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The luxury housing market in parts of Florida is outperforming the U.S. luxury market as affluent buyers flock to the Sunshine State, fueling high-end demand. Luxury prices in Miami and Tampa are rising faster than anywhere else in the nation. In West Palm Beach, luxury sales are rising faster than anywhere else. Pleas
Homebuyers are gaining more power, with new listings jumping and demand flat. Here’s what you need to know about the housing market for the four weeks ending August 30: Fresh listings hit their highest level since August 2022. New listings of U.S. homes for sale rose 2.1% from a week earlier on a seasonally adjusted […
San Francisco, home to OpenAI and Anthropic, is seeing its housing market boom as AI employees put their money into the housing market. In Seattle, economic jitters in the tech space are dampening homebuying demand. San Francisco and Seattle are two of America’s leading tech hubs, and for years, their housing markets h
Former Meta and Intuit executive brings more than two decades of product, data and AI experience to Redfin Rocket Companies today announced that Alessio Sanfilippo has been named Chief Executive Officer of Redfin, effective immediately. Sanfilippo joins Redfin from Meta, where he served as Vice President of Insights fo
San Diego homes are selling eight days faster than a year ago, with the typical home going under contract in 32 days. That’s one of the biggest declines among the 49 most populous U.S. metros. Nationally, homes take 49 days to sell, unchanged from last year. Still, Redfin agents say the market is mixed, with […] The po
The typical U.S. home located in a highly rated school zone costs $580,000, which is 35% more than $430,000 for the typical home overall, regardless of its school zone. A household would need to earn $159,157 per year to afford a home in a highly rated school zone, roughly $41,000 more than the $117,995 needed […] The
A new Northwest MLS policy will give Seattle sellers much-needed flexibility in how they market their homes In a historic first for the region, homeowners in the Seattle area are about to have more freedom to market their property as they see fit. That’s because today, Northwest MLS (NWMLS) announced a new First Look s
In A Nutshell: Rates could wobble quite a bit over the next two weeks leading up to the September 16th Fed meeting as Chair Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech last Friday put a hike back on the table, but ultimately the decision will come down to incoming economic data. Upcoming Attractions This week brings the […] The post M
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 of pandemic-era migration. While air-quality concerns may influence some movers, affordability is a bigger factor, with Americans leaving expensive high-risk counties and moving into rela
More homes are hitting the market, but fewer buyers are purchasing them, giving house hunters an opportunity to negotiate prices and ask for concessions. New listings rose 0.4% from a week earlier during the four weeks ending August 23 to their highest level since April. The total number of homes for sale rose 0.5% wee
Houston is Texas’s strongest buyer’s market, followed by San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth. Buyers have negotiating power, but well-priced, move-in-ready homes are attracting multiple offers, Redfin agents say. Sellers are cutting prices and offering concessions to compete with new construction. Rising insuran
Late August is the best time for homebuyers to score a deal in parts of California, Austin, TX and certain New York City suburbs. Mid-September is the prime dealmaking window for buyers in Baltimore, Nashville, Southern California and parts of Texas. Late September is the sweet spot for buyers in Houston, Las Vegas, Sa
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