AuthorAmanda Dodge.  Date: December 3, 2025 4:48 pm Use our guide Homes With Pools Near Me: Is It Worth the Price to explore the pros, cons, and potentially hidden costs of owning a pool. The post Homes With Pools Near Me: Is It Worth the Price? appeared first on FastExpert.

Homebuyers are getting cold feet due to high housing costs and economic uncertainty. Many are convinced they’ll be able to find a home they like better because there are so many listings on the market. Homebuyers are most likely to walk away in Texas and Florida, and least likely in

U.S. homebuyers will start to get some relief in 2026, with affordability improving as income growth outpaces home-price growth. Next year will mark the beginning of a long, slow recovery for the housing market.  The Great Housing Reset will take shape in 2026. It won’t be a quick price correction,

AuthorAmanda Dodge.  Date: December 1, 2025 5:20 pm Wondering how to sell your house fast? Take the guesswork out and read strategies that work in 2026 to get your house sold! The post How to Sell a House Fast: Strategies That Work in 2026 appeared first on FastExpert.

AuthorAmanda Dodge.  Date: December 1, 2025 4:06 pm There are always options. Use our First-Time Homebuyer Guide: Steps to Buying With Bad Credit to understand how to move forward. The post First-Time Homebuyer Guide: Steps to Buying with Bad Credit appeared first on FastExpert.

AuthorAmanda Dodge.  Date: December 1, 2025 12:32 pm Use this guide to learn the best time of year to buy a house. Seasonal trends explained can help you better understand the market. The post The Best Time of Year to Buy a House: Seasonal Trends Explained appeared first on FastExpert.

This Week In A Nutshell Rates fell last week as financial markets increasingly priced in a rate cut at next Wednesday’s Fed meeting, but an absence of recent jobs and inflation data makes this one particularly difficult to predict. Mortgage rates may continue to bounce around this week ahead of

U.S. home prices are increasing and mortgage rates ticked up last week after dipping to their lowest level in a year. Rising costs and widespread financial uncertainty are causing house hunters to retreat.  We’re taking a break from analysis this week, but please see the tables and charts below for

The typical retail worker earns $34,000 per year, or 52% less than they would need to afford the typical apartment. Rental affordability has improved slightly in recent years; the typical retail worker earned 57% less than they would need during the pandemic moving frenzy. The earnings shortfall is smallest in

Luxury home sale prices in West Palm Beach, FL have jumped 187.3% to a median $4.04 million over the past decade—the fastest growth among major U.S. metros. The Sun Belt is home to 8 of the 10 major metros with the fastest growth in luxury home prices since 2015. New

The number of home listings that were pulled off the market rose to a historically high level in September.  Sellers are delisting because so many listings are going stale; many homeowners would rather stay put than accept a low offer. The increase in delistings is propping up home prices.  Nationwide,

This Week In A Nutshell Rates are a little lower with investors more hopeful for a rate cut at the December 10 Fed meeting after a mixed jobs report and New York Fed President John Williams signaling openness to another cut “in the near term.” But it truly feels like

With Thanksgiving around the corner, there’s a lot to be thankful for—including our growing team! Please join me in celebrating the agents who joined us in October and the fresh energy, talent and possibilities they bring this season.   Redfin agent Guy Golan Guy Golan returns to our Virginia office after

Luxury home sale prices rose 5.5% year over year to a median $1,278,950, a record high for October. Non-luxury home prices grew 1.8% to a median $373,249. Luxury home sales increased 2.9% year over year, while non-luxury sales rose 0.7%; both remain near decade-low October levels. Luxury inventory climbed 6.4%

Rates will stay mostly steady today after the delayed September jobs report showed both a rising unemployment rate, and strong but concentrated jobs growth in the private sector. The path forward for the Fed’s December 10 meeting is unclear with no more official jobs data until December 16. The Fed

Would-be homebuyers are sitting on the sidelines, wary of economic uncertainty and still-high housing costs. A dwindling pool of supply is propping up prices.  The median U.S. home-sale price rose 2.3% during the four weeks ending November 16, the biggest increase in seven months. Sale prices are rising despite slow

Rural homebuyers need to earn $75,000 to afford the typical home, up from $36,000 before the pandemic. Suburban and urban areas have also seen affordability erode—but not as severely. The median home sale price in rural areas is up 61% from before the pandemic, compared with a 49% increase in

Home sellers outnumbered buyers by a record 36.8% in October, giving buyers who were in the market room to negotiate.  The number of buyers in the market dropped 1.7% to the lowest level on record aside from the start of the pandemic amid high housing costs and economic uncertainty. The

California and Florida dominated October’s ultra-luxury housing market, with oceanfront estates and celebrity homes going for more than $30 million.  A brand-new oceanfront estate in Delray Beach, FL was the most expensive home sale of October, bringing in $59 million.  It’s followed closely by the former home of Maroon 5

Home sales and new listings were little changed from a month and a year earlier in October, and prices have also shown signs of flattening. Housing-market activity is plateauing as Americans grapple with high costs and economic uncertainty. Still, buyers have the upper hand; the typical home that sold went