Homebuyers are looking to leave Austin as housing costs stay high, and some recent transplants move back to their hometowns. On the other side of the coin, Sacramento, Las Vegas and Orlando are the most popular destinations for homebuyers despite increasing climate risk. More homebuyers looked to leave Austin, TX than move in during the […]
A record 26% of Redfin.com users are looking to move out of their hometown. Relatively affordable places like Las Vegas, Sacramento and Myrtle Beach are among the most popular destinations for relocating homebuyers, partly because stubbornly high mortgage rates are making housing payments so expensive. More than one-quarter (25.8%) of homebuyers are looking to move
Texas and Florida survey respondents are twice as likely to cite affordability as a factor in choosing where to live than alignment on social issues, which helps explain why so many people live in a place that’s out of sync with their views on abortion. Both states have been magnets for relocating homebuyers for the
The typical Las Vegas home costs less than half as much as one in Los Angeles, San Francisco or Seattle, the most common origins for buyers moving in. Phoenix and Tampa are the next most popular destinations. Along with Las Vegas, they’re increasingly prone to natural disasters like heat and flooding, but relatively affordable. A
Nearly 400,000 more people moved into than out of the most flood-prone counties in 2021 and 2022—a 103% increase from the prior two years. The counties most vulnerable to wildfires and heat have also seen more people move in than out as the housing affordability crisis pushes Americans into disaster-prone areas. New Orleans and Paradise,
A record one-quarter of Redfin.com house hunters are looking to relocate to a different part of the country as high mortgage rates make affordable areas more attractive. But even though homebuyers moving to a new metro make up a bigger piece of the homebuying pie than ever before, the number of relocators has dropped as
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