by Annie Dameworth | Jan 14, 2026 | Industry News
Pending home sales in November increased 3.3% from October 2025 and were up 2.6% year over year, according to the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Pending Home Sales Report. The Northeast, Midwest, South and West all saw month-over-month and year-over-year...
by Lindsey Thompson | Dec 31, 2025 | Industry News, Operational Insights
In mid-December the Federal Reserve took measures to lower interest rates for the third time in 2025, by an additional quarter point, attempting to bring inflation rates back down to 2% long term and as insurance policy against a weakening labor market due to policy...
by Lindsey Thompson | Nov 2, 2022 | Industry News, Operational Insights
With rising mortgage rates approaching 7% and high construction costs, new home sales dropped by double digits in September. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported that sales of newly built, single-family homes fell 10.9% in September, according to...
by Lindsey Thompson | Jan 24, 2022 | Industry News
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that despite a decline in existing-home sales in December, the annual sales numbers hit the highest point since 2006. Year-over-year sales for 2021 were up 8.5 percent and existing-home sales topped 6.12 million, the...
by Lindsey Thompson | Dec 21, 2021 | Industry News, Operational Insights
Nadia Evangelou is a senior economist and director of forecasting at the National Association of REALTORS (NAR). She focuses on regional and local market trends, including the effects of changing demographic and migration patterns, and has been involved in research...