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What’s happening? Last week, we found the hottest neighborhoods in the U.S. This week: Iowa (where mortgage fraud is no big thang), The Game, and news on job creation. Finally: What’s worth more, Apple (the company) or Seattle (the[...]

The cost of rent is pushing more people into the housing market, according to a Redfin survey of homebuyers. More than one in five cited high rent as their top reason for house hunting in November, up from only 13 percent in our previous survey[...]

I bet you think buying an affordable city home requires a sacrifice: the neighborhood will have a low Walk Score and the highly rated schools will be out of reach. Not necessarily. Some affordable homes are in city neighborhoods near[...]

At the start of the new year, house hunters are shaking off jittery stock markets and rejoicing at falling mortgage rates. Buyer demand is holding strong after a surprisingly good December, when the number of Redfin customers requesting[...]

“The Freddie Mac mortgage rate survey had difficulty keeping up with market events this week,” Freddie chief economist Sean Becketti said, as weak inflation and “nonstop financial market turbulence” drove investors to[...]