- Foot traffic can give a strong indication of future home sales. SentriLock, LLC. provides NAR Research with monthly data on the number of showings.
- Foot traffic has been strong throughout the summer in the area covered by the Somerset-Lake Cumberland Board of REALTORS® (Somerset, KY). However, the improvement or gap between traffic in 2012 and to 2011 eased to just 5% in September after being as wide as 25% in August.
- Steady improvements in employment and record low mortgage rates have helped to boost interest in home buying this year.