Sales The Amazon Effect is Fueling Housing Competition in Virginia Arlington and Alexandria, Va., are the two most competitive U.S. housing markets, fueled in part by their proximity to the new Amazon...
Sales How Home Sales Numbers Have Changed Over 10 Years The National Association of Realtors analyzed how sales of existing homes have changed over the last 10 June months. The data below shows...
Sales Are iBuyers Worth the Convenience? A new study shows that iBuyers, or instant homebuying companies, can be significantly more expensive than traditional real estate agents,...
Sales The Best Housing Markets for First-Time Buyers These 30 housing markets are good for first-time homebuyers because of their affordability, stability, and quality of life, the New York...
Sales Bidding Wars Hit Lowest Rate Since 2011 Only 11.2% of Redfin offers entered bidding wars in July, the lowest rate since 2011. The national bidding war rate hasn’t surpassed 15...
Sales Pending Home Sales See First Annual Gain in 17 Months June pending home sales were 1.6% higher than a year earlier, marking the first annual gain in 17 months, CNBC reports. Consumers signed...
Sales Homeownership Rate for Young Americans Is on the Rise HousingWire reports that the homeownership rate for Americans under 35 saw the largest increase of any group in the second quarter of 2019. ...
Sales Home Sales Tumble as Prices Surge to Record High Sales of existing homes fell more than expected in June, indicating that the housing market is struggling to regain speed since hitting a...
Sales U.S. Home Sales to Foreign Buyers Have Plummeted The dollar volume of U.S. homes purchased by foreign buyers fell 36% in the year ending in March, HousingWire reports. Purchases by...
Sales Existing-Home Sales Fall in June, Puzzling Economists Sales of existing homes fell a seasonally-adjusted 1.7% in June, Realtor.com reports. Existing-home sales fell 1.7% to a seasonally...