When Caleb Pepperday and his wife secured a 2.75% mortgage rate on their home in Pittsburgh in 2021, the young couple couldn’t believe their luck. …
Quarterly Investment Guide: Q4 2023
Real estate has been a real roller coaster ride over the past three years. From a pandemic that shifted buying patterns, to the doubling of mortgage rates in the blink of an eye, few could have predicted the crazy loops this market has taken. So what’s next? In this Quarterly Investment Guide, we’ve drilled down on the best opportunities for buyers and investors, and tapped the smartest minds we know for intel about how long rates will stay high (don’t hold your breath). Whether you’re looking t
Buying a home in the U.S. is more difficult than it’s been in decades. Prices across many of the major housing markets continue to rise in tandem …
Recently Redfin’s chief economist, Daryl Fairweather, coined a new subset of homebuyers. The group had a few attributes in common: They’re …
With mortgage rates hitting 8%, inflation still running hot, and housing supply severely limited, you might think this is one of the worst times to …
In the pandemic-driven housing boom that famously peaked around the spring of 2022, the Southern and Western inland markets stretching from North …
The housing market feels broken at the moment. Prices skyrocketed 50% nationally over the course of the pandemic. Then mortgage rates went from sub-3% …