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May 2010


                                                                                                                 Real Intelligence –
                                                                                                                 Real Advantages




In This Issue
Watching out for “Greece” and Oil. Both existing-home sales and pending sales
have continued to increase. Home prices also continue to stabilize. The U.S. economy                 Table of Contents
as well is posting positive figures. There was even good news in the jobs market. But
in his commentary this month, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun tells us that while                   Real Estate Monitor                  2
improving conditions may help give a boost to consumer confidence, we need to watch
                                                                                                     Economic Commentary:
out for the fall-out from the Greek crisis as well as the looming and possibly lingering             The Good News – Tempered
impacts of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. Read more.                                               by Greece – and Oil                  4
                                                                                                     U.S. Economic Forecast and
First-quarter 2010 metro area home prices and state resales. The latest fig-                         Outlook Table and Charts             6
ures on metropolitan area home prices have been released by NAR and they show that
a growing number of metropolitan areas experienced price gains from a year ago. At the               In Focus: 1st Quarter 2010
same time, most states posted healthy gains in home sales from the first quarter of 2009.            Metro Area Home Prices and
                                                                                                     State Existing-home Sales            8
Wannasiri Chompoopet, Manager of Existing-Home Sales, reports. Read more.
                                                                                                     Using NAR Research:
                                                                                                     Vacation-home Buyers                10
Using NAR Research. Vacation-home purchases, like those of primary residences, de-
clined after the housing boom. But a recent survey from NAR Research shows that sales                Market Intelligence: Business
of vacation homes rose (in 2009) from the previous year. What does it mean for REAL-                 Characteristics of REALTORS® 11
TORS® and their clients? Check out our Using NAR Research column. Read more.
                                                                                                     Behind the Numbers: Using
                                                                                                     Housing and Economic Data           13
The Great “Member” Profile. The new 2010 NAR Member Profile was released                             Links to Statistical Tables         15
earlier this month and indicates that the majority of REALTORS® are sales agents who typi-
cally specialize in residential brokerage. It also reveals that three quarters of them expect to     Resources From NAR Research         16
remain in real estate for at least the next two years. Research Economist Jessica Lautz looks
at business characteristics of REALTORS® based on this updated study. Read more.
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Behind the Numbers. This month we debut another new feature, Behind the Num-
bers. This column will look at the statistics gathered, analyzed and published by NAR, as                        There’s more “INSIGHT-”ful
well as those from other organizations. Read more.                                                               info. Remember to click on
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Pending home sales increased again in March. NAR’s pending home sales index rose to                             arrow icons throughout this
                                                                                                             issue so you can automatically
102.9 – 5.3% ahead of the reading in February and a 21.1% increase from the index in March
                                                                                                   link to another web site for more detailed
of 2009. Pending sales rose in all regions of the country from a year ago.The index suggests
                                                                                                   information.
we can expect a surge of home sales for the spring home-buying season. Read more.
REAL ESTATE MONITOR

                                                                                                                      Likely Direction
                                                                                                                      Over the Next
Monthly Indicator                                                                           Recent Figures            Six Months                  Forecast


                Existing-home sales rose 6.8% in March to a                                 Mar 2010         5,350                                Surge has passed by;
                seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million                             Feb 2010         5,010                                now looking to settle in
                units. Resales were up 16.1% from their level in                            Mar 2009         4,610                                comfort zone
               March 2009. First-time buyers accounted for 44%
            of transactions during the month. The supply of homes
available for sale at the end of March was at an 8.0-month supply
at the current sales pace. The national median existing-home price
was $170,700 in March, up 0.4 percent from March 2009.

      New home sales increased by 26.9% in March from the                                   Mar 2010           411                                Bounce from very low
      previous month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of                               Feb 2010           324                                levels
      411,000 units. New residential sales in March were 23.8%                              Mar 2009           332
ahead of the pace a year ago and at their highest level since Au-
gust of 2009. There were 228,000 units available for sale at the
end of the month, a 6.7-month supply at the current sales rate.

       Housing starts rose 2.6% in March, registering a                                     Mar 2010           626                                Home builders are more
       seasonally adjusted annual rate of 626,000 units. Starts                             Feb 2010           616                                willing to build than are
      were 20.2% ahead of the level in March of 2009. Housing                               Mar 2009           521                                lenders willing to lend
permits – generally a reliable indicator of future starts – posted                                                                                construction loans
a rate of 685,000 (SAAR) – a 7.5% increase from February’s rate
and a 34.1% increase from a year ago.

       Housing affordability. NAR’s Housing Affordability                                   Mar 2010         170.6                                Coming off from peak
       Index posted a reading of 170.6 in March, down from Feb-                             Feb 2010         176.5                                heights
      ruary’s revised index of 176.5. Despite the decline, housing                          Mar 2009         177.5
affordability is still at near-historic levels, and well above annual
levels posted in 2007 and 2008.

Mortgage rates The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose                            Apr 2010 5.10%                                        Recovering economy
        in April to 5.10% – its highest level since the summer of 2009.                     Mar 2010 4.97%                                        pushes up rates
        While still at historic lows, rates on conventional and FHA                         Apr 2009 4.82%
       loans are likely to rise, primarily because of expected increases
in 10-year Treasury note yields as well as the end of the Federal
Reserve’s program of purchasing mortgage-backed securities.

