Home Prices at All-Time High in 63 Percent of Metro Areas
We reported yesterday that single-family home prices rose in 92 percent of NAR’s measured markets during the final three months of 2017. Add the 5.3 percent price growth overall last year, and the...
View ArticleInstant Reaction: January Housing Starts
The following is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s release from the U.S. Commerce Department on January new home construction: “Terrific news on housing starts in January...
View ArticleNAR President Elizabeth Mendenhall on HUD’s Potential Changes to its Mission...
The following is a statement from NAR President Elizabeth Mendenhall regarding the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s potential plans to remove anti-discrimination language from its current...
View ArticleSubmit Your 2018 Men’s and Women’s #REALTORBrackets
Can you play ball with NAR President Elizabeth Mendenhall? The NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournament is set to begin this week. It looks like it will be another March Madness full of...
View ArticleInstant Reaction: February Housing Starts
The following is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s U.S. Commerce Department report on residential construction in February: “The fall in housing starts in February is a...
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Pending Home Sales See Modest Decrease in May
Pending home sales inched back 0.5 percent in May, falling on an annualized basis for the fifth straight month, according to NAR. A decline in contract activity in the South offset gains in the...
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Existing-Home Sales Subside 0.6 Percent in June
Existing-home sales decreased for the third straight month in June, falling 0.6 percent to 5.38 million sales as declines in the South and West exceeded sales gains in the Northeast and Midwest,...
View ArticleNAR Introduces the Center for REALTOR® Financial Wellness
The National Association of Realtors® is proud to introduce the Center for REALTOR® Financial Wellness, a new resource designed exclusively to meet the specific financial planning needs of Realtors® –...
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Existing-Home Sales Slip 0.7 Percent, Lowest Pace in Two Years
Existing-home sales decreased for the fourth straight month in July to their slowest pace in over two years, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The West was the only major region with...
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NAR and DocuSign Discuss the Future of Real Estate Tech Together
NAR CEO Bob Goldberg sat down with DocuSign Chief Product Officer Ron Hirson during NAR’s inaugural Innovation, Opportunity & Investment Summit in San Francisco. To an audience of more than 500...
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