Housing Market News

The Number of Canadians Searching For U.S. Homes Is Down 20% From Last Year
Canadian searches for U.S. homes dropped off when the White House announced steep tariffs on Canadian goods in the spring. The decline is especially steep

26% Fewer Canadians Are Searching For Homes in the U.S. Than Last Year
The number of Redfin.com users based in Canada searching for U.S. homes to rent or buy fell 26.4% from a year earlier in May. That’s

Florida and Texas Are Gaining Residents at a Much Slower Rate Than They Used To, Eating Into Homebuyer Demand
The rising cost of housing and the increasing frequency of natural disasters are slowing migration to certain Florida and Texas metros. The flow of U.S.

Thousands More People Are Moving In Than Out of Fire- and Flood-Prone America, Fueled by Migration to Texas and Florida
America’s high-fire-risk counties saw a net inflow of 63,000 people last year, driven by migration to Texas. High-flood-risk counties saw a net inflow of 16,000,

San Francisco Is Coming Back: Homebuyers are Leaving the Bay Area at Half the Pandemic-Era Rate
Far fewer homebuyers are leaving the Bay Area as life returns to pre-pandemic norms, with many tech companies requiring in-person work and the novelty of

The Pandemic-Driven Migration Boom Is Waning, With the Share of Homebuyers Relocating at Lowest Level in 18 Months
The share of homebuyers moving to a different metro area is coming down from a peak as it becomes less feasible to work remotely. For

Amazon: Here’s Where Seattleites Are Already Looking to Move
Amazon HQ2 will fuel the trend of people moving away from expensive coastal markets to smaller, more affordable inland cities. Redfin ranked the candidates.

A Third of Homebuyers Will Consider Moving to Another State if SALT Deductions Are Eliminated
Redfin surveyed nearly 900 homebuyers to understand how tax reform could impact their homebuying plans.

Top Migration Destinations Include Nation’s Most Active Metros for Residential Construction
For the First Time, Nashville Ranks among the Top 10 Migration Destinations, at #8

Migration Patterns Show More People Leaving Politically Blue Counties
The housing affordability crisis is driving residents out of the most Democratic counties.

Migration Report: Home Affordability Continued to Shape Migration Currents as Homebuyers Looked to Leave Expensive Coastal Cities in the Second Quarter
The Bay Area, New York and Los Angeles ranked highest for net outflow of home searchers.

Movement Out of California Was the Most Influential Driver of U.S. Migration Patterns in Early 2017
One in five Redfin users searched for homes outside their metro; Boston, Chicago and Seattle had the most loyal residents.







