63% of people who moved during the pandemic believe climate change is or will be an issue in the place they now live. Homeowners were twice as likely as renters to have researched climate issues before moving.
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30% of Redfin.com users looked to move metros last month, down from 32% at the start of 2021 but still above the 26% share we saw before the pandemic. Nationwide, 29.5% of Redfin.com users looked to move to a different metropolitan area in October 2021. That’s down from a peak of 31.5% at the beginning
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More than three-quarters of respondents report feeling happier after relocating. More than one-third (34%) of people who moved during the coronavirus pandemic live in a home where only one adult has a full-time job. By comparison, just 29% lived in a single-income household before the pandemic. That’s according to an August 2021 Redfin survey of
Crime and safety was the most commonly cited factor for homeowners deciding where to move. For renters it was cost of living, with climate change at the bottom of the ranking.
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Interest in relocation fell for the second-straight quarter as life continued to return to normal following pandemic lockdowns. Still, migration remained more common than it was before the pandemic. Nationwide, 30.2% of Redfin.com users looked to move to a different metropolitan area in the third quarter of 2021, down from 31.1% in the second quarter
A similar share—about 1 in 8—would only live somewhere abortion is fully legal. The lion’s share of respondents prefer to live in a place with strong voter protections, anti-discrimination laws related to gender, and legal marijuana. About 1 in 7 people (15%) who recently moved say they would not live in a place where abortion