Employment The U.S. economy added 290,000 non-farm                                          Apr 2010 +290                                         Job gains even in the
payroll jobs in April – besting most analysts expectations and                              Mar 2010 +230                                         construction and
      the largest job gain in four years. Private-sector payrolls                           12-month                                              manufacturing sectors
      accounted for 231,000 of the new positions. Job gains for                             total:   -1,381
      February and March were better than originally reported.
Tempering the positive news was the rise in the unemployment
rate to 9.9%, although that was due to more people looking for
work during the month.

Economic growth The U.S. economy posted positive growth                                     2010:I          +3.2%                                 Decent, not robust,
again in the first quarter of 2010. Real GDP grew at a 3.2% annual                          2009:IV         +5.6%                                 economic growth
       growth rate (from the previous quarter).This is the initial                          2009:I          -6.4%
        estimate of 1st quarter 2010 economic growth. Contribut-
       ing to the growth rate was a jump in consumer spending of
3.2%. Consumer spending accounts for almost 70% of U.S. GDP.

Notes: All rates are seasonally adjusted. Existing home sales, new home sales and housing starts are shown in thousands. Employment growth is shown as month-to-month change in
thousands. Sources: NAR, Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Freddie Mac.This report reflects data as of May 7, 2010. Compiled by Wannasiri Chompoopet, Ken Fears
and Lawrence Yun.

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NAR’S PENDING HOME SALES INDEx


          Pending home sales increased again in March. NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index posted
          a reading of 102.9 for the month – a 5.3% increase from February’s reading of 97.7 and
          21.1% above the index in March of 2009. The Pending Home Sales Index is a forward-
          looking indicator based on pending sales of existing homes. A sale is listed as pending
          when the contract has been signed but the transaction has not yet closed. Sales are
          usually finalized within one to two months of signing. The index is based on a large
          national sample, typically representing about 20 percent of transactions for existing-
          home sales. In developing the model for the index, it was demonstrated that the level
          of monthly sales contract activity from 2001 through 2004 paralleled the level of closed
          existing-home sales in the following two months. Please note there is a closer relation-
          ship between annual index changes (from the same month a year earlier) and year-ago
          changes in sales performance than with month-to-month comparisons. An index of
          100 is equal to the average level of contract activity during 2001, which was the first
          year to be examined, as well as the first of five consecutive record years for existing-
          home sales. The increase in pending sales portends a surge in home sales for the spring
          home-buying season. Favorable affordability conditions have been working in tandem
          with the tax credit to spur home buying. The tax credit expired on April 30,
          2010. Later in the second half of the year, and into 2011, home sales will
          likely become self-sustaining if the economy can add jobs at a respectable
          pace, and from a return of buyer demand as home values stabilize.




              Pending Home Sales
              (existing home sales lagged by 1-2 months)


                           7000                                                                              120


                           6000
                                                                                                             100

                           5000
                                                                                                             80
                                                                                                                   Pending Sales Index




                           4000
               Thousands




                                                                                                             60
                           3000
                                                      EHS              PHS
                                                                                                             40
                           2000


                                                                                                             20
                           1000


                              0                                                                              0
                                  Mar Apr May   Jun   Jul   Aug Sept Oct    Nov Dec        Jan Feb r Mar p
                                  2009                                                    2010


            Source: NAR Research




                                                                                                  EHS                                    PHS




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ECONOMIC COMMENTARY


The Good News – Tempered by Greece – and Oil
by Lawrence Yun, NAR Chief Economist

