Real Estate Markets & Economy
IBuyer purchases by Redfin, Zillow Offers, Opendoor, Offerpad and Bungalo rose 20% in the first quarter of 2021, but remained down year over year, according to new data
A new Redfin report found that homes in some of America's largest metro areas sold for well above asking price in the first half of 2021, bucking an established trend
New home sales are still up 9.2% year over year but have been falling since March, likely as a result of high home prices due to the rising cost of construction materials like lumber
A large majority of Americans think now is a good time to buy and sell, though only a minority think the market will stay strong for another year
Requests to refinance accounted for 62.5 percent of all applications
Lenders in 2020 refinanced more than twice as many loans as they reported the previous year, a dramatic feature of the pandemic lending boom
ShowingTime's latest data reveals that home showings saw an unusual dip in May, which could indicate the market is finally 'adjusting and stabilizing'
Homeowners with low mortgage rates and seniors choosing to age in place aren't eager to sell, according to a new analysis by First American Financial Corp.
RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos spoke to Inman about what agents can do when new homes are slow to hit the market and revealed his thoughts on his brokerage's commission splits
Agents can win real estate-owned listings from loan servicers and manage their own properties
Flipped properties fell to 2.7% of all sales in the first quarter of 2021, the lowest share seen in decades: Attom
At Inman Connect, Zillow's Racquel Russell offered 4 tips on how agents can make customers feel special while also setting sights on long-term growth
Markets concur with the view that inflation increases are temporary: Freddie Mac
In a pair of new studies released Wednesday, the National Association of Realtors and Harvard University are calling on the government to help ease the housing crisis
RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos told Inman Connect attendees on Thursday, 'You can't help people if you have fragmented or incorrect data'
The mansion sold for more than $43M, a record price in San Francisco that exceeds the one it set 3 years earlier
New initiatives are aimed at helping close the housing affordability gap for Black and Latino families