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Opinion: Here’s the latest data on what Realtors are witnessing in the housing market

Housing Wire

The monthly Realtors Confidence Index helps to dispel many of the myths and cut through the noise of what is currently happening in the market. The National Association of Realtors Research Group has produced the index since 2008, at a time of turmoil in the real estate market.

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NAR membership continues to slide in 2024

Housing Wire

After closing out 2023 with its first annual membership decline since 2012, the National Association of Realtors is still struggling with its membership count. January marked the third consecutive month of membership declines for NAR and the month’s Realtor count marks the lowest level since May 2021. This is down 2.1% Washington, D.C.

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5 Reasons This Isn’t a Repeat of the 2008 Housing Crash

Empire Appraisal Group

5 Reasons This Isn’t a Repeat of the 2008 Housing Crash NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun draws the distinctions between today’s real estate market and that of more than a decade ago. It’s a valid question,” Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of REALTORS®, said Tuesday at NAR’s Real Estate Forecast Summit.

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5 Reasons This Isn’t a Repeat of the 2008 Housing Crash

Empire Appraisal Group

5 Reasons This Isn’t a Repeat of the 2008 Housing Crash Source: 5 Reasons This Isn’t a Repeat of the 2008 Housing Crash (nar.realtor) By: Melissa Dittmann Tracey NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun draws the distinctions between today’s real estate market and that of more than a decade ago. Are their fears well-founded? Less risky loans.

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Why NAR may be primed for record membership fall in 2024: Triple-I

Inman

The National Association of Realtors may be on the verge of a bigger membership decline than it's ever seen before — including during the 2008 housing crisis. Intel explores why that is.

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Home sales beat estimates: no housing crash in sight

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors reported 5.99 Both together make it very difficult for an epic housing crash in sales to happen, especially when the years 2008-2019 had the weakest housing recovery ever. As I showed here, the market we have currently isn’t 2008 all over again. sickness.

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Existing home sales pop the 2021 housing bubble boys

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors reported existing home sales for August came in at a very tiny beat of estimates at 5,880,000. Now that we are a few days away from October, we can again say that the housing bubble boys and the forbearance crash bros have whiffed just as severely in 2021 as they did in 2020.

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