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Buffalo, Grand Rapids and Omaha Are Now the Nation's Fastest Housing Markets

The typical home in these affordable, inland metros spends less than 30 days on market. Buffalo, New York; Grand Rapids, Michigan and Omaha, Nebraska—all areas where the typical home costs less than the national median—were home to the fastest housing markets in the country in January. Contrast that list of metros with the fastest markets […]
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Sales of New Homes Down 8% in January

New-home sales fell year over year in all four major U.S. regions. Sales of new single-family homes fell 8 percent year over year in January, the fifth consecutive month of year-over-year declines in new-home sales. But the size of the drop was smaller than in December in all regions except the West, where sales fell […]
How many trees are saved with fully digital closings?

How Many Trees Can Be Saved With Fully Digital Home Closings?

eClosings save time and stress—and they have the potential to save more than 100,000 trees per year. Anyone who has purchased a home knows there’s a lot of paperwork to read through and sign at the closing table. But with Redfin Mortgage and Title Forward now offering fully digital closings, which allow homebuyers to close […]

Atlanta Home Prices Up 4.8%, Outpacing National Growth

In Atlanta, price growth is stronger and homes are selling faster than they are in the U.S. overall, trends explained in part by the surge in people looking to move inland. Atlanta area home prices were up 4.8 percent annually to a median of $229,900 in January, marking nearly seven years of growing prices. While […]
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