Home sellers earned a 55.8% profit margin on typical single-family home and condo sales during the second quarter, according to new data from ATTOM. This level is roughly one percentage point above the profit margin recorded in the first quarter but down one point...
New data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN) found 6.4% of home sellers cut their asking price during the four weeks ending May 26, the highest share since November 2022. The median asking price was slashed by roughly $3,000 to $416,623 in the last week, the first decline in...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun distributing nearly $62 million in refunds to home sellers who fell victim to the fraudulent marketing claims made by online real estate business Opendoor Labs Inc. According to an August 2022 complaint filed by the FTC,...
U.S. home sales will likely decline by 18% this year, compounding a 17% reduction from last year – but next year should see a 15% increase in sales activity, according to a forecast from National Association of Realtors (NAR) Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. Speaking at...
An increasing number of home sellers are making concessions to lure buyers into purchasing their properties. According to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN), 42.9% of home sales during the three months ending April 30 involved seller concessions, up from 25.5% one...