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Galentine’s, Valentine’s, or Puppy Love?

When looking at the household composition of home buyers today, 60% of all home buyers are married couples, 19% are single women, and 9% are unmarried couples.

Housing Affordability Conditions Slightly Weaken in November

Compared to the prior month, the national monthly mortgage payment increased by 0.9% while the median family income rose modestly by 0.2%.

Instant Reaction: Retail Trade Sales, January 14, 2022

Retail sales recorded a seasonally adjusted total of $626.8 billion in December, a decrease of 1.9% from November.

Instant Reaction: Mortgage Rates, January 13, 2022

Mortgage rates surged in the second week of the new year, with the 30-year fixed mortgage rate rising to 3.45% from 3.22% the previous week.

10 Year Challenge: Home Buyer Edition

NAR Research is joining in on the currently popular 10-year challenge. Let’s do the 10-year challenge: home buyer edition. For accuracy, let’s compare 2011 to 2021.

Home Buyers, Sellers, and Demographics

These slides were presented by NAR Vice President of Demographics & Behavioral Insights Jessica Lautz at the 2021 NAR Real Estate Forecast Summit: The Year Ahead on December 15, 2021.

Economic and Real Estate Outlook

These slides were presented by NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun at the NAR Real Estate Forecast Summit: The Year Ahead on December 15, 2021.

Instant Reaction: Consumer Price Index, December 10, 2021

Consumer prices rose 6.8% in November, with higher food and gasoline prices; rents are accelerating and utilities are higher by 25%.

Commercial Weekly: Office Leasing Activity Weakens and Occupancy Declines Anew in 2021 Q4

Amid the economic uncertainty wrought by the emergence of the omicron COVID variant, fewer leases were signed and office occupancy fell again in 2021 Q4.

Hybrid Workspaces, Evolving Tenant Needs and The Future of Office

These slides were presented by Turner Levison at the Commercial Economic Issues & Trends Forum on November 12, 2021, as part of the REALTORS® Conference & Expo.