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Approximately 58% of homebuyers say they’d be willing to purchase a haunted house — and nearly 25% think they already have.
While 23% of residential Realtors claim they have feared for their safety while on the job, 98% reported that they have never been the victim of a crime while at work.
Sales of new homes in the U.S. jumped 28.8% between July and August, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The median existing-home price for all housing types in August was $389,500, a 7.7% rise from the year before.
The NAR’s Community Aid and Real Estate (CARE) Report shows that REALTOR® associations donated a median of $12,070 this past year, a 20% increase over 2020.
New-home construction posted a 12.2% month-over-month increase in August, thanks in large part to a significant jump in multifamily building.
Mortgage applications declined 1.2% during the week ended Sept. 9, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.
Modern homes are still the most popular interior design style, according to a new study from Confused.com, a financial services comparison website based in the U.K.