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NAR released a summary of existing-home sales data showing that housing market activity this April, modestly fell 0.4 percent from March 2019. April’s sales of existing homes dropped 4.4 percent from April 2018. April’s existing-home sales reached a 5.19 million seasonally adjusted annual rate. The national median existing-home price for all housing types was $267,300 […]
Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Research Committee
On Thursday afternoon, the Research team presented the committee-directed redesigns and findings of several surveys and data projects to the Research Committee.. The purpose of the committee is to focus on market conditions in the real estate industry as well as developments in the general economy and to identify topics on which research and information […]
Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Commercial Economic Issues & Trends Forum
On Thursday afternoon on May 15th, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun gave a commercial update to members. In his update, Yun discussed opportunities and challenges facing the commercial market in the year ahead. Brian Ball, Secretary of Commerce & Trade for the State of Virginia, spoke about the impacts of Amazon HQ coming to National […]
Research behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Residential Economic Issues & Trends Forum
Bright and early on Thursday May 16th, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun presented his economic outlook on current and forecast trends to members attending the 2019 NAR Legislative Meetings & Expo. In his update, Yun spoke about challenges facing the economy, as well as positive developments that members should watch for. Also speaking were […]
Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Research Everywhere
On Wednesday May 15th, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Shannon McGahn gave an update on messages for meeting with Members of Congress that included several data points from Research reports and surveys, notably the 2018 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the 2018 C.A.R.E. (Community Aid and Real Estate) report and the newly released 2019 […]