Tag Archives: Moving

New data reveals the cities where homeowners stay put for decades and where they pack up and move more often.

How many of those currently renting said they have no desire to buy a home?

A new report found 31 million people moved last year and Californians are most likely to move. But where are they heading?

Searches found Texas and Florida, as the top destination for most homeowners, but one tropical paradise is seeing people searching for greener pastures.

Young adults are moving more frequently than ever before. What economic and social factors are causing this new trend?

A recent study takes a look at what types of job seekers are willing to move for their job, and where they’re migration tends are likely to take them.

Houston, Chicago, and San Antonio are ranked as the top domestic markets for incoming movers. Its job opportunities and diverse industries keeps Houston at the top of the list for the eighth year in a row. Data trends also list the other top 10 cities movers are headed to.

According to a recent report, if American homeowners moved at the same rate they did in 1990, there would have been about 2.8 million more homes sold in 2016. This would solve the ongoing inventory problem, but the fact is Americans just aren’t moving, for a number of reasons. The report cites three possible reasons for a non-moving population: an aging population, pockets of high negative equity, and an increase in single-family rentals.

Fifty-six percent of homebuyers deem that “forever homes” are outdated. With changing lifestyles and shorter tenure in homes, buyers are looking to new home construction rather than a resale in order to get the exact floor plan they want. Higher interest rates are not a turn off for the present-day buyer who prefers convenience to price.

Millenials don’t stay places very long, a survey from moving company Mayflower found. According to the survey, two out of five millennials, those aged 18 to 35, move to new cities without the intention to stay. These movers are what Mayflower calls “vacation movers,” or movers that do not intend to settle permanently.