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54% of Redfin Home Offers Faced Bidding Wars in November

Competition dipped slightly ahead of the holidays, but remained above 50% for the seventh-straight month amid record-low mortgage rates and relocations. Nationwide, 53.6% of home offers written by Redfin agents faced competition in November. While that’s down from a revised rate of 58.5% in October, it represents the seventh-straight month in which more than half […]

The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Fewer Coronavirus Cases Per Capita

Pending home sales were up 54% in low-intensity coronavirus counties last month, outpacing the 45% growth in high-intensity coronavirus counties. There was a similar trend in new listings. Pending home sales rose 54.1% year over year in U.S. counties with low concentrations of Covid-19 cases during the four-week period ending Dec. 1, outpacing the 45.1% […]

Car-Dependent Neighborhoods Are Hotter Than Ever Mid-Pandemic, With Home Prices Up 15%—But Walkable Neighborhoods Aren’t Far Behind

Supply is down and competition is fierce in suburbs and rural areas. The housing market is also hot in walkable urban neighborhoods, with prices up 11%, as homebuyers display renewed interest in city life. The median home-sale price in car-dependent neighborhoods nationwide rose 14.9% year over year to $345,000 in October, the biggest increase and […]
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