Housing Market News

Fast-Paced Home Sales Present New Challenges and Opportunities for People Looking to Move in 2017
Fast-paced home sales can be both a curse and a blessing for repeat buyers

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.

Las Vegas and Florida Are America’s Hottest Destinations For Relocating House Hunters
Las Vegas, Florida and Sacramento are the most popular destinations for U.S. residents who are moving to a different metro area. 9 of the 10

Young Americans Are Choosin’ Texas. But Gen Zers Are Moving To San Antonio and Austin, While Millennials Favor Houston.
Gen Zers and millennials alike are leaving some of the nation’s biggest, most expensive metros, but they’re at different life stages—and that shows up in

Americans Are Leaving Areas at Risk of Poor Air Quality, Mostly Because They’re Expensive
U.S. counties at high risk of poor air quality lost 277,740 residents in 2025–roughly half as many as they lost in 2021, at the peak

15% Fewer Canadians Are Searching for Homes in the U.S. Than Last Year
The number of Canada-based Redfin.com users searching for U.S. homes fell 15.3% year over year in June. Over the last two years, Canadian searches for

19% of House Hunters Are Looking to Relocate–And They’re Headed to the Sun Belt
Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. house hunters looked to relocate to a different metro area in the first quarter, up slightly from a year earlier.

Long-Distance Moves Tick Up: Nearly 1 in 5 House Hunters Are Looking to Relocate
Florida dominates the list of most common migration destinations. Boise and Spokane are also popular. But movement into Florida has slowed significantly since the pandemic