Market Trends

Where Are Homeowners Sticking Around the Longest?

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Homeowners will likely have to decide on whether to move at least once in their life. But which markets see residents staying in their homes for longer periods, and which see the most movement?

To answer these questions, Realtor.com looked at sale record data from CoreLogic, a real estate sale data provider. The data, collected between January 2001 and August 2022, focused “on the median number of months that passed between the most recent home sale and the previous time it changed hands, for the largest U.S. metropolitan areas.” The research revealed the metros with the longest and shortest times between sales. Here are the top five in each category:

time between sales in metros

For more details on Realtor.com’s findings, visit bit.ly/homeowners-staying-put.

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