    It’s certainly been an interesting past month.We’ve seen up and        inventory of 228,000 units is the lowest level in 50 years. The
down movement in the stock market, concerns about mine safety,             very depressed housing starts have quickly helped to chip
a potential environmental catastrophe, primary elections in many           away at the inventory of newly constructed homes. Aside from
states, and the (fortunately) unsuccessful bomb threat in Times            home builders who are concerned about competing with
Square. Of course, most of those developments have little direct           deeply discounted distressed existing homes, builders are also
impact on housing.That’s the good news. So let’s take a look first at      encountering a problem of being unable to obtain construction
what we know for sure from the latest housing statistics.                  loans. Even so, broadly speaking the inventory overhang will be
    Home sales continued to recover in March. Existing-home                with us and hold annual home price growth in the low single-
sales – which reflect closings (not contract signings) – rose 6.8
percent from the previous month. At the same time, pending
home sales rose 5.3 percent. Distressed sales, those that are
short sales or foreclosed sales, accounted for roughly one-                         That home buyer tax credit did
third of all transactions and will likely continue to represent a                   exactly what it was intended
sizable portion for the rest of the year. Why? Because mortgage                     to do – spurred home sales. By
delinquencies are still very high. Meanwhile, new home sales,                       autumn of 2010, it will be up
which unlike existing-home sales actually reflect contracts and
not closings, rose 27 percent. Remember though that we are                          to job creation and consumer
already in May and the home buyer tax credit has expired (as of                     confidence to do the trick in
April 30); data collection for April is still taking place and so the               supporting the housing market.
figures are likely to be even higher. A nice uptick in mortgage
purchase applications in April points in that direction.
    That home buyer tax credit did exactly what it was intended
to do – spurred home sales, especially among first-time buyers.            digits for at least five years. Some local markets (there’s that “all
In fact, first-time buyers accounted for 44 percent of home sales          real estate is local” mantra again), however, will easily surpass
in March, up slightly from 40 percent in January and 42 percent            national growth rates, and could see double-digit price growth
in February. Despite all the anecdotal chatter about their heavy           this and next year. One region poised for better price gains is
presence in the housing market, investors made up only 19                  the low local inventory markets in Southern California.
percent of all buyers (according to our REALTOR® survey of                     Now that the housing market is truly on its own, what can
recent clients). That 19 percent share is about the historical             we expect? In the immediate months following the tax credit
norm. What is out of the norm is the proportion of all-cash                expiration date, home sales will slide measurably lower. By
purchases. As has been the case for several recent months,                 autumn of 2010, it will be up to job creation and consumer
one-fourth of all buyers in March made their home purchase                 confidence to do the trick in supporting the housing market.
sans financing (i.e., without taking out a mortgage). In normal            Another potentially big demand source is that from improving
times, all-cash purchases would make up about 10 percent of                funding for jumbo and second-home mortgages. These segments
transactions.                                                              of the housing market were essentially shut down last year
    Home prices are recovering as well. The median transacted              because these mortgages did not have government backing and
existing-home price squeaked out a 0.4 percent gain in March               the banks were scrambling to boost their capital to be well
compared to one year ago. New home prices advanced 4.3                     beyond the ‘stress-test’ levels. As a result we saw much bigger
percent. Other price measurements from Case-Shiller and Core               swings in the second-home market. Second home sales in 2009,
Logic, both of which have a longer data lag time, also showed              for example, were down 55 percent from their peak level in 2005.
a modest price increase in February. Only the Federal Housing              Primary home sales, meanwhile, declined by “only” 23 percent
Finance Board’s price data, which is based only on Fannie Mae              over the same period. The good news is that in the recent past
and Freddie Mac backed loans, posted a price decline from 12               months steadily improving signs of increased lending for jumbo
months ago.                                                                and second-home mortgages have been appearing. That is not
    Surprisingly, housing inventory – despite higher sales activity        surprising given the huge profits and much improved capital
– has been rising. That is because fresh listings have been                situation in the banking sector. Banks are steadily moving towards
rising faster than the existing inventory has been absorbed. A             more normal lending activity even to the sectors that do not have
combination of foreclosures, short sales, and homeowners who               government backing. Therefore, there could be a nice swing back
have not wanted to sell during the depths of the downturn last             of high-end jumbo home sales and vacation home sales this year.
year are evidently contributing to the supply. There were 3.6              (For more about vacation home sales activity, see the Using NAR
million existing homes for sale at the end of March. In addition,          Research column in this issue of Real Estate INSIGHTS.)
there are still too many vacant homes; the best estimate is                    But a new menace could derail this optimistic scenario:
at about 700,000 above normal levels. But the new home                     Greece! That country, in short, is bankrupt. It is unable to raise


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The Good News – Tempered by Greece – and Oil
(continued)
revenue to pay for government spending, including pension
benefits for many who have retired at the age of 55. The Greek
government has been borrowing heavily to plug the budget gap,
                                                                                     The fall-out from the Greek
but investors are asking if they will ever get their loaned funds                    budget crisis as well as the
back from the Greek treasury. Germany, in particular, is irate                       uncertainty of the impact of
that its citizens, who typically retire at a much older age than do                  the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Greeks, are being asked to provide pension money for Greek
citizens. In the meantime, Greece is ready to ratchet up the
                                                                                     could negatively impact our
argument by blaming the crisis on foreigners and greedy lenders.                     forecast for moderate but
    So, how do such events in a far-off land impact the U.S.                         consistent GDP growth.
housing market? If Greece defaults then German and many
other banks will see their capital evaporate. That in turn will
make it difficult to lend to other countries like Portugal and
Spain to finance their budget deficits. If Portugal or Spain also
defaults via contagion, then another major credit crisis is on
hand. (Ireland would have been included in the list of potentially
troubling countries with unsustainable government debt, but
the Irish decided to drastically cut salaries, furloughed many
government employees and convinced its investors it will repay
the loans.) Global financial linkages assure that U.S. banks will
also take some hit in their capital buffer. Jumbo and second-
home mortgages – good bye! At the moment, the potential for
the spread of this contagion all the way to the U.S. is a small
probability, though it will be highly significant if it were to occur.
    Finally, there is the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As of
the writing of this article (early May), it is still too soon to
accurately assess all the wreck that will eventually materialize.
It may be years before some of the affected local economies
get fully back on their feet. For the broader U.S. economy, the
oil spill will mean two things. First, the price of oil will rise
measurably – or more imported oil will have to be brought to
the U.S. In both scenarios, economic growth will be held back.
If oil prices were to rise to $100 per barrel and stay there, then
GDP growth will likely be reduced by one percentage point
(GDP growth of 1.9 percent rather than the current forecast
of 2.9 percent). If more oil is imported then the net export
equation deteriorates. Slower economic growth will mean
slower job expansion and a higher U.S. budget deficit. Neither of
those results are positive for our economy, or real estate. It’s a
waiting game.




