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The Realtors®' Confidence Index: Insight on Market Trends

May. 21, 2009
The Realtors®' Confidence Index: Insight on Market Trends May 21, 2009 By Jed Smith, Managing Director, Quantitative Research, and Wannasiri Chompoopet, Manager, Housing Statistics The Realtors... [Read More]

Economists' Commentary: Households and Home Ownership Rates in the U.S.

Feb. 4, 2010
Tagged with: homeownership rates
The home ownership rate released this week by the Census Bureau as part of the Current Population/Housing Vacancy Survey showed that 67.2 percent of Americans owned their homes at the end of 2009. This is a statistically significant decline from the third

Did You Know: Consumer Spending

Feb. 4, 2010
Tagged with: consumer spending
Did you know that, according to the latest Gallup poll, 48% of Americans say they are feeling better about their financial situation?

Economists' Commentary: Jumbos Lumber Back on Track

Feb. 3, 2010
Tagged with: jumbo loans
The jumbo market is finally breathing a bit easier.

Did You Know: Record Foreclosures

Feb. 3, 2010
Tagged with: foreclosures
Did you know that almost 3 million homeowners received at least one foreclosure filing during 2009?

Did You Know: Multifamily Rental Fortunes

Feb. 2, 2010
Tagged with: multifamily housing, rent
Did you know that larger properties anchor the subsidized housing stock?

Pending Home Sales Stabilize, Remain Above Year-Ago Levels

Feb. 2, 2010
Tagged with: pending home sales
Pending home sales have leveled from a market swing driven by response to the home buyer tax credit.

Economists' Commentary: Headed in the Right Direction

Feb. 1, 2010
Tagged with: local market reports
The latest Local Market Reports are now available. Find out where your market is headed.

Did You Know: Energy Efficiency

Feb. 1, 2010
Tagged with: energy efficiency
Did you know that if homes built before 2000 used as little energy per square foot as those built since, residential consumption would drop by 22.5 percent?

Did You Know: Value of Real Estate held by Households

Jan. 29, 2010
Did you know that after nine consecutive quarters of decline, the aggregate value of household real estate has increased for the second quarter in a row?

Did You Know: Poverty in Suburbs

Jan. 28, 2010
Tagged with: poverty, suburbs
Did you know that, by 2008, suburbs were home to the largest and fastest-growing poor population in the country?

Did You Know: Unemployment Rate by County

Jan. 27, 2010
Tagged with: unemployment rate
Did you know that the unemployment rate is 10.0 percent—as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics—but varies considerably by county?

State-by-State International Business Reports

Jan. 27, 2010
Tagged with: international business
New from the Research Division: State-by-State International Business Reports. These reports look at international business activity by state, including the number of foreigners arriving from various countries, homeownership rates, and top exports.

Did You Know: Short Sales

Jan. 26, 2010
Tagged with: short sales
According to the 2009 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, three percent of sellers reported that their home sale was a short sale, compared with 5 percent in 2008.

Did You Know: FSBO and Agent-Assisted Sales

Jan. 25, 2010
Tagged with: fsbo
Did you know that there was a decrease in for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) sales and a corresponding increase in agent-assisted and other sales in 2009?

December Existing-Home Sales Down but Prices Rise; 2009 Sales Up

Jan. 25, 2010
Tagged with: existing home sales
After a surge from September through November, existing-home sales fell, as expected, in December; However, prices rose from December 2008 and annual sales improved in 2009.

Did You Know: Older Housing Energy Consumption

Jan. 22, 2010
Tagged with: energy efficiency, green
Did you know that the stock of older homes provides a prime market for energy-efficient upgrades?

Economists' Commentary: The Late Slowdown in Salt Lake

Jan. 21, 2010
An in-depth look at the local market report for Salt Lake City.

Did You Know: The Remodeling Market

Jan. 21, 2010
Tagged with: remodeling
Did you know that households that relocate spend an average of 20-25 percent more on improvements than otherwise similar households that do not move?

Did You Know: Equity by Tenure

Jan. 20, 2010
Tagged with: equity, tenure
Did you know that sellers who owned a home for more than 21 years typically reported a selling price of 203 percent more than the purchase price?

Economists' Commentary: Statewide Demographic Trends

Jan. 20, 2010
Tagged with: demographic trends, states
Understanding population flows within a state or region can help REALTORS® better understand trends in the housing market.