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Taylor Marr is the deputy chief economist on the research team at Redfin. He is passionate about housing and urban policy and an advocate for increased mobility and affordability. He laid the framework for our migration data and reports and diligently tracks the housing market and economy. Before Redfin, Taylor built financial market index funds for Vanguard at the University of Chicago. Taylor went to graduate school for international economics in Berlin, where he focused on behavioral causes of the global housing bubble and subsequent policy responses. Taylor’s research has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. He was also recently the President of the Seattle Economics Council and collaborates frequently with the Fed, HUD, and the Census Bureau. Follow him on Twitter @tayloramarr or subscribe to his weekly newsletter on Substack here: https://taylormarr.substack.com

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The Housing Market Has Started to Recover

The housing market has begun to recover after hitting a low point in the second week of November. We’re not out of the woods yet, but homebuyers are coming off the sidelines: The number of Redfin customers requesting first tours has improved 17 percentage points from the November trough, and the number of people contacting

A Record Share of Home Sellers Are Giving Concessions to Buyers

Buyers received concessions—such as money for repairs and mortgage-rate buydowns—in a record 42% of home sales in the fourth quarter, up from 31% a year earlier. Pandemic boomtowns including Phoenix and Las Vegas saw among the biggest increases in concessions. Home sellers gave concessions to buyers in 41.9% of home sales in the fourth quarter—the

Pandemic Boomtowns Phoenix and Miami Have Among the Highest Inflation Rates in the U.S.

The inflation rate in Phoenix, which attracted scores of out-of-town homebuyers during the pandemic, is more than double the inflation rate in the Bay Area, which saw an exodus of residents. The four U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest inflation rates in the third quarter are migration hotspots. Phoenix, Atlanta, Tampa, FL and Miami experienced

Americans Flocked to Red and Purple Counties in Key Senate-Race States During the Pandemic

Pandemic-fueled migration to red and purple counties in key states has made them somewhat less white. Increasing diversity could swing some of those purple places blue in this year’s Senate midterms. But migration and shifts in racial makeup may fall short of counteracting the forces favoring Republicans this year. The Republican party is steadily gaining

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