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Home Sales                                                                                                 Mortgage Rates
                     More sustainable sales activity ahead                                                                      Rising, but still below 6 percent

                                     10                                                                                                        8
                                                       New Home Sales
                                                                                            History     Forecast                                             New Home Sales                  History            Forecast
                                                       Existing Home Sales

                                          8                                                                                                                  Existing Home Sales
                                                                                                                                               6
        Millions of Units




                                                                                                                                                             Quarter
                                          6




                                                                                                                         percent
                                                                                                                                               4
                                          4


                                                                                                                                               2
                                          2                                                                                                                         1-Year Adjustable Mortgage Rate
                                                                                                                                                                    30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates

                                          0        2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 34 1 2 3 4 1 2                                     0        2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 34 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2
                                                   2004   2005    2006    2007    2008    2009  2010 2011                                                2004   2005    2006    2007   2008    2009    2010 2011
Sources: NAR, Bureau of the Census, NAR Forecast                                                                         Sources: Freddie Mac, NAR Forecast

                                                   20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011                                                               20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

                     Housing Starts                                                                                             Economic Growth
                     “Shovels in ground” -- construction levels improving by end of year                                        Slow to moderate growth

                                          2500                                                                                                     8
                                                        Multi-Family Housing Starts       History                                                                   Multi-Family Housing Starts (thousand units)Forecast
                                                                                                                                                                                              History
                                                                                                          Forecast
                                                        Single Family Housing Starts
                                                                                                                                                   6
                                          2000                                                                                                                      Single Family Housing Starts (thousand units)
                                                                                                                             % GDP Growth (SAAR)



                                                                                                                                                   4

                                                                                                                                                                    Quarter
                                                                                                                                                   2
Thousands




                                          1500

                                                                                                                                                   0

                                          1000
                                                                                                                                                   -2

                                                                                                                                                   -4
                                          500
                                                                                                                                                   -6

                                               0    2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2                                       -8   2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2
                                                    2004   2005    2006    2007    2008    2009   2010 2011                                             2004    2005    2006   2007    2008    2009    2010 2011
Sources: Bureau of the Census, NAR Forecast                                                                              Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, NAR Forecast

                                                     20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
                                                                                                                                     20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
                     Inflation                                                                                                  10-Year Government Bond Yield
                     Continued tame for the foreseeable future                                                                  Rising in the wake of ongoing economic recovery

                                           6                                                                                                   6
                                                                                                                                                                                           History             Forecast
Annual % change in Consumer Price Index




                                                                                       History          Forecast                                             GDP
                                           5
                                                                                                                                                             Quarter
                                           4                                                                                                   5

                                           3
                                                                                                                        percent




                                           2                                                                                                   4

                                           1

                                           0                                                                                                   3

                                          -1

                                          -2       2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2                                    2        2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2
                                                   2004    2005    2006   2007    2008    2009    2010 2011                                             2004    2005    2006   2007    2008    2009    2010 2011
  Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, NAR Forecast                                                                      Sources: Federal Reserve Board, NAR Forecast



                                                    20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011                                                          20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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U.S. Economic Outlook
May 2010

                                                           2009                                 2010                          2011 2008 2009 2010 2011
                                                  I       II   III        IV         I         II  III          IV       I     II

U.S. Economy
Annual Growth Rate
Real GDP                                         -6.4    -0.7     2.2     5.6       3.2        2.7    2.9       2.9     2.3    3.1     0.4    -2.4     3.1    2.8
Nonfarm Payroll Employment                       -6.4    -5.0    -3.1    -1.3       0.0        0.8    1.2       1.1     0.7    0.8    -0.6    -4.3    -0.6    0.8
Consumer Prices                                  -2.2     1.9     3.7     2.6       1.5        3.2   -0.3       0.4     3.8    2.1     3.8    -0.3     2.0    1.8
Real Disposable Income                            0.2     6.2    -3.6     1.0       0.0        0.1    2.0       3.2     3.3    3.9     0.5     0.9     0.6    2.9
Consumer Confidence                               30      48      52      51        52         56     57        61      64     70      58      45      57     69

Percent Unemployment                              8.2     9.3     9.7    10.0       9.7        9.8    9.7       9.7     9.7    9.6     5.8     9.3     9.7    9.6

Interest Rates, Percent
Fed Funds Rate                                    0.2     0.2     0.2     0.1       0.1        0.2    0.2       0.8     1.0    1.5     1.9     0.2     0.3    1.9
3-Month T-Bill Rate                               0.2     0.2     0.2     0.1       0.1        0.2    0.3       0.7     1.0    1.5     1.4     0.2     0.4    1.8
Prime Rate                                        3.3     3.3     3.3     3.3       3.3        3.2    3.3       3.6     4.0    4.5     5.1     3.3     3.3    4.9
Corporate Aaa Bond Yield                          5.3     5.5     5.3     5.2       5.3        5.3    5.4       5.5     5.6    5.8     5.6     5.3     5.4    5.8
10-Year Government Bond                           2.7     3.3     3.5     3.5       3.7        3.8    4.0       4.1     4.2    4.4     3.7     3.3     3.9    4.5
30-Year Government Bond                           3.5     4.2     4.3     4.3       4.6        4.4    4.6       4.7     4.8    5.0     4.3     4.1     4.6    5.0

