Knowing your customers is vitally important in today’s housing market. Especially as aging baby boomers downsize and relocate it’s important to know as much as you can about this demographic. Today’s interactive infographic from the U.S. Census bureau offers a wide range of statistics about America’s over 65 population. Interestingly, the pull down menu offers […]
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A new report from Wells Fargo says credit is getting more expensive and likely to become harder to access in the wake of the recent so-called banking crisis. Their report looks at the degree to which credit has sustained consumer spending so far and how diminished access to credit could negatively impact consumer spending. Some
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Realtor.com says not all corners of the U.S. are quite as “new-home parched” as others. They say there are many places across the nation where builders are putting up new homes to meet growing demand – especially in areas where the dollar stretches further.  As you might have guessed, most of these locations are in
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This Sunday, April 9th is Easter. Each year the holiday falls on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox. Interestingly, the date fluctuates each year between March 22nd and April 25th.  Today’s infographic from the dataviz blog takes a look at “Easter by the Numbers” all the way from the resurrection
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Rental information site Zumper recently released their latest monthly National Rent Report for March, 2023. According to their data, rent for 1-bedroom apartments was $1,494 (up .02% from February) and the median two-bedroom rent was $1,833 (up 0.5% from February). Zumper says this uptick points to a larger trend of deceleration of price increases and
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The National Association of Home Builders says single-family market share continues to shift away from large metro areas. Citing data from their recent Q4 Home Building Geography Index (HBGI), they say the largest growth in single-family market share came in rural markets (micro counties and non-metro micro counties), rising from 9.4% in Q4 2019 to
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With Springtime in full gear now is a good time to get up to speed with those deadly whirlwinds that few of us ever want to see firsthand, tornadoes. Today’s infographic from Weather.gov tells us about the various types of tornadoes and how to correctly identify them. In addition, Home Depot has put together a
Recently, the Biden Administration released its Blueprint for the Renters Bill of Rights. On two recent episodes of the Rent Perfect Podcast, David Pickron and his General Counsel Denny Dobbins discuss how this blueprint can and will affect landlords today and in the future. You can download a copy of the White House’s document by
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We love posting about short-term rentals – especially when there’s some good news for the segment. Today’s infographic from Statista says Airbnb saw its bookings cut by more than 40% due to Covid 19. However, as they illustrate, Airbnb bounced back remarkably well in 2021 and 2022 with the number of nights and experiences booked
March, 2023 The number of jobs in February was 2.9 percent higher than last year, normally an indicator of strong economic growth, but the increase was 3.3 percent in January, 3.5 percent in December. The rate of improvement is slowing down, which probably means that we’re still counting pandemic recovery jobs as new jobs, and
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