Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020 70% of all REALTORS® volunteer in their community, and the typical REALTOR® who volunteers is 53 years old.January 17, 2020Community Outreach

Upfront Cost of Buying a Home When buying a home, most buyers focus on the down payment costs, but budgeting also needs to be done for closing costs.January 16, 2020By: Michael HymanClosing

Age of Buyers is Skyrocketing…But Not for Who You... Overall, buyers’ ages have jumped from a median of 31 in 1981 to 47 in 2019. What's the story behind this change?January 13, 2020By: Jessica Lautz

How long do homeowners stay in their homes? Owners typically stay fewer years in their homes in metro areas with a high concentration of new residents, a NAR analysis shows.January 8, 2020By: Nadia Evangelou

November 2019 Existing-Home Sales Housing market activity this November fell 1.7%. November’s sales of existing homes increased 2.7% from November 2018. December 20, 2019By: Michael Hyman

Housing Affordability Slightly Dips in October 2019 At the national level, housing affordability conditions improved in October 2019 compared to last a year ago but slightly fell compared to September.December 19, 2019By: Michael Hyman

October 2019 Pending Home Sales October's pending home sales pace was down 1.7% last month, but rose 4.4% from a year ago.December 4, 2019By: Michael Hyman

South and Midwest Regions are Gaining Larger Share of... The South and Midwest regions have accounted for an increasing fraction of existing home sales since 2012.December 3, 2019By: Scholastica (Gay) CororatonResidential

How Friends and Family Can Influence the Home Purchase Multi-generation homes are becoming more common, and living close to friends and family is more and more important to home buyers.November 26, 2019By: Matt Christopherson

Public School Enrollment Trends and Home Prices Counties with public school enrollment gains experienced higher price appreciation in the last 7 years, a NAR analysis shows.November 25, 2019By: Nadia Evangelou