Housing Market News

The Number of Canadians Searching For U.S. Homes Is Down 20% From Last Year
Canadian searches for U.S. homes dropped off when the White House announced steep tariffs on Canadian goods in the spring. The decline is especially steep

26% Fewer Canadians Are Searching For Homes in the U.S. Than Last Year
The number of Redfin.com users based in Canada searching for U.S. homes to rent or buy fell 26.4% from a year earlier in May. That’s

Florida and Texas Are Gaining Residents at a Much Slower Rate Than They Used To, Eating Into Homebuyer Demand
The rising cost of housing and the increasing frequency of natural disasters are slowing migration to certain Florida and Texas metros. The flow of U.S.

Thousands More People Are Moving In Than Out of Fire- and Flood-Prone America, Fueled by Migration to Texas and Florida
America’s high-fire-risk counties saw a net inflow of 63,000 people last year, driven by migration to Texas. High-flood-risk counties saw a net inflow of 16,000,

San Francisco Is Coming Back: Homebuyers are Leaving the Bay Area at Half the Pandemic-Era Rate
Far fewer homebuyers are leaving the Bay Area as life returns to pre-pandemic norms, with many tech companies requiring in-person work and the novelty of

The Pandemic-Driven Migration Boom Is Waning, With the Share of Homebuyers Relocating at Lowest Level in 18 Months
The share of homebuyers moving to a different metro area is coming down from a peak as it becomes less feasible to work remotely. For

Views of Homes in Crystal City and Long Island City Spike After Amazon HQ2 News Reports
Potential Investors Are Looking for Homes to Rent to Amazon Employees

Amazon HQ2 Could Quickly Turn Seattle Into a Buyer’s Market
With Amazon’s highly anticipated HQ2 announcement set to go public sometime before the end of the year, many are wondering how the Seattle area will

2018 Migration Trends accelerate as more people look to leave Denver, San Francisco, and Los Angeles
As mortgage rates climb, affordability in the most expensive markets has suffered, driving more people to affordable, low-tax inland job centers in states like Florida,

Migration to Low-Tax Metros is Accelerating as More People Looked to Leave Expensive Coastal Areas in the Second Quarter
Taxes are three-times lower in the top-10 migration destinations than in the 10 places people are most commonly leaving

Denver Joins Seattle and San Francisco as a Tech Hub with More People Looking to Move Out than Move In
Denver Joins Seattle and San Francisco as a Tech Hub with More People Looking to Move out than Move In

Affordable Inland Metros Drew People from San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles
The fourth quarter of 2017 saw migration from expensive, high-tax coastal markets to metros where taxes are lower and housing is more affordable.