Cities With the Most Real Estate Agents
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Like many other sectors of the economy, the real estate market was shaken in 2020 due to the effects of COVID-19. Shutdowns and social distancing measures slowed down real estate transactions in the spring, bringing home sales down to their lowest levels since 2007. As time has gone on, the real estate market has produced both challenges and opportunities for buyers, sellers, and their real estate agents, making it difficult to predict trends moving forward.
On the buyers’ side, low mortgage interest rates have continued to spur demand overall, and the new normal of work-from-home has made more workers reconsider the value they place on where they live, commute times, and home amenities. Meanwhile, some households have lost jobs and income due to the economic repercussions of the pandemic, while others are in a position to enter the market due to decreased spendi
50 U.S. Cities With the Dirtiest Air
By Tiffany Onyejiaka, Stacker News
On 3/14/21 at 8:00 AM EDT
Almost half of all Americans 45.8 percent, or 150 million people live in counties with unhealthy air quality, according to the American Lung Association s 2020 State of the Air report. Poor air quality, including unhealthy ozone or particle pollution, can lead to respiratory issues that are known to shorten lifespans, contribute to the risk of lower birth weight in newborns, and cause myriad tangential health problems.
Despite this knowledge, the number of people living amid unsafe air quality continues to grow; 2020 numbers are up from 134 million people reported in 2018. To learn more about where in the country the air is the dirtiest, Stacker analyzed the 2019 Air Quality Statistics Report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), released in May 2020. From there, we compiled a list of the 50 cities with the dirtiest air.
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ClosingCorp Reports Average Closing Cost Data for Purchase Mortgages in 2020
March 11, 2021 GMT
SAN DIEGO (BUSINESS WIRE) Mar 11, 2021
ClosingCorp, a leading provider of residential real estate closing cost data and technology for the mortgage and real estate services industries, today released its most recent closing cost data, which showed that in 2020 national average closing costs for a single-family property were $6,087 including taxes, and $3,470 excluding taxes. These were 5.9 percent and 3.9 percent year-over-year increases, respectively.
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ClosingCorp cost calculations include lender’s title policy, owner’s title policy, appraisal, settlement, recording fees, land surveys and transfer tax. ClosingCorp uses home price data from CoreLogic to estimate closing costs for an average home at the state, core-based statistical area (CBSA) and county levels. ClosingCorp
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ February s extreme weather throughout the U.S. exacerbated the housing market s inventory woes, pushing the pace of new listings coming onto the market further behind pre-pandemic levels, according to the
® Monthly Housing Trends Report released today. Unless the trend reverses itself, buyers will be in for a much more competitive homebuying season than last year. Last month s record cold and snowstorms likely caused sellers to hit pause, even if only temporarily, said realtor.com
® Chief Economist Danielle Hale. However, in today s inventory-starved market, any setback is significant. Unless we see some big improvements in the new listings trends over the coming months buyers can expect stiff competition. And unlike last spring, buyers may also face affordability challenges as home prices and mortgage rates increase. Market dynamics continue to favor sellers.