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September 2009

Did You Know: Foreclosures in Low-Income Neighborhoods

Sep. 30, 2009
Tagged with: foreclosures
While the recession has touched almost all households, minorities have been hit especially hard for several reasons.

Economists' Commentary: Research's Member Spotlight

Sep. 30, 2009
Tagged with: member, spotlight
Each month, NAR Research will be spotlighting a member who has gone above and beyond in their use of Research data, surveys, and other products.

Did You Know: Household Budgets

Sep. 30, 2009
Tagged with: household budgets
Did you know that in 2007 nearly three-quarters of severely cost-burdened households had low incomes?

Realtors®' Confidence Index in August

Sep. 29, 2009
Overall, members see a cautiously optimistic market, with increasing activity at the lower level.

Economists' Commentary: Existing Home Sales in August

Sep. 24, 2009
Tagged with: existing home sales
We are ever so close to reaching that self-propelling housing market recovery.

Did You Know: Commercial Member Experience

Sep. 24, 2009
According to the newly released 2009 Commercial Member Profile, among all commercial members, the median experience in real estate is 24 years.

Did You Know: Commercial Member Income

Sep. 24, 2009
Did you know that in 2008 the median gross annual income of commercial members was $99,900?

Daily Forecast Update: Interest Rates, Home Buyer Tax Credit Extension

Sep. 22, 2009
A sustainable economic recovery and changes in forecast will depend upon the extension of the first-time home buyer’s tax credit.

Did You Know: Commercial Member Demographics

Sep. 22, 2009
Did you know that according to the 2009 Commercial Member Profile, the average commercial member is 56 years old?

Did You Know: Home Equity Cashed Out

Sep. 18, 2009
Tagged with: home equity
Did you know that home equity fell by $5.9 trillion in 2008, down 43% from the 2005 level?

Did You Know: Recession "Very Likely Over"

Sep. 17, 2009
Tagged with: recession
Did you know that Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke has said that the recession is “very likely over?”

Did You Know: Non-Prime Lending

Sep. 17, 2009
Tagged with: nonprime lending
Did you know that more than 50% of loans originating in San Francisco, San Jose, and San Diego at the height of the housing boom included affordability features?

Credit Crunch Constrains International Home Buyers in U.S. Market

Sep. 17, 2009
The share of foreign buyers is smaller than in previous years, but nearly half of those buying paid all cash—bypassing the mortgage process.

Did You Know: Household Tenure by Income

Sep. 15, 2009
Tagged with: income, tenure
Did you know that in 2007 more than 90% of occupied households earning $120,000 or more were occupied by their owners?

Did You Know: Energy and Environmental Concerns

Sep. 15, 2009
Tagged with: energy
The housing sector provides a number of opportunities to address two urgent national goals- reducing greenhouse gases and foreign oil dependence.

Did You Know: Severely Burdened Households

Sep. 15, 2009
Tagged with: burdened households
Many severely burdened householders are employed, retired or disabled.

Economist's Commentary: Multi-Family Vacancy Expected to Rise in Third Quarter

Sep. 15, 2009
Tagged with: multifamily
In August, existing homes sales rose 7.2 percent, the fourth consecutive increase in sales figures.

Economists' Commentary: Climbing Out of Recession

Sep. 15, 2009
Tagged with: recession
The world-wide economic recession is essentially over.

Did You Know: Seriously Delinquent Mortgages

Sep. 11, 2009
Tagged with: delinquent mortgages
Did you know that seriously delinquent mortgages are, so far, concentrated among private label securities?

Did You Know: Foreigner Financing of Purchased Property

Sep. 9, 2009
Tagged with: foreign financing
According to NAR’s recently released 2009 Profile of International Home Buying Activity, in purchasing U.S. property foreigners frequently pay cash rather than obtaining a mortgage.