Zillow: Home Searchers Focused on Lifestyle in 2025

Zillow, Seattle, released its annual Zillow Zeitgeist report, highlighting what sorts of search terms potential buyers were using for homes throughout the year.

New Homeowners Can Spend Nearly $30K on Unexpected but Common Projects

For most homeowners, buying a home involves more than a mortgage. Research from Thumbtack, San Francisco, and Zillow, Seattle, said a typical for-sale home could need as much as $30,000 in work—which, for some buyers, particularly millennials—might result in unexpected expense.

Record-Low Inventories Drive Record-Low Contract Periods

With record-low housing inventories and sharply increasing home prices, what else could happen? How about record-low contract periods, according to both Redfin, Seattle, and Zillow, Seattle.