Mortgage Rates, percent
30-Year Fixed Rate                                5.1     5.0     5.2     4.9       5.0        5.2    5.5       5.6     5.8    5.9     6.1     5.1     5.3    6.0
1-Year Adjustable                                 4.9     4.8     4.7     4.4       4.3        4.2    4.2       4.6     4.8    4.9     5.2     4.7     4.3    4.9

Housing Indicators
Thousands
Existing Home Sales*                           4,610    4,780   5,280 5,970     5,137      5679      5174   5474      5502    5491   4,913   5156    5379 5,656
New Single-Family Sales                          338      372     406   370       358       409       377    450       536     580     485    374     400 568
Housing Starts                                   528      540     587   559       617       633       638    746       882     947     904    553     659 980
Single-Family Units                              358      425     498   481       525       525       524    608       701     748     622    441     545 783
Multifamily Units                                169      115      88    77        92       108       115    139       181     199     282    113     114 198
Residential Construction**                       368      344     360   363       353       368       372    385       411     438     451    359     369 449

Percent Change – Year Ago
Existing-Home Sales                              -6.8    -2.8     5.7    26.7    11.4       18.8     -2.0    -8.3       7.1   -3.3   -13.1     4.9     4.3    5.1
New Single-Family Sales                         -40.1   -27.1   -11.7    -5.4     5.9       10.0     -7.2    21.5      49.8   41.8   -37.5   -22.8     6.9   42.0
Housing Starts                                  -50.2   -46.9   -32.4   -15.1    16.9       17.2      8.8    33.6      42.9   49.7   -33.3   -38.8    19.0   48.9
Single-Family Units                             -51.2   -36.6   -16.6     4.3    46.4       23.4      5.1    26.2      33.6   42.6   -40.5   -29.1    23.7   43.6
Multifamily Units                               -47.8   -66.8   -67.3   -60.7   -45.5       -5.8     29.9    79.7      95.9   83.9    -8.7   -60.1     0.9   74.4
Residential Construction                        -23.9   -25.6   -18.9   -12.5    -4.2        6.8      3.3     5.9      16.6   19.2    -0.6   -20.5     2.9   21.6

Median Home Prices
Thousands of Dollars
Existing Home Prices                           167.6    174.4   178.1 170.8     166.7      177.0 184.0      176.8     172.7 183.4    198.1   172.5   176.9 183.4
New Home Prices                                207.8    218.7   212.6 218.8     217.1      225.7 220.7      227.8     226.7 236.3    232.1   215.9   223.1 233.5

Percent Change – Year Ago
Existing Home Prices                            -15.6   -16.2   -11.6    -5.5       -0.5       1.5    3.3       3.5     3.6    3.6    -9.5   -12.9     2.5    3.7
New Home Prices                                 -11.8    -7.6    -6.7    -1.2        4.5       3.2    3.8       4.1     4.4    4.7    -6.4    -7.0     3.3    4.7

Housing Affordability Index                      181     174      161    171        175     157       143       144    145     133    139     172     154    133



Quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates.
* Existing home sales of single-family homes and condo/co-ops; ** billion dollars




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IN FOCUS


Home Prices Rise in More Metro Areas, First Quarter
Resales Up From a Year Ago
by Wannasiri Chompoopet, Manager, Existing-home Sales

    The latest figures on metropolitan area                         Top 10 States with Greatest Increase in
home prices have been released by NAR
and they show that a growing number of
                                                                    Existing-Home Sales
metropolitan areas are experiencing price                           percentage change from 2009:I to 2010:Ip
gains from a year ago. At the same time,
                                                                          Idaho
most states posted healthy gains in home                                                                                                                              122.5
sales from the first quarter of 2009.                                   Hawaii                                              51.5
    In the first quarter of 2010, 91 out of                             Florida                                   35.0
152 metropolitan statistical areas showed
                                                                      Vermont
year-over-year increases in the median                                                                           33.3

sales price of existing single-family homes.                            Oregon
                                                                                                             32.7
Twenty-nine of those metros registered                             Washington                                32.0
double-digit increases. In the fourth quarter                            Maine                             28.3
67 areas reported gains. On a national
                                                                         Illinois                         27.1
basis, the median existing single-family
home price was fairly flat at $166,100,                               New York                            26.8
down 0.7 percent from the first quarter                               Maryland                            26.0
2009. Distressed homes, which typically are
discounted by 15 percent relative to tradi-                                         0                20           40          60             80         100         120       140
tional homes, accounted for 36 percent of                                                                                          percent
                                                                   P = preliminary
first quarter sales.                                               Source: NAR Research


