Nothing has surprised us real estate professionals quite as much as how hot the market has been during the Covid-19 pandemic. Redfin, the brokerage with what I consider misleading TV ads, did an analysis of offers written by their own agents on MLS listings and found that over half of those offers faced competing offers from other agents.
Nationwide, the percentage of Redfin offers facing competition was 53.7% in June, up from 51.8% in May and 44% in April. Boston led the pack with 72.4% of offers facing competition during June, up from 67.2% in May.
The Denver market came in 12th nationally in terms of bidding wars, with 53% of offers facing competition, down from 55.6% in May. Of the top 12 metro areas, only Denver and Portland had lower percentages in June than in May.
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