Iran Tensions, Not Economic Data, Are Driving Mortgage Rates This Week
This Week In A Nutshell: Rates are likely to move more on headlines out of Iran than on economic data. If peace talks show real progress, rates could come down, but if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, markets will keep pricing in Fed rate...
More Than 80% of Prospective Home Sellers Are Interested in a “Coming Soon” Approach to Listing
Most homeowners would move if they could–but they feel stuck. Three-quarters of U.S. homeowners would choose to live somewhere else if they could move now without financial or logistical barriers, according to a recent survey conducted by R...
Inside the $150,000 Hamptons Trailer This Couple Turned Into a Dream Home
Born and raised in Hampton Bays, NY, Taylor Jayne always imagined she’d build her life in the place that raised her. But like so many locals on the East End, the dream kept slipping further out of reach. After a decade of renting in South...
The Price Point: What $400,000 Buys in These Hot U.S. Neighborhoods
In this edition of The Price Point—a weekly series where Redfin data journalists explore current housing inventory across a rotating combination of budgets and metro areas—we’re looking at some of the hottest real estate markets in the ...
Pending Home Sales Jump 10% From a Year Ago to Highest Level Since 2022
Sale prices are rising as homebuying demand strengthens. U.S. pending homes sales jumped 9.6% year over year to their highest level since September 2022, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Pending sales are rising in every major U.S. metro exc...
Just Listed in Virginia: A One-of-a-Kind Estate That’s Part Home, Part Event Venue, Part Airbnb
In this edition of Just Listed–a series from Redfin News that explores homes that are listed by Redfin or Compass agents on Redfin.com–we’re exploring a 3.5-acre estate in Hamilton, Virginia. This $2.5 million estate in a small Virginia...
