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Redfin (RKT) reports the U.S. housing market was largely stagnant in October 2025: sales, pending sales and new listings were little changed month‑over‑month and year‑over‑year, and price growth showed signs of plateauing.

The median sale price was $440,523 (+1.4% YoY). Existing‑home sales ran at a 4.24M seasonally adjusted annual rate. The typical home sold at a 1.5% discount to final list price—the largest October discount since 2019—and only 24.9% sold above list.

Redfin (RKT) reports U.S. home prices rose 0.3% month‑over‑month in October 2025 (seasonally adjusted) after a 0.2% gain in September and were 2.9% higher year‑over‑year, down from September’s 3.1% YoY. 14 of 50 largest metros saw monthly price declines in October, down from 37 metros in July. Inventory growth slowed recently, helping push prices slightly higher despite historically low demand. Largest month‑over‑month gains were in San Francisco +1.7%, Chicago +1.4%, and West Palm Beach +1.1%; largest YoY gains included Cleveland +10.1% and Chicago +9.8%.

Rocket Mortgage / Redfin (RKT) survey (published Nov 13, 2025) finds Americans cutting holiday spending amid economic caution. 28% say they’re spending less on decorations and 26% are spending less on gifts; 56% of those cutting decor cite saving money and 44% cite economic uncertainty.

Many still spend modestly: 37% spend $1–$100 on decor, 41% spend $100–$500 on gifts, and sizable shares compare holiday budgets to monthly housing costs.

Redfin (RKT) launched AI-driven conversational home search on Redfin.com on November 13, 2025, letting consumers describe what they want in natural language and refine searches via back-and-forth dialogue.

The feature is multilingual, available on desktop and mobile web today, and support for the Redfin iOS app arrives in December 2025. Early testing shows conversational users view nearly twice as many listings and are 47% more likely to request home tours or services.

Built with Sierra, the tool integrates into the homepage, map and listing pages and learns from interactions to deliver more precise, personalized results.

Redfin (RKT) reports U.S. pending home sales fell 0.3% year‑over‑year for the four weeks ending Nov. 9, 2025, the first decline in over four months. Homes are taking a median of 49 days to go under contract, the longest for this season since 2019. The median sale price rose 2.4% YoY, the largest six‑month gain, while new listings increased 3.4% YoY and active listings rose 6.3% YoY. Weekly average 30‑year mortgage rates were 6.22%, and mortgage‑purchase applications were up 31% YoY.

Redfin notes buyers are waiting for lower rates and clearer economic conditions; sellers are advised to price realistically to attract offers.

Redfin / Rocket (RKT) reports that 21.8% of U.S. listings are affordable to the typical veteran using a VA loan and 26.5% are affordable using a conventional loan as of November 10, 2025. Affordability has improved slightly since 2023 (VA: 20.2%; conventional: 25.5%) as mortgage rates eased (6.81% in 2023 to 6.66% today) and veteran median household income rose ~10% since 2023 to an estimated $85,955. Affordability varies widely by metro: Detroit (60%) and San Antonio (53.4%) rank best; San Jose, Los Angeles and San Francisco rank worst (<1% affordable).

Redfin survey (symbol RKT) finds 45% of Americans are now less likely to make a major purchase because of the federal government shutdown, up from 21% in early October.

Survey fielded Nov 3-4, 2025 to 1,005 U.S. adults. Key findings: 28% are much less likely to buy, 7% of those with monthly housing payments missed a payment in the past three months, 13% were late, and 14% expect to be late in the next three months. Among respondents who missed/expect to miss payments, 32% cite the shutdown as a direct cause. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the shutdown could cut up to $14 billion from the U.S. economy and reduce growth by up to 2 percentage points if it continues through November.

Redfin (RKT) analysis finds high-flood-risk counties had a net domestic outflow of 29,027 people in the year ending July 1, 2024, while low-risk counties saw a net inflow of 35,941.

Top net outflow counties include Miami-Dade (-67,418), Harris County, TX (-31,165) and Kings County, NY (-28,158). Miami’s outflow accelerated from 50,637 in 2023 to 67,418 in 2024. Miami-Dade’s total population rose 2.3% in 2024 due to net international migration of 123,835.

Redfin / Rocket (RKT) reports U.S. pending home sales rose just 0.7% year-over-year for the four weeks ending Nov. 2, 2025, the smallest increase in four months. The typical home that sold in October went under contract in 48 days, the longest October span since 2019.

Mortgage rates have eased: the weekly average 30-year fixed rate was 6.17% (week ending Oct. 30), pushing the median monthly mortgage payment to $2,508 (-2.1% YoY). New listings were up 4%, active listings 6.7%, and months of supply rose to 4.7.