- 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 in July was stronger than a year earlier in the area covered by the Upstate Alliance of REALTORS® (Fort Wayne, IN), but well below the tax-induced levels from early 2010.
- Interest in housing is steady, but job growth would greatly benefit the local market.
- For more information on this data and its use, see the economist’s commentary, “Foot Traffic - Getting a Step Ahead.”
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