Homebuyers Are Grappling With the Most Volatile Mortgage Rates in Over Three Decades
A house hunter looking for a $500,000 home saw their potential total mortgage payment fall by $64,000 from July to August, and then jump by
As a data journalist, Lily is passionate about helping readers understand complex facets of the housing market. She is particularly interested in the issues of climate change, race and gender equality and housing affordability. Prior to working at Redfin, Lily spent four years as a reporter at Bloomberg News in New York City.
A house hunter looking for a $500,000 home saw their potential total mortgage payment fall by $64,000 from July to August, and then jump by
Sun Belt cities including Phoenix, Tampa and Las Vegas attracted scores of house hunters during the pandemic, driving up home prices. Now their housing markets
The decline was roughly twice as severe in the Bay Area. High-end homebuyers are backing off as rising interest rates, inflation, a tepid stock market
Some Americans are hesitant to sell their homes as mortgage rates soar because they have a low interest rate locked in. That’s contributing to a

Redfin users who viewed homes with severe and/or extreme flood risk prior to a Redfin experiment proceeded to bid on homes with 54% less risk
55% of homes being built today face fire risk, compared with 14% of homes built from 1900 to 1959, as suburbanization and a shift to
A house hunter looking for a $500,000 home saw their potential total mortgage payment fall by $64,000 from July to August, and then jump by
Sun Belt cities including Phoenix, Tampa and Las Vegas attracted scores of house hunters during the pandemic, driving up home prices. Now their housing markets
The decline was roughly twice as severe in the Bay Area. High-end homebuyers are backing off as rising interest rates, inflation, a tepid stock market
Some Americans are hesitant to sell their homes as mortgage rates soar because they have a low interest rate locked in. That’s contributing to a

Redfin users who viewed homes with severe and/or extreme flood risk prior to a Redfin experiment proceeded to bid on homes with 54% less risk
55% of homes being built today face fire risk, compared with 14% of homes built from 1900 to 1959, as suburbanization and a shift to