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If you combine record-low interest rates with a pandemic that has forced many people to work from home, the end result may be an increasing number of Americans that are considering moving.1 Here are the numbers from a recent Redfin survey:

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In July, Redfin asked 1,000 people who were planning to a buy a home in the next 12 months whether or not the COVID-19 pandemic had impacted their plans. Three quarters of them said it did.

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One quarter said the pandemic had forced them to speed up their moving timeline.

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The biggest factors driving buyers’ change of plans? Low mortgage rates (55%), spending more time at home (52%), working from home more often (40%), and the desire to live somewhere less expensive (25%).

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1Dana Anderson, “Survey: 25% of homebuyers are moving—or moving sooner than planned—because of the pandemic,” Redfin, last updated August 5, 2020.