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Sheharyar Bokhari

Sheharyar Bokhari

Sheharyar’s research focuses on better understanding the housing market for audiences inside and outside of Redfin. Prior to joining Redfin, he created commercial real estate sale and rental price indices at the MIT Center for Real Estate. He has also done research on consumer decisions and behavioral biases in real estate pricing. Sheharyar holds a PhD from MIT in Urban and Real Estate Studies.

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Investor Home Purchases Fell a Record 49% Year Over Year in the First Quarter

That outpaced a 41% drop in overall home purchases. Investors retreated as rising interest rates and falling home values shrank potential profits.  Still, investors bought up 18% of homes that sold. That’s down from a peak of 20% a year earlier but is higher than pre-pandemic levels. Investors gravitated toward low-priced homes and condos; starter

The Typical U.S. Home Changes Hands Every 12 Years, Down From 2020 Peak

Homeowner tenure is down slightly from the peak reached in 2020, but it has nearly doubled over the last couple decades, contributing to the lack of for-sale inventory.  Baby boomers are driving the general trend of longer homeowner tenure; more than one-third of homeowners 65 and older have held onto their home for at least

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