Housing Market News
Migration
Out-of-Town Moves Have Fallen 6% From a Year Ago, Compared With 17% Drop For In-Town Moves
Fewer homebuyers are looking to move to a different part of the country–but the dropoff isn’t as big as it is for those remaining close
Out-of-Town Moves Remain Popular As High Housing Costs Push Homebuyers to Affordable Areas
Redfin.com home searches in out-of-town destinations have dropped 4% from a year ago, compared with a 16% drop for searches near home. Migration is holding
Cross-Country Movers Largely Undeterred By High Mortgage Rates
Redfin.com user search data shows that 14% fewer homebuyers looked to move within their own metro area than a year earlier in February, compared with
Miami Is the Most Popular Metro For Relocators, With Homebuyers Drawn to Comparatively Low Costs
A record 25% of Redfin.com home searchers looked to move to a different U.S. metro in January, many in search of relatively affordable housing. Miami,
A Record 25% of Home Searchers Looked to Move to a New Metro at the End of 2022 as High Housing Costs Drove Relocation
Economic uncertainty and 6%-plus mortgage rates caused fewer Americans to purchase homes in the fourth quarter. But those who did buy relocated at an unprecedented
Homebuyers Are Flocking to the Sun Belt, Attracted to Relatively Affordable Home Prices
The share of Redfin.com users moving away from their home metro is near its record high as 6%-plus mortgage rates and inflation cut into homebuying
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.
Amazon: Here’s Where Seattleites Are Already Looking to Move
Amazon HQ2 will fuel the trend of people moving away from expensive coastal markets to smaller, more affordable inland cities. Redfin ranked the candidates.
