The cross-market migration boom is officially slowing as fewer Redfin.com users search for homes outside their current metros. A new report from Redfin shows a decline in the pandemic-fueled migration for November as the share of homebuyers relocating drops for the third straight month to 23.9%, its lowest level in 18 months—down from 24.1% a […]

Zillow’s Most Popular Search Terms Showcase What Buyers Are Looking For Zillow analyzed over 250 billion home search queries, using data from its AI-powered natural language search feature introduced earlier this year. And that data held some surprising insights into buyer preferences—not just across the U.S. but from one city to the next. A full […]

Fannie Mae’s 2024 Housing Outlook Last Thursday, December 14, Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group issued a report with an updated economic and housing forecast for 2024. While they expect a slowdown in the U.S. economy in the months ahead, they’re projecting a slow recovery for both home sales and mortgage originations. At the start […]

What Presidential Candidates are Saying About the U.S. Housing Market As the next election year approaches and candidates for the position of U.S. president start debating the issues, it’s fair to ask what each one is saying right now about the housing market—and what they propose to make homeownership attainable for more Americans. So, we […]

Just Thinking As we trudge our way through December, the short days, the cold, and the rain. Holiday parties, shopping and prepping for Christmas, so much going on in the world, we have so much to be thankful for. Some items in the news lately got me thinking about where we are right now and […]

The Best Day of The Year to Buy a Home is Just Around the Corner A new ATTOM analysis reveals the best day of the year to buy a home, based on the lowest premium above the automated valuation model (AVM). And while a broader analysis of the best days for buying shows the month […]

Why January Home Sales Will be Busy This is an email to Realtors from Real Estate Coach and Super Star Agent Ricky Carruth. The Pending Homes Sales Report was just released from NAR today showing that October was the lowest levels on record…. They have been tracking pending sales since 2001… So, this was worse […]