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How the Top 1% Fared in the Housing Crash
Five years after the crash, the economy may not be back on its feet, but the ultra-rich are sitting pretty. According to new research done by UC Berkeley, the richest one percent of Americans captured 95 percent of the income growth in the United States between 2009 and 2012. With homes always on our mind, this stunning stat made us wonder: How did the top 1% of homes fare the housing crash?
Summer Prices Cool as We Head Into Fall
Each month, Redfin takes a look at home price trends throughout 19 key US markets. This month shows the rapid rise in home prices and sales volume during much of 2013 has now shifted course. Low mortgage rates and strong pent-up demand had buyers flooding into the market, but now both buyers and sellers are
Why Atlanta’s Stunning Home Price Growth Won’t Last Long
Atlanta’s housing market typically marches to a seasonal drum, rarely seeing dramatic price swings. Nevertheless, like a rollercoaster ride, home prices in Atlanta made the steady climb north in the mid-2000s, plunged to startling depths between 2007 and 2010, and then soared back up. The real question on everyone’s mind: Can prices continue to climb? Multiple signs suggest no.
The End of Search: Introducing Redfin Matchmaker
Finding what you’re looking for is easy. Finding what you never knew you wanted is divine. This is especially true in real estate: we swoon for the perfect property, but often look for it in the wrong places or just stop looking entirely. So after years of letting people search on every possible attribute of a
Vote Today! Send Redfin to the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival
Each March tens of thousands of tech fans descend on Austin for the SXSW Interactive Festival (SXSW). Sessions at this annual conference explore a host of topics from cutting-edge technologies like 3D printing to disruptive start-ups like AirBnB. SXSW is unique not just for the thought-provoking presentations, but also because the community plays a big part in shaping
Inventory Drops While Sales and Prices Rise
Home prices continued their rise in July and sales volume jumped back up from the unexpected June dip. Price per square foot is up 19 percent year over year, but is up only 1.1 percent month-over-month which is the smallest rise in the past five months and is a sign of a cooling off for
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