{"id":71760,"date":"2020-12-10T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?p=71760"},"modified":"2020-12-09T13:59:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T21:59:52","slug":"coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Fewer Coronavirus Cases Per Capita"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pending home sales were up 54% in low-intensity coronavirus counties last month, outpacing the 45% growth in high-intensity coronavirus counties. There was a similar trend in new listings.<\/span><\/i><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pending home sales rose 54.1% year over year in U.S. counties with low concentrations of Covid-19 cases during the four-week period ending Dec. 1, outpacing the 45.1% growth in counties with high concentrations of Covid-19 cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is according to an analysis of counties across 116 U.S. metropolitan areas. We define a high Covid-19 intensity county as a county where cumulative coronavirus cases per capita are at least 80% higher than the other counties in this analysis, while a low Covid-19 intensity county is one that ranks in the bottom 20% by cumulative cases per capita.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pending_sales_yoy-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2700\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pending_sales_yoy-1.png 1800w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pending_sales_yoy-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pending_sales_yoy-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pending_sales_yoy-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pending_sales_yoy-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pending_sales_yoy-1-2048x1365.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2700px) 100vw, 2700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home sales have been surging across the board due to record-low mortgage rates and a wave of migration fueled by remote work. Places with low concentrations of coronavirus cases have seen especially high sales growth, in part because they\u2019ve experienced influxes of new residents during the pandemic, according to Redfin Senior Economist Reginald Edwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMany of the counties with fewer coronavirus cases per capita happen to be the same suburban counties that people are moving to during the pandemic. Folks are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/october-2020-housing-migration-trends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">migrating<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to these places because the crowded, expensive cities they used to live in no longer have as much to offer, with restaurants, entertainment and workplaces shut down,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cThe counties with fewer cases per capita are also seeing higher growth in home listings, which is allowing home sales to flourish.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New listings climbed 20.6% year over year in counties with low concentrations of Covid-19 cases during the four-week period ending Dec. 1, compared with 12.8% growth in counties with high concentrations of Covid-19 cases. The gap was even more stark back in April, likely because real estate activity was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/stay-at-home-shelter-in-place-real-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">restricted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in many places across the country at the beginning of the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/total_new_listings_yoy-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2700\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/total_new_listings_yoy-1.png 1800w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/total_new_listings_yoy-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/total_new_listings_yoy-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/total_new_listings_yoy-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/total_new_listings_yoy-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/total_new_listings_yoy-1-2048x1365.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2700px) 100vw, 2700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfin real estate agent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/ali-schneider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Schneider<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said one of her buyers recently viewed a home that they liked in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/4658\/CA\/Danville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danville, CA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> , but the sellers then took it off the market after just a few weeks because they were worried they would be exposed to the coronavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey got nervous because so many prospective buyers were scheduling showings. Every day, people were coming through and touching their doorknobs,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cSome sellers are very reluctant to let people into their homes during this pandemic, which is why we\u2019ve seen a lack of new listings here. Plus, not a lot of folks want to put their houses up for sale during the holidays.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massachusetts Redfin agent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/alysandra-nemeth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alysandra Nemeth<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said she thinks new listings have taken a slight hit because people are spending so much time at home during the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA lot of homeowners can\u2019t get their kids, dogs, and themselves out of the house for long enough to put their property on the market,\u201d she said. \u201cI also know people who are really nervous about having strangers touring their homes during a pandemic. It\u2019s tough, because they also know that it\u2019s the perfect time to sell\u2014they\u2019re going to get top-dollar for their home since there\u2019s such a severe inventory shortage and everyone is moving.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Active listings, a measure of housing inventory, fell 41.2% year over year in counties with low concentrations of Covid-19 cases during the four-week period ending Dec. 1\u2014a more severe drop than the 33.0% decline in counties with high concentrations of Covid-19 cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/active_listings_yoy-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2700\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/active_listings_yoy-1.png 1800w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/active_listings_yoy-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/active_listings_yoy-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/active_listings_yoy-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/active_listings_yoy-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/active_listings_yoy-1-2048x1365.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2700px) 100vw, 2700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average sale-to-list price <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/definition\/saleto-list-ratio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ratio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which measures how close homes are selling to their asking prices, has also been on the rise in places with relatively few coronavirus cases. It clocked in at 100.2% in counties with low concentrations of Covid-19 cases during the period ending Dec. 1, compared with 98.5% a year earlier. In counties with high concentrations of cases, the ratio stood at 99.1%, versus 98% a year earlier. A value above 100% indicates that homes are selling for more than their listing prices, while a value below 100% means that homes are selling for less.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/average_sale_to_list_ratio-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2700\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/average_sale_to_list_ratio-1.png 1800w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/average_sale_to_list_ratio-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/average_sale_to_list_ratio-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/average_sale_to_list_ratio-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/average_sale_to_list_ratio-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/average_sale_to_list_ratio-1-2048x1365.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2700px) 100vw, 2700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re seeing less demand for homes in places where coronavirus cases are high, which means sellers are more likely to have to drop their prices,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cTypically, homes only sell for more than what they\u2019re listed for in places where there are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/real-estate-bidding-wars-october-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bidding wars<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methodology<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this analysis, we track housing metrics in counties across 116 U.S. metropolitan areas in the following real estate markets: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/30818\/TX\/Austin\">Austin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/1826\/MA\/Boston\">Boston<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/29470\/IL\/Chicago\">Chicago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/30794\/TX\/Dallas\">Dallas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/5155\/CO\/Denver\">Denver<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/state\/Hawaii\">Hawaii<\/a>, Inland Empire, CA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/neighborhood\/66715\/CA\/Truckee\/Lake-Tahoe\">Lake Tahoe, CA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/11203\/CA\/Los-Angeles\">Los Angeles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/state\/New-Jersey\">New Jersey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/state\/New-York\">New York<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/332\/CA\/Orange-County\">Orange County, CA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/14240\/AZ\/Phoenix\">Phoenix<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/30772\/OR\/Portland\">Portland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/16409\/CA\/Sacramento\">Sacramento<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/16904\/CA\/San-Diego\">San Diego<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/17151\/CA\/San-Francisco\">San Francisco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/16163\/WA\/Seattle\">Seattle<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/12839\/DC\/Washington-DC\">Washington, D.C.