Chinese Buyers Still #1, According to NAR 2018 International Survey
Chinese buyers remained as the top foreign buyer of U.S. residential property, according to NAR’s recently released 2018 Profile of International Activity in U.S. Residential Real Estate. [1],[2] Chinese buyers accounted for 15 percent of foreign buyer purchases during...
July 27, 2018
Foreign Buyer Residential Purchases Decline to $121 B, According to NAR 2018 International Survey
Foreign buyers purchased $121.0 billion of existing homes from April 2017—March 2018, a 21 percent decline from the past period’s level, according to NAR’s recently released 2018 Profile of International Activity in U.S. Residential Real Estate.[1],[2] Foreign buyers accounted...
July 26, 2018
June 2018 Existing-Home Sales
NAR released a summary of existing-home sales data showing that housing market activity this June fell for the third straight month down 0.6 percent from last month, and dropped 2.2 percent from last year. June’s existing-home sales reached 5.38...
July 25, 2018
Housing Affordability in June 2018
The NAR Research Group and REALTOR.COM have partnered to conduct an analysis of affordability at different income levels for all active inventory on the market. The result of this analysis, the REALTORS® Affordability Distribution Curve and Score, shows that...
July 24, 2018
REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey: June 2018 Highlights
The REALTORS® Confidence Index (RCI) survey[1] gathers monthly information from REALTORS® about local real estate market conditions, characteristics of buyers and sellers, and issues affecting homeownership and real estate transactions.[2] This report presents key results about market transactions from...
July 23, 2018