State Existing-Home Sales                              sales were 11.4 percent above their 4.61                                    Idaho and Hawaii posted the largest
    Total state existing-home sales, includ-           million-unit level in the first quarter of                              increases in existing-home sales. Resales
ing single-family and condos/co-ops, posted            2009.Year over year, resales rose from in                               rose more than 100 percent in Idaho after
a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.14              44 states and the District of Columbia; in                              having declined in the 4th quarter of last
million units in the first quarter.While that                      fact, 31 states and the District                            year. Existing-home sales in Hawaii in-
figure is down 14.0 percent from the 4th                              experienced double-digit
                                                                                          Frequently                         Occasionallymore than or not at all Both states
                                                                                                                               creased        Rarely 50 percent.
quarter 2009 surge of 5.97 million units                                gains. NAR has been track-                             had experienced continued rising resales
(most likely driven by the initial home                                 ing state by state resales                             through the first three quarters of last year.
buyer tax credit program). first quarter                               since 1981.

                      Top 10 Metro Areas with Greatest Price Increases in Existing
                      Single-family Homes
                      percentage change from 2009:I to 2010:Ip



                    Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI                                                                                              100.7

                                                Akron, OH                                                                                    90.2

                             Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH                                                     53.8

                     San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA                                   28.9
                                           Grand Rapids, MI                             26.0
                      San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA                            24.4

                                               Dayton, OH                       22.8

                                     Memphis,TN-MS-AR                         18.5

                                      Gary-Hammond, IN                       18.3

                                                Elmira, NY                   17.8


                    P = preliminary                           0            20                   40               60            80                 100         120
                    Source: NAR Research                                                                  percent
8                                                                 Real Estate Insights           /    May 2010        /   ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
Home Prices Rise in More Metro Areas, First Quarter Resales Up
From a Year Ago
(continued)


                     Top 10 Metro Areas with Greatest Price Increases for Condos/Co-ops
                     percentage change from 2009:I to 2010:Ip

                                             Syracuse NY                                                                            24.7

                    San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos CA                                                                        21.1

                                Manchester-Nashua NH                                                                       20.8

                    Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA-NH                                                              16.5

                                           Worcester MA                                                  15.1

                      New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA                                                13.7

                   San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA                                               13.1

                    Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI                                      10.2

                                           Indianapolis IN                               9.5

                                          Louisvillle KY-IN                          9.2

                                                              0          5           10              15               20           25      30
                                                                                                 percent
                   P = preliminary
                   Source: NAR Research



Median Home Prices                                      dates back to 1989 and covers changes in         ing a mortgage is the most important fac-
    Metropolitan area median home                       55 metro areas. Because there is a con-          tor limiting potential clients from purchas-
prices for single-family homes ranged from              centration of condos in high-cost metro          ing a home. In addition, the REALTORS®
$60,800 in Saginaw-Saginaw Township                     areas, the national median condo price is        Confidence Index (posted online on April
North area in MI to $621,200 in Hono-                   generally higherFrequently median single-
                                                                           than the      Occasionally    26 2010) reveals that 11 percent of REAL-
                                                                                                      Rarely or not at all
lulu HI. But the Saginaw metro posted the               family price. In a given market area, condos     TORS® had a contract canceled because
largest increase in the median sales price              typically cost less than single-family homes.    an appraisal came in at less than the price
of home on a year over year basis, rising                       As the reporting sample expands in       negotiated between a buyer and seller. An-
more than 100 percent from the $30,300                           the future, additional areas will be    other 16 percent report a contract had to
registered in the 1st quarter of last year.                     included in the condo price report.      be renegotiated because of a low appraisal.
There were solid single-family price gains                                                               NAR leaders and staff will continue their
in a variety of metro areas, including three            “Figuring out” the figures                       discussions with about these other issues
metros in Ohio (Akron, Dayton and To-                       Stabilizing home prices are encouraging.     with government and industry leaders to
ledo) and two areas in Northern California              This flattening in home prices is something                insure that housing remains at
(San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and San                  we’ve been seeing in all of the home price                  the forefront of economic policy
Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara).                            measures lately, and quite clearly evident in             decisions.
         NAR began tracking metropolitan                this metro area price report.The tax credit
      area median single-family home prices             has been very effective in drawing down
      in 1979.                                          excess inventory, with about one million
    Figures on metropolitan area condo/                 additional sales resulting directly from the
co-op prices show that on a national basis,             stimulus.The figures also point to a change
the existing-condo price was virtually un-              in market psychology.The economy is
changed – at $170,700 – in the 1st quarter              improving; even recent jobs numbers were
of this year, down just 0.1 percent from a              encouraging.That is helping to return confi-
year ago. But 24 metros posted increases in             dence among buyers.
the median price of condos/co-ops, com-                     But there are still challenges.The hous-
pared with only 11 which showed increases               ing market continues to held back from a
in the fourth quarter.The largest increase              full-fledged recovery because of mortgage
was in Syracuse NY, rising 24.7 percent                 issues. According to findings published in
from the first quarter of 2009.                         the new 2010 NAR Member Profile, one
    The metro area condo price series                   third of NAR members report that obtain-
9                                                                 Real Estate Insights    /    May 2010    /    ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
USING NAR RESEARCH