<\/a> area. We analyzed coronavirus case counts from the beginning of the pandemic in March through Dec. 1, 2020. We define a high Covid-19 intensity county as a county where cumulative coronavirus cases per capita are at least 80% higher than the other counties in this analysis, while a low Covid-19 intensity county is one that ranks in the bottom 20% by cumulative cases per capita. County rankings are fluid, meaning one county can be low intensity one week and high intensity the next if cases in a county rise substantially.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pending home sales were up 54% in low-intensity coronavirus counties last month, outpacing the 45% growth in high-intensity coronavirus counties. There was a similar trend in new listings. Pending home sales rose 54.1% year over year in U.S. counties with low concentrations of Covid-19 cases during the four-week period ending Dec. 1, outpacing the 45.1% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13346,"featured_media":71765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,8],"tags":[9],"coauthors":[125],"class_list":["post-71760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus-housing-market-news","category-housing-market-news","tag-coronavirus"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Less Coronavirus Spread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Home sales rose 54% in low-intensity coronavirus counties last month, outpacing the 45% growth in high-intensity coronavirus counties.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Fewer Coronavirus Cases Per Capita\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Home sales rose 54% in low-intensity coronavirus counties last month, outpacing the 45% growth in high-intensity coronavirus counties.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Redfin Real Estate News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redfin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-10T13:00:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/corona-4983590_1920.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lily Katz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@redfin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@redfin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lily Katz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lily Katz\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/61b1278179ed9d76570212c0c595396f\"},\"headline\":\"The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Fewer Coronavirus Cases Per Capita\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-10T13:00:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":863,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/corona-4983590_1920.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Coronavirus\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Coronavirus Housing Market News\",\"Housing Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2020\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Less Coronavirus Spread\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/corona-4983590_1920.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-10T13:00:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Home sales rose 54% in low-intensity coronavirus counties last month, outpacing the 45% growth in high-intensity coronavirus counties.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/corona-4983590_1920.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/corona-4983590_1920.jpg\",\"width\":1800,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Fewer Coronavirus Cases Per Capita\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Redfin Real Estate News\",\"description\":\"The latest real estate news and research from technology-powered residential real estate company, Redfin.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Redfin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Redfin-News-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Redfin-News-Logo.png\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":235,\"caption\":\"Redfin\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/redfin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/redfin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/redfinrealestate\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/redfin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/redfin\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Redfin\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/61b1278179ed9d76570212c0c595396f\",\"name\":\"Lily Katz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Lily_Katz-150x150.jpg170bf170d167b138a07120b77fbb41ab\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Lily_Katz-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Lily_Katz-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Lily Katz\"},\"description\":\"As a data journalist, Lily is passionate about helping readers understand complex facets of the housing market. She is particularly interested in the issues of climate change, race and gender equality and housing affordability. Prior to working at Redfin, Lily spent four years as a reporter at Bloomberg News in New York City.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/author\\\/lily-katzredfin-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Less Coronavirus Spread","description":"Home sales rose 54% in low-intensity coronavirus counties last month, outpacing the 45% growth in high-intensity coronavirus counties.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Fewer Coronavirus Cases Per Capita","og_description":"Home sales rose 54% in low-intensity coronavirus counties last month, outpacing the 45% growth in high-intensity coronavirus counties.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/","og_site_name":"Redfin Real Estate News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redfin","article_published_time":"2020-12-10T13:00:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/corona-4983590_1920.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lily Katz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@redfin","twitter_site":"@redfin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lily Katz","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/"},"author":{"name":"Lily Katz","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/61b1278179ed9d76570212c0c595396f"},"headline":"The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Fewer Coronavirus Cases Per Capita","datePublished":"2020-12-10T13:00:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/"},"wordCount":863,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/corona-4983590_1920.jpg","keywords":["Coronavirus"],"articleSection":["Coronavirus Housing Market News","Housing Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2020","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/","name":"The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Less Coronavirus Spread","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/corona-4983590_1920.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-10T13:00:23+00:00","description":"Home sales rose 54% in low-intensity coronavirus counties last month, outpacing the 45% growth in high-intensity coronavirus counties.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/corona-4983590_1920.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/corona-4983590_1920.jpg","width":1800,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/coronavirus-real-estate-market-impact\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Housing Market Is Hotter In Counties With Fewer Coronavirus Cases Per Capita"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/","name":"Redfin Real Estate News","description":"The latest real estate news and research from technology-powered residential real estate company, Redfin.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Redfin","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Redfin-News-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Redfin-News-Logo.png","width":1100,"height":235,"caption":"Redfin"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redfin","https:\/\/x.com\/redfin","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/redfinrealestate\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/redfin","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/redfin\/","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Redfin"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/61b1278179ed9d76570212c0c595396f","name":"Lily Katz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lily_Katz-150x150.jpg170bf170d167b138a07120b77fbb41ab","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lily_Katz-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lily_Katz-150x150.jpg","caption":"Lily Katz"},"description":"As a data journalist, Lily is passionate about helping readers understand complex facets of the housing market. She is particularly interested in the issues of climate change, race and gender equality and housing affordability. Prior to working at Redfin, Lily spent four years as a reporter at Bloomberg News in New York City.","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/author\/lily-katzredfin-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71760"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=71760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}