From our friends at the kcm blog
When you put your house on the market, you don’t just want it to sell. You want it to sell fast. But the thing is, nationally, it’s taking a little longer to sell lately. And that slowdown can feel frustrating if you want a fast process. Here’s what you need to realize.
In every market right now, there’s one clear exception:
Well-priced, well-presented homes are still selling, and it’s often faster than you’d expect.
If you can tap into that, you can still set yourself up to move quickly, too. Here’s how to get it done.
How Long It Takes To Sell Today
According to Realtor.com, homes are...
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By The Jenn Pfeiffer Team | Source: Single-Family Rental Trends and Their Geography by Nadia Evangelou
The story of American housing is always shifting, and one of the more interesting subplots right now is happening inside the single-family rental market. Over the past decade, the U.S. added roughly 10.7 million single-family homes. During that same stretch, the number of those homes used as rentals actually fell, from 15.2 million to 14.4 million. The share of single-family homes operating as rentals has slipped from about one in five to closer to one in six.
It's a meaningful shift, even if it's a quiet one. And like most housing trends, it...
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From our friends at the kcm blog
At some point, as you start thinking about the years ahead, this question tends to come up:
“Could I stay here long-term… or would it make more sense to move?”
It’s not always urgent. It often shows up in small moments, like going up and down the stairs, keeping up with the maintenance, or just thinking about what the next chapter of your life might look like in this home.
And for most people, the answer is simple. They want to stay.
The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology found about 90% of adults over 65 prefer to stay in their homes as they get older (see below):
But even if staying...
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From our friends at the kcm blog
For a while, buying your first home hasn’t just felt hard. It may have felt out of reach.
Not because you weren’t ready.
Not because you weren’t trying.
But because every time you ran the numbers, they didn’t work.
That’s why so many first-time buyers stepped back.
But after years of sitting on the outside looking in, this Spring could give buyers like you an opening again – especially in some markets.
Metros Where Buyers May Have an Easier Time Breaking into the Market
Zillow just released a list of the top 50 metros for first-time buyers this Spring. And here’s a quick snapshot of the top 10 (see chart below):
According to Zillow, in these top-ranked markets,...
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From our friends at the kcm blog
Did you try to buy a home last year, but you ended up pressing pause?
Maybe you couldn’t find a home that really fit your needs. Or maybe the ones you liked just weren’t affordable. According to a recent survey from NerdWallet, those were the top two reasons buyers gave up on their search in 2025.
But this Spring, there’s one trend that could help fix both of those frustration points: more homes are hitting the market.
The Number of Fresh Listings Is Almost 2x Higher Than a Few Months Ago
Data from Realtor.com shows there are nearly 2x as many new listings hitting the market today as there were just...
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