Vacation Homes: Still An Active Market
by Jessica Lautz, Research Economist

   As the residential housing market began      Reasons for Purchasing Vacation Home
to show improvement in late 2009 and            (percent)
early 2010, new research shows that sales of
vacation homes also improved. NAR’s 2010               Use for vacation or                                                                                      89
Investment and Vacation Home Buyers                      as family retreat

Survey, covering existing- and new-home        Diversify investments/ good                                       29
                                                  investment opportunity
transactions in 2009, indicates vacation-                  Use as primary                                   26
home sales rose 7.9 percent to 553,000 last            residence in future
year from 513,000 in 2008. NAR’s analysis                    Rent to others                                 25
of U.S. Census Bureau data shows there are
                                                               Tax benefits                   14
7.9 million vacation homes and 41.1 million
investment units in the U.S., compared with            For family member,                     13
75.0 million owner-occupied homes.                       friend or relative
                                                            Buyer had extra               6
                                                            money to spend
Vacation-home Buyers
                                                                     Other            4
   Similar to buyers of primary residences,
three out of four second-home buyers were
                                                                              0                    20                   40             60              80            100
married couple households. Second-home
                                                                                                             percent
                                               Source: The 2010 NAR Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey
purchasers tended to be older and have
higher household incomes than did the          percent of vacation-home purchases, and                                help consumers make informed decisions
typical purchaser of a primary residence.The   the Northeast 12 percent.The majority of                               about the purchase of a vacation home.
typical vacation-home buyer in 2009 was 46     vacation homes (seven out of ten) were
years old, had a median household income of    detached single-family homes.Vacation                                  About the Survey
$87,500, and purchased a property that was     home purchases were generally located                                     The 2010 NAR Invest-
a median distance of 348 miles from their      in a rural area, small town or resort.The                              ment and Vacation Home
primary residence; 34 percent were within      median transaction price of a vacation                                 Buyers Survey, conducted
                                                                                        Frequently                       Occasionally    Rarely or not at all
100 miles and 40 percent were more than        home was $169,000 in 2009, compared                                    in March 2009, includes an-
500 miles. Investment-home buyers had a        with $150,000 in 2008. All second-home                                 swers from 1,930 usable responses. The
median age of 45, earned $87,200, and bought   buyers are less likely to finance their vaca-                          survey controlled for age and income,
a home that was relatively close to their      tion or investment home purchase than the                              based on information from the larger
primary residence – a median distance of 24    purchase of their primary residence. Similar                           2009 NAR Profile of Home Buyers
miles. Roughly one in four investment buyers   to results in last year’s survey, cash factored                        and Sellers, to limit any biases in the
purchased more than one property in 2009.      strongly in the second-home market: three                              characteristics of respondents.
   Why did buyers purchase a vacation          out of 10 vacation-home buyers in 2009                                    The 2010 NAR Investment and
home? The reasons varied, but the typi-        paid cash for their properties.                                        Vacation Home Buyers Survey can
cal vacation-home buyer indicated they                                                                                be ordered by calling 800-874-6500, or
were making a lifestyle choice. Nine out       What Does It All Mean for                                              online at www.realtor.org/newresearch.
of 10 reported that they intended to use       REALTORS®?                                                             The report is free for NAR members;
the property for vacations or as a family          The majority of vacation-home buy-                                 the cost is $125 for non-members.
retreat. Only one in four vacation-home        ers – more than half – purchased their
buyers plan to rent their properties to        vacation property through a real estate                                 Type of Vacation Property
others. However, 26 percent of vacation-       professional. In addition, 80 percent of                                Purchased
home buyers intend to use the property         vacation-home purchasers said it was a                                  percentage distribution
as a primary residence in the future.          good time to buy a vacation home. The
                                               median price of vacation homes was actu-                                Detached single-family                        71 %
Type, Location and Price of                    ally less than that for a primary residence.
Vacation Homes Purchased                                                                                               Condo/apartment in 5+ unit building           11
                                               All those factors can be useful for real
   In keeping with trends in the past, the     estate agents whose clients are consider-                               Condo/duplex in 2-4 unit building             10
majority of vacation homes purchased           ing a vacation home purchase. By sharing
were located in the South and the West.                                                                                Townhouse or row house                         5
                                               the data from the 2010 NAR Investment
Half of vacation homes purchased last          and Vacation Home Buyers Survey with                                    Other                                          3
year were in the South, and 21 percent in      their clients, real estate professionals can
the West.The Midwest accounted for 17                                                                                 Source: The 2010 NAR Investment and Vacation Home
                                                                                                                      Buyers Survey


10                                                     Real Estate Insights       /   May 2010          /   ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
MARkET INTELLIGENCE


The NAR Member Profile:
Business Characteristics of REALTORS®
by Jessica Lautz, Research Economist, and Research Communications Staff

   The National Association of REALTORS®                        REALTORS® by Type of License
conducts an annual survey of its members                        (percent)
about their business characteristics, demo-
      graphics, income, expenses, and use of                            70
          technology.The new 2010 NAR                                                                   59
           Member Profile has just                                      60

            been released. In this, the first
                                                                        50
           of several articles based on this
         report, we focus on the business



