Housing Market News
Migration
Big Budgets From Out-of-Town Homebuyers Are Edging Out Locals in Popular Destinations Like Phoenix & Las Vegas
With a record share of Redfin.com home searchers looking to move to another metro, out-of-towners are making it difficult for local residents to win bidding
A Record 31% of Redfin.com Users Look to Relocate as Homebuyer Interest in Affordable Areas Intensifies
Phoenix is the most popular destination for Redfin.com users looking to move away from expensive coastal cities. Some out-of-town buyers are shifting their search from
Remote Tech Workers Moving From San Francisco to Las Vegas Would Have $40,000 More Disposable Income in Their New Hometown
Redfin’s migration affordability calculator shows that a move from Seattle to Phoenix would yield $12,000 more in annual disposable income for the typical tech worker,
Bend, Boise and Charleston Are Attracting Twice as Many Out-of-Town Homebuyers as Last Year Amid Pandemic-Fueled Migration
A record 31% of Redfin.com users looked to move to a different metro in January, driven by homebuyers relocating to relatively affordable metro areas. Nationwide,
Austin, Atlanta & Tampa Are Attracting Homebuyers From More Expensive Cities, Contributing to a Housing Supply Crunch
Twenty-eight percent of Redfin.com users looked to move to another metro area in 2020, up from 25.5% in 2019, driving double-digit inventory shortages in popular
Out-of-Towners Moving Into Nashville, Atlanta and Austin Have More Than 30% Bigger Homebuying Budgets Than Locals
Out-of-towners have bigger budgets than locals in 31 of the 34 cities included in this analysis, and they’re driving up home prices. The average housing
People Are Still Leaving the Bay Area—But The Places They’re Moving to Have Changed
This year, less Bay Area residents are searching for homes in the Seattle Area. Instead, they are looking to more affordable tech hubs.
Homebuyers Are Bucking the Urban Revival As ‘Burbs Beckon
Last year, the typical home sold was about 4 percent further from a city center than in 2011. Prices grew almost 50 percent faster in the urban core across 30 metros than in the metro area as a whole.
Is Texas the New California?
With high-paying jobs aplenty in Austin, Dallas and Houston, incoming homebuyers can live like royalty.
