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Home Prices Post 17% Annual Gain, Largest in at Least 5 Years

Fri, 19 March 2021  |  housing real estate 

The median home sale price increased 17% year over year to $330,250—an all-time high—according to a new report from Redfin. This is the largest increase on record in this data set, which goes back through 2016.

Below are other key housing market takeaways for more than 400 U.S. metro areas during the 4-week period ending March 14.

• Asking prices of newly listed homes hit a new all-time high of $350,972, up 10% from the same time a year ago.
• Pending home sales were up 21% year over year, the sm... Read More

  62% Have Apprehensions About Life "Returning To Normal" Post COVID-19 Pandemic

  Fri, 19 March 2021  |  consumers pandemic 

  One-year into the COVID-19 pandemic and even with the light of the vaccine on the horizon, a majority of Americans are still fearful, according to a new healthinsurance.com national survey of 1,000 U.S. adults. 62% of those surveyed say they are still afraid of getting COVID-19. In fact, 25% say they would unfriend someone if they exposed them to COVID-19. 7 in 10 say they have or know someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. 68% say they will get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they are eligible. A surprising finding, even once vaccinated, 62% have a... Read More

  2020 Left Nearly One-Third of Seniors with Financial Troubles

  Thu, 18 March 2021  |  pandemic seniors 

  The year 2020 was difficult for everyone, especially the elderly. Lockdowns, virtual communication, and a fluctuating economy forced seniors to change their daily life and re-evaluate their future. To understand the impact that 2020 had on seniors' finances and home life, American Advisors Group (AAG the nation's leader in home equity solutions, conducted the Post-2020 Retirement Survey with over 1,500 participants age 60-75.

  "Senior citizens make up our entire customer base, so it was important for us to understand how the events of last year affected their well-being," said AAG... Read More

  The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in February

  Thu, 18 March 2021  |  consumers 

  The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.2 percent in February to 110.5 (2016 = 100), following a 0.5 percent increase in January and a 0.4 percent increase in December.

  "The U.S. LEI continued rising in February, suggesting economic growth should continue well into this year," said Ataman Ozyildirim, Senior Director of Economic Research at The Conference Board. "Indeed, the acceleration of the vaccination campaign and a new round of large fiscal supports are not yet fully reflected in the LEI. With those developments, The Conference Board now... Read More

  Home Flipping Sales And Profit Margins Both Decline Across U.S. In 2020

  Thu, 18 March 2021  |  real estate 

  ATTOM Data Solutions released its year-end 2020 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which shows that 241,630 single family homes and condos in the United States were flipped in 2020, down 13.1 percent from 2019 to the lowest point since 2016.

  The number of homes flipped in 2020 represented 5.9 percent of all home sales in the nation during the year, down from 6.3 percent in 2019 to the same percentage seen in 2018. The declines in the number of homes flipped in 2020, as well as the portion of home sellers represented by investors, marked the first time si... Read More

  One in Three Women Expect It Will Take A Year or More to Financially Recover from COVID-19

  Thu, 18 March 2021  |  women pandemic 

  The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted women’s personal finances. A new survey by Edelman Financial Engines*, one of the nation’s largest independent financial planning and investment management firms, revealed that 71% of women say the pandemic impacted their finances and one in three expect it could take a year or more to recover. Women of color expect they won’t recover for 6 years on average.

  Three in five (61%) women experienced significant adverse financial events during the pandemic, including taking money from savings or investments (26%), losing a job or ge... Read More

  
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