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Report: Fewer Homebuyers Making All-Cash Purchases, Using FHA Loans

Report: Fewer Homebuyers Making All-Cash Purchases, Using FHA Loans

by Phil Hall | Feb 16, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Less than three in 10 homebuyers (29%) bought a home in an all-cash transaction in December, according to a data report from Redfin. This is down from 30.3% a year earlier and the lowest December share since 2020. The peak for all-cash homebuying was nearly 35% in...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Feb. 2-6

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Feb. 2-6

by Phil Hall | Feb 6, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Hits and Misses, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A baseball team gets evicted from its stadium, a five-year-old lawsuit is settled, and a pizza chain loses 250 stores. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Feb. 2-6. Miss: A Truly Foul Ball. At a time when many...
Redfin Debuts Real Estate App in ChatGPT

Redfin Debuts Real Estate App in ChatGPT

by Phil Hall | Feb 6, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate Agent Tools, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Redfin announced the launch of its real estate app in ChatGPT. According to the Seattle-based brokerage, ChatGPT users can tap into the app to ask specific housing questions and refine their search as they go without re-entering criteria. To connect to Redfin’s app in...
Median Luxury Home Sale Price Reaches $1.31 Million

Median Luxury Home Sale Price Reaches $1.31 Million

by Phil Hall | Feb 3, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The median luxury home sale price reached $1.31 million in December, a 4.6% year-over-year increase, according to a new report from Redfin. By comparison, non-luxury prices rose 1.4% over the same period to $375,000, marking the slowest growth in records dating back...
Homebuyers in 2025 Scored the Biggest Price Discounting in 13 Years

Homebuyers in 2025 Scored the Biggest Price Discounting in 13 Years

by Phil Hall | Feb 2, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The typical homebuyer who acquired a home for below the list price in 2025 enjoyed a 7.9% discount on the purchase, the largest since 2012. According to data from Redfin, one in four homebuyers who snagged discounts came away with 10% or more off the list price....
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