{"id":71656,"date":"2020-11-11T04:51:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T12:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?p=71656"},"modified":"2020-11-11T04:51:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T12:51:17","slug":"vacation-housing-markets-heat-up-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/vacation-housing-markets-heat-up-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Resort Towns Are Becoming Permanent Destinations for Homebuyers Fleeing Big Cities During the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jersey Shore, Bend, OR, Cape Cod and other vacation destinations are heating up as the coronavirus drives New Yorkers and San Franciscans to greener pastures.<\/span><\/i><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Popular second-home destinations including the Jersey Shore, Cape Cod, Lake Tahoe, Palm Springs and Bend, OR are heating up and becoming full-time residences for homebuyers who have the luxury of working remotely as people leave New York and San Francisco during the coronavirus pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is according to a Redfin analysis of the U.S. housing markets that have heated up and cooled down the most over the past year. Our ranking is based on year-over-year change in home prices, home sales, the share of homes that sold above their list price, the speed of home sales and Redfin.com searches.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top 10 Counties Heating Up<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-71657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Top-Counties-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Top-Counties-copy.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Top-Counties-copy-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Top-Counties-copy-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Top-Counties-copy-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Top-Counties-copy-1536x1152.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/311\/CA\/El-Dorado-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Dorado County, CA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a region s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">panning from the eastern outskirts of Sacramento to the southern half of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/neighborhood\/66715\/CA\/Truckee\/Lake-Tahoe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lake Tahoe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, came in first place for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/hot-housing-markets-affordable-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">second<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> time in a row, while the adjacent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/333\/CA\/Placer-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Placer County<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made the top 10 as well. Both are located in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/16409\/CA\/Sacramento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sacramento<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> metropolitan area, which was the most popular destination for homebuyers who were looking to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/q3-2020-housing-migration-trends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">relocate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the third quarter, according to an analysis of Redfin.com users. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/17151\/CA\/San-Francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the top origin for out-of-area buyers looking in Sacramento. One other California market\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/335\/CA\/Riverside-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riverside County<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is home to the desert resort city of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/14315\/CA\/Palm-Springs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014also ranked in the top 10.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/2333\/OR\/Deschutes-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deschutes County, OR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is about four hours southeast of Portland, nabbed the number-two spot. With access to the Cascade mountains, millions of acres of national forest, and the vacation towns of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/34930\/OR\/Sunriver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunriver<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/1543\/OR\/Bend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bend<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the area is especially popular among hikers, bikers, fishermen, skiers and snowboarders, according to local Redfin real estate agent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/angelica-webb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angelica Webb<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve always described Bend as a second-home town, but now we\u2019re seeing it transition into a place where more people are living full time because they\u2019re no longer required to go into the office. We joke that it\u2019s becoming a `Zoom town,\u2019\u201d Webb said. \u201cA lot of folks are moving to Bend without having ever stepped foot here. They\u2019ve heard good things and want to get out of their cramped San Francisco or Seattle apartments, so they\u2019re coming here and buying awesome, 3,000-square-foot colonial homes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jersey Shore, a popular summer getaway for East Coasters, has also become a hotspot for families looking to escape big-city life during the pandemic. Three of the four New Jersey counties that ranked in the top 10\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1905\/NJ\/Ocean-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ocean County<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1903\/NJ\/Monmouth-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monmouth County<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1895\/NJ\/Cape-May-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cape May County<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014are on the Jersey Shore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ve never seen so many New York license plates at open houses in Monmouth County,\u201d said local Redfin real estate agent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/anthony-gonzalez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthony Gonzalez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cCity folks are coming to New Jersey with New York salaries, and they can get quite a deal here even though <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/real-estate-bidding-wars-september-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is fierce. One of my buyers recently lost out on a house because <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">another bidder paid $75,000 over the asking price. Who does that? New Yorkers.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a lot of homebuyers coming to the Jersey Shore from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/neighborhood\/219258\/NY\/New-York\/Brooklyn\/filter\/include=forsale+mlsfsbo+construction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brooklyn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, specifically, according to Gonzalez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhere in Brooklyn can you find anything for $500,000? Nowhere,\u201d Gonzalez said. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York folks are coming to Jersey for a year or two, buying a house on the water and working from home at the Jersey Shore.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massachusetts Redfin agent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/james-obrien\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James O\u2019Brien<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said he\u2019s seen a spike in citydwellers buying homes in Cape Cod, also known as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1334\/MA\/Barnstable-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barnstable County<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014number four on the top 10 list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFolks from Boston, New York, Connecticut and California are just flocking in,\u201d O\u2019Brien said. \u201cThey don\u2019t have to go to the office anymore, so that\u2019s driving a lot of activity. Normally, people buy second or third homes in Cape Cod, but now they\u2019re coming here and purchasing primary residences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O\u2019Brien continued: \u201cWe don\u2019t typically see intense bidding wars here, but competition has been wild over the last six months. I had one buyer who competed with 10 other bidders for a lakehouse in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/29632\/MA\/Falmouth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Falmouth<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and ended up winning by offering $74,000 over the $645,000 list price.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Market Summary of U.S. Counties That Have Heated Up the Most (September 2020*)<\/span><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Rank<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>U.S. County<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Parent Metro Area<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Median Sale Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Median Sale Price, YoY Change<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Homes Sold, YoY Change<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Median Days on Market<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Median Days on Market, YoY Change (in Days)<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Share of Homes That Sold Above List Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Q3 Net Inflow of Redfin Users Searching in Area, YoY Change<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/311\/CA\/El-Dorado-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Dorado County, CA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Lake Tahoe)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sacramento, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$570,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">80%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-31<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">42%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2,172<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/2333\/OR\/Deschutes-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deschutes County, OR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bend, OR<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$491,500<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">54%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-22<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">34%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,927<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1905\/NJ\/Ocean-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ocean County, NJ<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jersey Shore)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Brunswick, NJ<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$332,500<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-31<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">35%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">703<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1334\/MA\/Barnstable-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barnstable County, MA <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Cape Cod)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barnstable Town, MA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$500,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">51%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">33<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-33<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,831<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/425\/CT\/Fairfield-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fairfield County, CT<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bridgeport, CT<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$499,450<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">33%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">80%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">63<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-15<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,921<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1897\/NJ\/Essex-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essex