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Report: 29% of Homebuyers Made All-Cash Purchases

Report: 29% of Homebuyers Made All-Cash Purchases

by Phil Hall | May 27, 2026 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Roughly three in 10 homebuyers (28.8%) in March eschewed mortgage financing to pay for residential properties with all-cash transactions. According to a data report from Redfin, that share was down from 29.8% one year before and tied with 2021 for the lowest March...
Luxury Home Prices Up by Nearly 4%

Luxury Home Prices Up by Nearly 4%

by Phil Hall | May 26, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The median luxury home sale price for the three months ending April 30 was $1.39 million, a 3.6% year-over-year increase. According to data from Redfin, the annual rise in the median luxury home sale price more than double the 1.4% gain in non-luxury sale prices....
New Report Tracks Slowing in Home Sale Agreement Cancelations

New Report Tracks Slowing in Home Sale Agreement Cancelations

by Phil Hall | May 21, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Roughly 47,000 home sale agreements fell through in April, according to a new data report from Redfin. That represents 13.4% of properties that went under contract that month and a scant decline (-0.1 percentage points) from March. April’s cancelation rate tied with...
Redfin Joins Pre-Market Listings Trend with New Early Access Category

Redfin Joins Pre-Market Listings Trend with New Early Access Category

by Phil Hall | May 18, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate Agent Tools, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Redfin has joined the movement to pre-market listings with the launch of its Redfin Early Access, a new search category featuring homes that are only on Redfin, plus pre-market listings from Compass International Holdings’ portfolio of brands. The Seattle-based...
Redfin Listings Now Include Sunscore, a Property-Level Analysis of Natural Light

Redfin Listings Now Include Sunscore, a Property-Level Analysis of Natural Light

by Phil Hall | May 11, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate Agent Tools, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Redfin announced the US debut of Sunscore, a property-level score that informs prospective buyers how much natural light a residential property receives. The launch marks an exclusive US partnership with the Austrian company Shadowmap, which developed Sunscore’s...
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