Explore Merch Trending Video Gaming Picks Sports Long Reads Tech Culture Science Relationships IT'$ GETTING HoT IN HERE 24 members Cities With The Most Bidding Wars Real Estate On Home Offers In February 2022, Everything you need to know about Ranked the market, development and future of Submitted by Acliwait day ag0 via redfin com real estate Redfin agents that nearly two-thirds of their home offers involved bidding war: 446 Join Real Estate The Lede In February 2022, the percentage of home offers on Redfin properties that faced bidding wars was 68.6 precent; compared to 60.2 percent during the same time last year: In April 2020 only 32.7 percent of offers had bidding wars Competition will likely plateau or even decline if rates keep increasing as expected: Monthly mortgage payments for new buyers are already at record high As they continue to creep up some buyers will move to the sidelines, said Daryl Fairweather; Redfin's chief economist: Key Details 87.5 percent of home offers in El Paso (TX) saw bidding wars the highest percentage in the US. Buyers in Denver (83 percent), Minneapolis (81.1 percent), Raleigh (80 percent) and the Bay Area (79.9 percent) followed: Greensboro (25.9 percent), Bakersfield (39.4 percent), Cleveland (46.4 percent), Jacksonville (46.7 percent) and Allentown (52.2 percent) were among the least competitive markets_ digp said