Return to Work Policies are Driving Relocations

Other reasons: wanting to live where social values align and taxes are lower.

By Barbara Ballinger | September 14, 2023 at 08:23 AM

One in every ten home sellers, or 10.1% are relocating specifically because of return to work mandates, according to a Redfin survey conducted in May and June of this year.

The survey posed this question to more than 5,000 residents and found that 600-plus indicated they’re likely to sell a home and move in the next year. Moving to be closer for a return to office wasn’t the most common reason respondents cited for moving but the rate reflects an emerging trend, even if many don’t head into an outside office all the time. Three times a week seems quite typical.

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