeing a rainbow flag in a neighborhood would make them more likely to bid on a home there. But the nation is divided; 22% said it would make them less likely to submit an offer. Nearly half of buyers said seeing a Confederate flag in a neighborhood would make them […]
