Housing Market

Bidding Wars

Housing-Market Competition Dropped to a 15-Month Low in May

Surging mortgage rates and home prices are causing more buyers to back off. That means sellers are less likely to receive multiple offers—but they’ll also face less competition when they buy their next home. Nationwide, 57.8% of home offers written by Redfin agents faced competition on a seasonally adjusted basis in May, the lowest level […]
Investors

Investor Home Purchases Slump 17% From Pandemic Peak as Interest Rates Rise

Surging borrowing costs and home prices prompted real estate investors to pump the brakes in the first quarter. Many are hoping prices will drop so they can get better deals. Still, investors bought a record 20% of homes sold in metros tracked by Redfin as a slowdown in homebuying nationwide allowed them to continue growing […]

Homebuyer Budgets Flatten, Posting Slowest Annual Growth Rate in Nearly Two Years

Slowing budget growth indicates that home-price growth will slow in the coming months, too.  Homebuyer budgets are essentially flat from last year, up just 0.3% year over year nationwide in the three months ending April 30, the slowest growth rate since June 2020. That’s according to an analysis of the average maximum price set by […]
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