Two reports shed light on home buyer hot spots–and what’s attracting them to those areas.
Tag: Redfin
Redfin Forecast: ‘The Mother of All Inventory Crunches’
Despite a strong start to the 2020 housing market, Redfin, Seattle, said a deepening shortage of homes for sale and surging homebuyer demand are set to push prices up at the fastest rate in years.
Redfin: U.S. Home Prices Up 7% in December; RE/MAX: ‘Record’ Finish to 2019
Redfin, Seattle, said U.S. home-sale prices increased by 6.9% year over year in December to a median of $312,500. In a separate report, RE/MAX, Denver, said December posted a record finish to the year and decade
Bidding Wars Remain at 10-Year Low
Redfin, Seattle, reported just 9% of offers written by its agents on behalf of their home buying customers faced a bidding war nationwide in December, down from 12% a year earlier and setting another new 10-year low.
Residential Briefs
First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., acquired Title Security Agency LLC, a brand within the Arizona real estate community. First American had been a minority owner for five years.
Residential Briefs
First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., acquired Title Security Agency LLC, a brand within the Arizona real estate community. First American had been a minority owner for five years.
Housing Markets that Changed Most over Past 10 Years
According to Redfin, Seattle, the U.S. housing market ended the decade in a “vastly different place” than it began.
Home Prices, Values Up; Inventories Down; Credit Scores Improve
Zillow, Seattle, said despite slowing home price growth, home buyers are still feeling the pinch because of low housing inventories and rising rents. In a separate report, Redfin, Seattle, said home price value continued to accelerate, reaching their highest levels since July 2018.
Housing Market Update
Reports from ATTOM Data Solutions, Redfin, Zillow, RE/MAX and Ellie Mae.
Redfin: Bidding Wars at 10-Year Low in November
Redfin, Seattle said 10 percent of offers written by Redfin agents on behalf of their homebuying customers saw a bidding war in November, down from 29% a year earlier and hovering at the 10-year low for the fifth consecutive month.