{"id":72353,"date":"2021-04-08T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?p=72353"},"modified":"2021-04-07T15:46:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T22:46:36","slug":"second-home-demand-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/second-home-demand-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Work From (Second) Home: Demand for Vacation Homes Continues to Soar, Even as Offices Show Signs of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The intense demand for vacation homes is a symbol of the ongoing uneven economic recovery in the U.S., with some Americans able to afford second homes and many unable to afford even one.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of buyers who locked in mortgage rates for second homes shot up a record 128% year over year in March. That marks the 10th straight month of 80%-plus annual growth. The year-over-year increase should be taken in context because demand for second homes was relatively weak in March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S. and real estate activity in many parts of the country temporarily halted with lockdowns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pandemic-driven demand for second homes is soaring as many affluent remote workers opt to spend at least part of their time in vacation destinations, even as some companies are planning for workers to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/31\/amazon-expects-some-employees-to-return-to-the-office-this-summer.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">return to the office<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The annual rise in demand for second homes is nearly quadruple the 34% year-over-year gain for primary homes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-72354 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The data in this report is based on a Redfin analysis of mortgage-rate lock data from real estate analytics firm <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.optimalblue.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optimal Blue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A mortgage-rate lock is an agreement between a homebuyer and a lender that allows the homebuyer to lock in an interest rate on a mortgage for a certain period of time, offering protection against future interest-rate hikes. Homebuyers must specify whether they are applying to secure a mortgage rate for a primary home, a second home or an investment property. Roughly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/f.hubspotusercontent10.net\/hubfs\/4225469\/Daily-Briefing-Files\/111720-Daily-Market-Briefing.pdf?utm_campaign=DAILY%20BRIEFING%3A%20Mortgage%20Market%20Trends%20%26%20Rate%20Activity&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_rJREAU041O7dLTCSSszK8thVgx5ZLbxG5gUSP3Lze1YmGVqPGf8qFS1a_J4OJT6bE92hQ0usjKIeSlZ79_9_KNdN5HA&amp;_hsmi=100118857&amp;utm_content=100118857&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;hsCtaTracking=dd6feab3-8164-4576-9814-7d1dcdea398c%7C32e55f2c-05c3-4f18-acdf-e0fec0b66c48\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">80%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of mortgage-rate locks result in actual home purchases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Palm Springs housing market is incredibly busy, with an influx of vacation-home buyers from Los Angeles and San Francisco,\u201d said local Redfin agent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/nisa-sheikh\">Nisa Sheikh<\/a>. \u201cMany of them are tech workers who can do their jobs remotely, and they enjoy the weather and lifestyle here in the desert. People don\u2019t want to vacation in a hotel room right now, and many of my buyers are planning to turn their second homes into Airbnb rentals and earn some extra income when they\u2019re not in town.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOut-of-towners tend to have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/migrants-versus-locals-homebuying-budget\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more money<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than locals, and they\u2019re pushing up prices for everyone,\u201d Sheikh continued. \u201cLong term, out-of-towners may push up prices to the point where many locals will need to rent because they won\u2019t be able to afford a home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The surging interest in vacation homes is indicative of the uneven financial recovery taking place throughout the U.S. Wealthy Americans are likely to have held onto their jobs\u2014many with the freedom to work remotely\u2014and they\u2019re earning money through a robust stock market and rising real-estate values. But people in lower income brackets are more likely to work in industries like restaurants, retail and hospitality that are still <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2021\/03\/30\/fed-inflation-bad-economy-low-wage\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">far from recovered<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis recession has driven wealthy and low-income Americans further and further apart, and the soaring demand for vacation homes during the pandemic is a perfect example of their unequal financial footing, with some people buying second homes and others unable to buy their first,\u201d said Redfin Chief Economist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/author\/darylfairweather\/\">Daryl Fairweather<\/a>. \u201cHome prices <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/housing-market-update-39-pct-homes-sold-above-list-price\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">just keep going up<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That\u2019s a good thing for Americans who already own one home because they can take advantage of their increased equity to buy other assets, which in some cases includes another home. But it\u2019s bad for lower- and middle-class families, particularly those who are renters, because the barrier to homeownership is getting higher and higher.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Home prices in seasonal towns are up 19% year over year<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home prices in seasonal towns, where second homes are often located, are up more than prices in non-seasonal towns. The median sale price for homes in seasonal towns rose 19% year over year in February\u2014the most recent month for which data is available\u2014to $417,000. That\u2019s the eighth straight month of 10%-plus year-over-year growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For homes in non-seasonal towns, the median sale price rose 16% to $370,000. For this analysis, a seasonal town is defined as an area where more than 30% of housing is used for seasonal or recreational purposes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While home prices are up significantly almost everywhere in the country, the fact that they\u2019re up more in seasonal towns is an indication that out-of-towners and second-home buyers are impacting those markets, pushing prices up for locals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-72355 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-1-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-1-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The intense demand for vacation homes is a symbol of the ongoing uneven economic recovery in the U.S., with some Americans able to afford second homes and many unable to afford even one. 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