Vacation home demand near 7-year low due to costs, employer policies

Mortgage-rate locks on second homes were down 47 percent from their pre-pandemic levels in Aug. 2023 as market factors have made owning a second home more costly and complicated in the last year, Redfin reported. Continue reading

September sees new upturn in demand for second homes

More buyers were seriously considering a second-home purchase last month, and locked in mortgage rates to prepare for the transaction. Continue reading