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Instant Reaction: September Housing Starts
The following is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s U.S. Commerce Department release on September housing starts: “The one month fall in new home construction, especially in the South region in light of Hurricane recovery, is...
October 18, 2017
Register Today: 2017 REALTORS® Conference & Expo
In a little less than one month, over 20,000 Realtors®, industry experts and guests will flock to the Windy City for the 2017 Realtors® Conference and Expo (Nov. 3-6) at the McCormick Place – West Building. Housing affordability and supply, commercial real...
October 9, 2017
Instant Reaction: September Jobs Report
The following is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report on employment conditions in September: “The key statistic in the September jobs report is the fact that wages grew 2.9%. The...
October 6, 2017
NAR Instant Reaction: August Housing Starts
The following is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s U.S. Commerce Department release on residential construction in August. “Following August’s decline in new home construction, there will no doubt be a further temporary setback to housing...
September 19, 2017
The Road to the Big Game: Where 52 Shows Up in Real Estate
Football fans around the country will be gathering in front of a TV this week to catch their favorite team in action for the first time this season. To celebrate the start of the journey to Super Bowl LII,...
September 7, 2017
Inventory Crunch Stalls Sales in July
It came very apparent when looking at NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index that tight inventory conditions were weighing down on contract activity this spring and early summer. The three month decline in pending sales from March to May has now...
August 24, 2017
Instant Reaction: July Housing Starts
Below is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s U.S. Commerce report on July housing starts: “The housing shortage in America will intensify if new construction remains as lackluster as it was in July. The softening multifamily housing starts...
August 16, 2017
Instant Reaction: June Housing Starts
Below is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s U.S. Commerce report of a June rebound in housing starts: “Though a recovery in housing starts in June is welcome news, more consistent gains are needed to help...
July 19, 2017
Instant Reaction: June Jobs Report
The following is NAR Managing Director of Housing Research’s Danielle Hale’s reaction to this morning’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report for June: June job gains bounced back to 222,000 net jobs added and revisions pushed previous readings...
July 7, 2017
Highlights from Lawrence Yun’s #NAREE17 Housing Forecast Presentation
The economic and housing forecast panel at the annual National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) spring conference is always one of the most interesting and engaging sessions during the week. This year’s session in Denver did not disappoint....
June 16, 2017