【World Property Journal】Driven by COVID, 10 U.S. Housing Records Were Broken in 2021

This past year was also a year where U.S. home sale prices hit the highest median in history, the number of homes for sale fell to an all-time low, and there was record demand for second homes.

The ongoing pandemic, including its seismic effect on the U.S. economy and the way Americans live and work, has made 2021's housing market anything but typical," said Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather. "Remote work, low mortgage rates, a shortage of building materials and wealth inequality that has allowed an influx of affluent Americans to buy vacation homes, to name just a few factors, have come together to create a historic year for real estate. Buyers paid more for homes, bought sooner than they planned, searched outside their hometowns or all of the above. This year's frenzied housing market has been one for the books -- but it may become more balanced in 2022."

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