Nearly Half of Home Sellers Are Giving Concessions Right Now. Here's What to Ask For.

According to new Redfin research, home buyers have more negotiating power than they’ve had in years.    Last month, sellers gave concessions to buyers in 46.2% of all U.S. home sales. That’s the highest share for May that Redfin has ever recorded. Nearly half of all sellers are sweetening the deal f

Your Home’s First 30 Days on the Market Decide Everything

Only about 41% of price cuts in Q1 2026 actually generated more showings.  That's the number I want every seller in Cedar Rapids thinking about before they put their home on the market this summer. A new report from Realtor.com shows that homes closing around the four-week mark sell for 1.8 percenta

Waiting for Prices to Drop? New Research Says You'll Be Waiting 7 Years

  A lot of buyers right now are in a holding pattern, watching the market and waiting for prices to come down.  Oxford Economics just put a number on how long that wait might actually be: seven years. That projection comes from one of the most widely cited economic research firms in the world. If yo

The Home Buyer's Red Flag Cheat Sheet: What to Walk Away From vs. What to Negotiate

Buying a home is exciting. It can also make you do things you'd never do with any other purchase, like convince yourself that a little mold in the basement "probably isn't a big deal." You're not alone. According to a 2026 survey by Clever Real Estate, 76% of home buyers would be willing to overlook