Housing Market
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June 5, 2014
Bill Gates Could Buy All 114,212 Homes in Boston, but Couldn’t Afford Seattle; the Walton Family of Wal-Mart Could Buy All of Seattle, Dallas, Miami, Las Vegas or Washington, D.C. Just how rich is Bill Gates? According to Forbes, he’s the world’s richest person and is worth $77.5 billion. But that kind of wealth is […]
May 29, 2014
Our latest numbers on home tours and offers indicate that housing demand in Redfin markets is holding steady despite missing a crucial ingredient: a sustained surge in new listings.
May 27, 2014
Home sales so far this year are lower than they were in 2013, but there’s one sliver of the housing market that’s going strong: the very top of it. Sales of the priciest 1 percent of homes are up 21.1 percent so far this year, following a gain of 35.7 percent in 2013.
May 21, 2014
In 17 of the largest U.S. cities, 32 percent of homes purchased so far in 2014 were paid for with all cash. All-cash purchases have been at this level – or even higher – since 2011. The rise in all-cash purchases began in 2007 as the housing bubble popped, and cash purchases accounted for nearly […]
May 8, 2014
Home sellers are shrugging off weak sales this year and kicking off the spring season with what might be considered a risky pricing strategy
