61% of home offers faced bidding wars in April—down from 63% a month earlier and 67% a year earlier—as surging mortgage rates prompted buyers to drop out. Riverside, CA and Atlanta saw the biggest annual declines. Nationwide, 60.7% of home offers written by Redfin agents encountered competition on a seasonally adjusted basis in April, the […]
The homeownership rates for both Black and white families rose slightly over the last 10 years, with part of the increase taking place during the pandemic. The racial homeownership gap persists. The homeownership rate for Black families rose only slightly over the last decade, with part of the increase taking place during the pandemic–but it […]
Sky-high prices, loan-fee increases and financial-market weakness are putting a dent in demand for vacation homes, which soared during the pandemic. There’s still more demand for second homes than there was before the pandemic. Demand for vacation homes is way down after last year’s pandemic-driven boom. Mortgage-rate locks for second homes were up 9.1% from […]