Note: this is the first part of a three-part article on consumers’ views towards home buying and home ownership over a nine-year period. NAR has produced the Market Pulse survey from 2003 through 2011. The survey was uniquely positioned to measure … [Read more...]
Metro Area Employment
In each Economic Update, the Research staff analyzes recently released economic indicators and addresses what these indicators mean for REALTORS® and their clients. Today’s update metro area employment conditions in November. Dallas and Houston … [Read more...]
Employment
In each Economic Update, the Research staff analyzes recently released economic indicators and addresses what these indicators mean for REALTORS® and their clients. Today’s update discusses jobs. Job creation continued in December with 155,000 … [Read more...]
November Employment Data
In each Economic Update, the Research staff analyzes recently released economic indicators and addresses what these indicators mean for REALTORS® and their clients. Today’s update discusses November employment data. The good, the bad, and ugly, … [Read more...]
Big City Job Recovery
Some small towns have truly kicked into high gear by creating a sizable number of new jobs. The Cajun town of Lafayette, Louisiana, for example, ballooned from 150,000 jobs to now nearly 170,000 jobs in a short two year time span. But what about big … [Read more...]
Small Town Job Recovery
The nation’s job market is slowly recovering. Slowly is the proper description when the one year percentage gain to October has been only 1.5 percent. However, some small-sized cities are moving at a very fast clip. Here are some examples of top … [Read more...]
