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Sellers Are Getting Ghosted: 15% of Homebuying Contracts Were Canceled in September

Housing costs are frightful and economic jitters are in the air, leading some buyers to leave sellers in the lurch. Just over 53,000 home-purchase agreements nationwide were canceled in September, equal to 15% of homes that went under contract that month. That’s up from 13.6% a year earlier.    This is based on a Redfin […]

U.S. Home Prices Rose 0.2% in September

U.S. home prices increased 0.2% from a month earlier in September on a seasonally adjusted basis. On a year-over-year basis, home prices rose 3%, the slowest rate recorded in Redfin Home Price Index (RHPI) data going back to 2012. San Diego (+1.7%) recorded the highest month-over-month price growth of the 50 most populous U.S. metros, […]
Monthly Market Update

Homebuyers Are Scoring the Biggest Autumn Discounts Since 2019

The typical home that sold last month went for 1.4% less than its final list price—the biggest September discount in six years—as a slow housing market empowered buyers to negotiate. The typical home that sold also spent 50 days on the market—the slowest September pace in nearly a decade. Existing-home sales inched up to the […]

29% of U.S. Home Purchases Are Made in Cash, Essentially Flat From a Year Ago

29% of U.S. homebuyers are paying in cash, down essentially unchanged from last year and down from a peak of nearly 35% two years ago due to declining mortgage rates.  The typical down payment is climbing, partly because in today’s expensive market, many buyers are affluent. It now sits at a record $70,000, and in […]
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