Housing Market News
It’s Not All About Demand: Home Prices are Sky-High Where It’s Most Difficult and Most Expensive to Acquire and Develop Land
In expensive coastal metros like San Jose, the value of land accounts for more than half of the typical home’s value, far more than it does in inland areas.
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Here are the Most (And Least) Affordable Metros for Getting Married and Buying a Home in the Same Year
If you’re torn between spending your wedding budget on a party or a down payment, our data compares the national average wedding cost with the median home list price and average down payments.
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St. Louis, Chicago and Cleveland Are the Most Affordable Areas for Construction Workers to Buy Homes
We took a look at the most affordable places for construction workers to buy a home, along with the least affordable.
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Millennials are Thriving—Personally and Professionally—in These Five Cities
Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City and Detroit Have among the Highest Rates of Millennial Homeownership and Business Ownership In many coastal metros, millennials have a hard time saving up enough money to own a home or start a business. But inland, where homes and costs of living are more affordable, millennials are able to lay
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Here Come the Tech IPOs: Redfin Agents Say the San Francisco Housing Market Is Heating Back Up
Home prices in San Francisco fell year over year for two months straight, but Redfin agents predict this year’s tech IPOs will change that.
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Here are the Most (And Least) Affordable Metros for a Baby’s First Year, Including the Cost of Upgrading From Two to Three Bedrooms
We took a look at the cost of additional bedrooms, combined with childcare, healthcare and other supplies, to find the most and least costly metros to have a baby.
It’s Not All About Demand: Home Prices are Sky-High Where It’s Most Difficult and Most Expensive to Acquire and Develop Land
In expensive coastal metros like San Jose, the value of land accounts for more than half of the typical home’s value, far more than it does in inland areas.
![](https://www.redfin.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/wedding_cayton-heath-scaled-1-768x511.jpg)
Here are the Most (And Least) Affordable Metros for Getting Married and Buying a Home in the Same Year
If you’re torn between spending your wedding budget on a party or a down payment, our data compares the national average wedding cost with the median home list price and average down payments.
![Housing affordability for construction workers](https://www.redfin.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/construction-worker-affordability-featured-image-scaled-1-768x510.jpg)
St. Louis, Chicago and Cleveland Are the Most Affordable Areas for Construction Workers to Buy Homes
We took a look at the most affordable places for construction workers to buy a home, along with the least affordable.
![](https://www.redfin.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/remote-home-browsing-768x512.jpg)
Millennials are Thriving—Personally and Professionally—in These Five Cities
Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City and Detroit Have among the Highest Rates of Millennial Homeownership and Business Ownership In many coastal metros, millennials have a hard time saving up enough money to own a home or start a business. But inland, where homes and costs of living are more affordable, millennials are able to lay
![San Francisco tech IPOs](https://www.redfin.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/san-francisco-homes-featured-image-scaled-1-768x489.jpg)
Here Come the Tech IPOs: Redfin Agents Say the San Francisco Housing Market Is Heating Back Up
Home prices in San Francisco fell year over year for two months straight, but Redfin agents predict this year’s tech IPOs will change that.
![cost of additional bedroom](https://www.redfin.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bedroom-featured-image-scaled-1-768x512.jpg)
Here are the Most (And Least) Affordable Metros for a Baby’s First Year, Including the Cost of Upgrading From Two to Three Bedrooms
We took a look at the cost of additional bedrooms, combined with childcare, healthcare and other supplies, to find the most and least costly metros to have a baby.