Market Data + Trends Where is the Best Cost of Living? There’s no shortage of experts compiling lists of the "Best Places to Live" based on quality of life, walkability, sustainability, you name...
Economics Home Values in Large Cities Growing Faster than in Rural As the longest economic expansion in U.S. history continues, the bulk of job creation occurred in major cities. During previous recoveries...
New-Home Sales Bidding Wars Are Waning Just 10.4% of home buying offers written by Redfin agents during August faced competition compared with 11.4% in July and 42% a year earlier...
Market Data + Trends The Long-Term Consequences of Foreclosures Of course a wave of foreclosures is bad for any community, but a paper authored by researchers at Boston and Stanford universities shows the...
Sales + Marketing What Do Millennials Hate About Houses? When Millennials do shop for homes, what turns them off? Realtor.com shares five home upgrades, while popular with a previous generation...
New-Home Sales Home Prices Rising Again Older Millennials are now showing a stronger desire to become homeowners. Consequently, their activity is strengthening overall demand for...
New-Home Sales A Look at the 20-Year Trend for First-Time Homebuyers Used to be that the progression into adulthood had marriage preceding the purchase of a house. According to numbers compiled and crunched...
Market Data + Trends 50 Best Places to Retire in the U.S. Kiplinger compiled a slide show featuring one destination in each state that offers attractive advantages for retirees. Thinking about...
Demographics Here’s Why Millions of Millennials Are Not Homeowners Laurie Goodman and other researchers at the Urban Institute break down a slew of reasons explaining why young adults are in less of a rush...
Sales + Marketing An Amenities Race Heats Up for Ultra Luxury Developers misread the demand for ultraluxury condominiums and apartments and overbuilt. Consequently some markets have a glut of high end,...
