The typical buyer who scored a home for below the list price in 2025 got a 7.9% discount—the largest since 2012. 1 in 4 buyers who got discounts scored 10% or more off the list price—the highest share since 2012. Nearly two-thirds of all homebuyers got discounts last year—the highest share since 2019. The typical […]
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A record 33% of U.S. rentals are in large multifamily buildings, while 31% are single-family homes—a record low. As recently as 2021, single-family homes made up the largest share of America’s rental stock. Just 14% of single-family homes are occupied by renters, the lowest share in records dating back to 2011. One reason multifamily rentals
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From Utah to California to North Carolina, Redfin ranked the 10 most neighborly places in the U.S. Here are the top cities where residents socialize and neighbors lend each other a helping hand. Salt Lake City is the most neighborly city in the United States this year. The Utah capital tops the list because residents
Homeownership for young Americans is a mixed bag. The homeownership rate for Gen Zers and millennials is ticking up, but both generations are tracking behind their parents. The homeownership rate for younger generations inched up from 2024 to 2025 because affordability and inventory improved slightly. But it didn’t surge, because housing costs remained historically high,
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Over 40,000 U.S. home-purchase agreements were canceled in December, equal to 16.3% of homes that went under contract that month—the highest December percentage in records dating back to 2017 Cancellations were highest in Atlanta (22.5%), Jacksonville (20.6%) and San Antonio (20.6%) Cancellations were lowest in Nassau County (3.8%), San Francisco (4.2%) and San Jose (8.9%)
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President Trump called for a ban on Wall Street investors purchasing single-family homes, and reiterated an order for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy billions in mortgage bonds. President Trump’s speech at the World Economic Speech in Davos on Wednesday was partly focused on housing reform, though the housing message was largely overshadowed by
