2015 Homebuyer and Seller Survey
Redfin commissioned SurveyMonkey Audience to conduct an independent survey of 2,134 Americans who bought and/or sold a home in the past two years.
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Housing Market News
The Fed Needs Wool Socks; Why A Rate Hike Might Be Better for Housing
Will the Fed raise rates? Who knows. Should they? Absolutely. We explain why a September rate hike might be better for housing. Also: the world’s first crowd-sourced skyscraper and is suburban living like smoking?
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What if Mortgage Rates Hit 5 Percent? Homebuyers Say They’ll Cope
If it gets more expensive to borrow, will people drop out of the housing market? Not likely. Rising mortgage rates — or the fear of them — barely registered in a recent Redfin survey of homebuyers. Fewer than 5 percent listed rising mortgage rates as their top concern, ranking it well below affordability.
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Mortgage Rate Watch: Don't Fear the Fed
The most important Fed meeting of all time is just a week away. As we await the central bank’s verdict on whether to raise interest rates, here’s what’s happening with mortgages: Nothing. For the seventh week, the average cost of a 30-year loan is below 4 percent.
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Today's Jobs Report: The Good and Bad In One Easy Chart
Call it a jobs Rorschach Test. The unemployment rate hit a seven-year low and the economy is adding work at a pretty decent clip. Great! But we got fewer jobs than economists expected and more adults are dropping out of the workforce.
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Mortgage Rate Watch: Hawks, Doves and Bette Davis
It’s Super Bowl preseason — the Fed Super Bowl — and players from the Hawks and Doves are running their drills. Rate Watch is counting down to Sept. 17, when we’ll get the final score on whether the central bank will raise interest rates. Meanwhile, the cost of a 30-year, fixed-rate home loan ticked up last week to 3.89 percent.
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