County, NJ<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newark, NJ<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$460,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">37%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">35<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-22<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">360<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1903\/NJ\/Monmouth-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monmouth County, NJ<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jersey Shore)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Brunswick, NJ<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$494,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">52%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-18<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">33%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">592<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/335\/CA\/Riverside-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riverside County, CA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Palm Springs)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riverside, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$450,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">37<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-20<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">44%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7,845<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1895\/NJ\/Cape-May-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cape May County, NJ<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jersey Shore)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ocean City, NJ<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$465,750<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">33%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">56<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-28<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">766<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/333\/CA\/Placer-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Placer County, CA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Lake Tahoe)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sacramento, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$540,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">54%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-17<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">46%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2,534<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Net inflow data covers the third quarter of 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top 10 Counties Cooling Off<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bottom-Counties.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bottom-Counties.png 800w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bottom-Counties-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bottom-Counties-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, a majority of the bottom 10 counties a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">re home to dense, relatively expensive cities, including New York, San Francisco and Boston.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1985\/NY\/Queens-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queens County, NY<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, more commonly known as Queens, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ranked first on the list of U.S. housing markets that have cooled down, followed by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1968\/NY\/Kings-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kings County, NY<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Brooklyn) and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1947\/NY\/Bronx-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bronx County, NY<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the Bronx). All three are in the New York metro area, which saw a greater <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/q3-2020-housing-migration-trends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">net outflow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Redfin.com users than any other metro area during the third quarter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1899\/NJ\/Hudson-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hudson County, NJ<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, also in the New York metro area, made it into the bottom 10 as well. Located just across the Hudson River from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/30749\/NY\/New-York\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manhattan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the area has long been a popular home base for families who want to be close to New York City without New York City prices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But now that remote work has become the norm for so many people, a lot of homebuyers are pushing further south into New Jersey, to places like Monmouth County and Ocean County, Redfin agents say. Suddenly, they\u2019re realizing that it\u2019s no longer necessary to pay top-dollar for crowded buildings with shared amenities that are close to the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost 47,000 more Redfin.com users looked to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/migration-trends-pandemic-new-york-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">leave<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New York state than move into it during the third quarter, roughly 35% more than the 35,000 home searchers looking to leave during the same period last year, according to an October Redfin report. The story was similar in California, where nearly 53,000 more Redfin.com users looked to move out than in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/340\/CA\/San-Francisco-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco County<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which ranked number six on the list of counties that have cooled the most over the past year, has seen an especially large outflow of residents. Almost a quarter of Redfin.com users in San Francisco searched for homes outside of the metro in the third quarter, up from roughly 21% during the same period last year. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/479\/FL\/Miami-Dade-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami-Dade County, FL<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1346\/MA\/Suffolk-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suffolk County, MA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014home to the populous cities of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/11458\/FL\/Miami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/1826\/MA\/Boston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014also ranked in the bottom 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Market Summary of U.S. Counties That Have Cooled Down the Most (September 2020*)<\/span><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Rank<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>U.S. County<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Parent Metro Area<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Median Sale Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Median Sale Price, YoY Change<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Homes Sold, YoY Change<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Median Days on Market<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Median Days on Market, YoY Change (in Days)<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Share of Homes That Sold Above List Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Q3 Net Inflow of Redfin Users Searching in Area, YoY Change\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1985\/NY\/Queens-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queens County, NY<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Queens)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York, NY<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$640,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-34%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">72<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2,969)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1968\/NY\/Kings-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kings County, NY<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Brooklyn)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York, NY<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$915,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-46%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">111<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(4,670)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1947\/NY\/Bronx-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bronx County, NY<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (The Bronx)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York, NY<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$534,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-19%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">59<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1,200)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/479\/FL\/Miami-Dade-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami-Dade County, FL<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami, FL<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$355,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">76<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2,896)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1346\/MA\/Suffolk-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suffolk County, MA<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston, MA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$658,250<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-6<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">37%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1,227)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/340\/CA\/San-Francisco-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco County, CA<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,400,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">62%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">31<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">48%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(4,085)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/2082\/NC\/Randolph-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Randolph County, NC<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greensboro, NC<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$174,900<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(6)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a 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400;\">5%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(556)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1899\/NJ\/Hudson-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hudson County, NJ<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York, NY<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$515,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">49<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-17<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1,339)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Net inflow data covers the third quarter of 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methodology<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This report provides a prediction of the U.S. housing markets that have heated up and cooled off the most by creating a ranking of U.S. counties based on<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> year-over-year growth in the following metrics in September 2020: median sale price, median days on market, number of homes sold and share of homes that sold above list price. To make it into the ranking, counties had to have at least 30 home sales in September 2020. The net inflow of Redfin.com users searching online for homes in each county during the third quarter also factored into the ranking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jersey Shore, Bend, OR, Cape Cod and other vacation destinations are heating up as the coronavirus drives New Yorkers and San Franciscans to greener pastures. 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