Housing Market

Newcomers to Philadelphia Have Nearly 40% More to Spend on Homes Than Locals

Out-of-towners have bigger budgets than locals in relatively affordable destinations like Philadelphia, Atlanta and Dallas because many are remote workers moving in from more expensive places, often with high hometown salaries and proceeds from a home sale. The average out-of-towner moving to Philadelphia in the first half of 2022 had $588,000 to spend on a […]

Pandemic Homebuying Hotspots With Steep Price Increases Most Susceptible to Housing Downturn in a Recession

Riverside, Boise, Phoenix and Tampa are among the markets where homeowners stand to lose some of the value they gained over the past two years. Still-affordable Rust Belt metros like Cleveland and Buffalo are most resilient. Popular migration destinations where home prices soared during the pandemic–including Boise, ID, Phoenix and Tampa, FL–are most likely to […]
Bidding Wars

Homebuyer Competition Drops to Lowest Level in Over Two Years

The bidding-war rate dipped below 50% for the first time since the start of the pandemic in June as rising mortgage rates and inflation took a bite out of homebuyer budgets. Nationwide, 49.9% of home offers written by Redfin agents faced competition on a seasonally adjusted basis in June. That’s the lowest share since May […]
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