Luxury home prices rise 3.6% to $1.39M median, widening gap with middle-market housing
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Emily Peck
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Summary
Luxury home prices are rising faster than middle-market housing, reflecting the K-shaped economy where the upper class thrives while others stagnate. The median U.S. luxury home sale price rose 3.6% to $1.39 million in the three months ending April 30, according to Redfin data. The article highlights the growing divide between affluent buyers driving demand for high-end properties and the broader population struggling with increasingly unaffordable housing.
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Demand and prices for luxury homes are rising faster than for middle-market houses — which still feel increasingly out of reach to most people.
The median U.S. luxury home sale price rose 3.6%, to $1.39 million, in the three-month period ending April 30, per new Redfin data.
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