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A record share of U.S. homes are worth $1 million or more. See which cities have the most.
A $1 million price tag on a U.S. home may no longer indicate a luxury property. Today, nearly one in 10 U.S. homes are worth at least $1 million, with tight supply driving prices up to record highs across the nation, according to a new Redfin report on home prices.
The share of homes worth at least $1 million now stands at a record 8.5%, a jump of more than 7% from a year ago. The proportion of million-dollar-plus homes has more than doubled since the pandemic, as prior to 2020 only about 4% of properties crossed that threshold, according to Redfin.
Surging home prices across the U.S. are behind the sharp increase in the number of $1 million properties, according to Redfin. In June, the median home sale price nationwide rose 4% to $442,525, compared to a year earlier.
Prices rose at an even faster clip for high-end homes. The median sale price of U.S. luxury homes rose 9% during the same period, to reach a record $1.18 million. This has helped push a large share of homes worth just under $1 million across that threshold, according to Redfin.
Even though high mortgage rates are putting pressure on demand, U.S. home prices have continued to rise due to the tight supply of homes on the market, according to Redfin. Because buyers have limited options, that’s giving homeowners more leverage in pricing.
Where are these million-dollar homes?
In some cities, it might be tough to find a home for less than $1 million.
California is home to the highest share of properties worth at least $1 million, the analysis found. It’s also gaining more $1 million homes faster than any other state.
Roughly 80% of the homes in both San Francisco and San Jose are worth $1 million and up, according to Redfin. And nearly 60% of all homes in Anaheim, California are worth at least $1 million, up from 51% one year ago.
Only one metro area saw a decline in it share of $1 million-plus homes. In Austin, Texas, the share slipped from 10.1% to 10%. Indianapolis and Houston saw no growth in their shares of million dollar homes.
The markets with the fewest $1 million homes include Detroit; Cleveland; Pittsburgh; and Kansas City, Missouri. In these metros, less than 1% of homes are worth seven figures, according to Redfin.
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Yellowstone hiker burned when she falls into scalding water near Old Faithful, park officials say
Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. — A New Hampshire woman suffered severe burns on her leg after hiking off-trail in Yellowstone National Park and falling into scalding water in a thermal area near the Old Faithful geyser, park officials said.
The 60-year-old woman from Windsor, New Hampshire, along with her husband and their leashed dog were walking off a designated trail near the Mallard Lake Trailhead on Monday afternoon when she broke through a thin crust over the water and suffered second- and third-degree burns to her lower leg, park officials said. Her husband and the dog weren’t injured.
The woman was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho for treatment.
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Park visitors are reminded to stay on boardwalks and trails in hydrothermal areas and exercise extreme caution. The ground in those areas is fragile and thin and there’s scalding water just below the surface, park officials said.
Pets are allowed in limited, developed areas of Yellowstone park but are prohibited on boardwalks, hiking trails, in the backcountry and in thermal areas.
The incident is under investigation. The woman’s name wasn’t made public.
This is the first known thermal injury in Yellowstone in 2024, park officials said in a statement. The park had recorded 3.5 million visitors through August this year.
Hot springs have injured and killed more people in Yellowstone National Park than any other natural feature, the National Park Service said. At least 22 people have died from hot spring-related injuries in and around the 3,471-square-mile national park since 1890, park officials have said.