Tech companies from Silicon Valley and Seattle are expanding across the country, and they’re bringing homebuyers with them.
Redfin reports that cities where major tech companies are opening or expanding new campuses, such as Atlanta, Portland, Seattle, and Austin, were among the most popular destinations in Redfin housing searches in the fourth quarter of 2018.
For instance, 29.3 percent of Redfin users searching for homes in Austin, where Apple is building a massive new campus, were from outside the area. And of the people looking to move to Austin, nearly 20 percent came straight from the Bay Area, the most common origin of people heading to ATX.
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