Housing Market

Bidding Wars

Homebuyer Competition Eases in June as More Homes Hit the Market

The bidding-war rate remains higher than it was a year ago, but has dropped to 65% from its peak earlier this year. That’s partly because new listings have returned to pre-pandemic levels, giving buyers more options. In June, 65% of home offers written by Redfin agents faced competition, down from a revised rate of 72.1% […]

iBuyer Home Purchases Inch Back Toward Pre-Pandemic Levels

The year-over-year decline in iBuyer home purchases narrowed to 6% in the first quarter, when iBuyers snatched up 4,383 homes. The nation’s top iBuying companies purchased 4,383 homes in the first quarter of 2021—the most recent period for which data is available. While that’s down 6.1% from a year earlier, it’s up 20.6% from the […]
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