                                                              percent
                                                                        40
   characteristics of REALTORS®.
                                                                        30    25
    REALTORS® have certainly faced chal-
                                                                                          17
lenges in the past year. Housing contin-                                20
ued to struggle against the back drop of
                                                                        10
the “Great Recession.” The U.S. economy                                                                              4
                                                                                                                                     1
continued to bleed jobs. Despite this,                                   0
membership in the National Association                                       Broker     Broker-        Sales     Appraiser       Other
                                                                                       Associate       Agent
of REALTORS® fell by only 0.7 percent
from 2008 to 2009. And perhaps because                       Source: The 2010 NAR Member Profile

of those challenges, most REALTORS®
diversify their business practices.             residential property management. Again,                 different functions. Managers and brokers
    REALTOR® member characteristics             these results do not differ significant from            who are not directly involved in selling
were largely unchanged from those re-           those in the 2009 Member Profile.                       reported the most experience. The typical
ported in 2009.The typical REALTOR® is                                                                  broker who sells and appraisers were the
an independent contractor affiliated with       Experience                                              next most experienced groups. The typical
a firm of 29 agents and brokers catering            The majority of property buyers and                 sales agent had seven years of experience.
to local markets. Sales agents are more         sellers depend on the expertise and
evenly divided between independent non-         experience of real estate professionals.                Professional Designations and
franchised and franchised companies, while      Indeed, the most recent NAR Profile of                  Affiliations
brokers are more likely to be affiliated with   Home Buyers and Sellers indicates that                     REALTORS® have many ways of distin-
independent, non-franchised firms.              77 percent of residential buyers pur-                   guishing themselves and enhancing their
                                                chased their home through a real estate                 knowledge of the real estate business.
Type of License and Business                    professional; 87 percent of sellers used                Through membership in an NAR affiliate,
Specialties                                     a real estate agent in their sales transac-
    The majority of REALTORS® – 59              tion.
percent – are licensed as sales agents,                                                                  Main Function of REALTORS®
                                                    The experience of REALTORS®
and eight in ten specialize in residential                                                               in Their Firm
                                                continues to expand. The vast majority                   (percentage distribution)
brokerage. These results also differ little     of NAR members have been in the real
from those in last year’s Member Profile.       estate business for at least three years.
The share of brokers/broker associ-                                                                      Broker-owner (with selling)          15 %
                                                More than a third have had 16 or more
ates specializing primarily in residential      years of experience working as a real                    Broker-owner (without selling)        1
brokerage has ranged between 75 and             estate professional. Only 10 percent of
81 percent in every survey since 1999.                                                                   Associate broker                     10
                                                REALTORS® have been in the business
Business specialties for sales agents have      for two years or less.                                   Manager                               4
varied more over time. Between 1999                 In the 2009 survey, there was a jump
and 2009, the share of agents specializing                                                               Sales agent                          61
                                                in experience as new membership
in residential brokerage ranged from 74         slowed, and this has remained true for                   Appraiser                             3
percent to 88 percent and is now near           the 2010 Profile. REALTORS® in 2010 are
the upper end of that range.                                                                             Other                                 6
                                                more experienced than in 2008; the typi-
    The most commonly practiced second-         cal agent has 10 years of experience as                 Source: The 2010 NAR Member Profile
ary specialties among all members are           opposed to 8 years reported in 2008.
relocation, commercial brokerage, and               Experience levels vary widely across

11                                                     Real Estate Insights    /   May 2010    /   ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
The NAR Member Profile: Business Characteristics of REALTORS®
(continued)

                                               cent of REALTORS® indicate that earn-                   U.S. The 2010 National Association of
 Primary Business Specialty
                                               ings from real estate account for at least              REALTORS® Member Profile was based
 of REALTORS®
 (percentage distribution)                     50 percent of their household income.                   on a survey of 58,022 members which
                                                   Despite the recent challenges in the                generated 6,830 usable responses, rep-
                                               real estate market, the majority of REAL-               resenting an adjusted response rate of
 Residential brokerage                 81 %
                                               TORS® remain dedicated to the industry                  6.7 percent. Income and transaction data
 Commercial brokerage                   4      and plan on continuing their careers in the             are for 2009, while other data represent
                                               business. Three quarters of REALTORS®                   member characteristics in early 2010.
 Residential appraisal                  3
                                               are “very certain” they will remain active              The study can be ordered by calling 800-
 Commercial appraisal                   1      in the market for at least the next two                 874-6500, or online. The profile is free
                                               years. Only 8 percent were uncertain                    for NAR members but costs $125 for
 Relocation                             1
                                               about their future in real estate.                      nonmembers.
 Property management                    5
                                               For more information
 Counseling                             1         The study’s results are representative
 Land/Development                       2      of the nation’s 1.1 million REALTORS®,
                                               who account for 60 percent of the 1.1
 Other specialties                      2      million active real estate licensees in the

Source: The 2010 NAR Member Profile


obtaining a professional designation or
certification in a specialty, these real es-
tate professional bring additional exper-
tise to the real estate transaction.                          Years of Experience in Real Estate
    A quarter of REALTORS® have an                            (percentage distribution)
affiliate membership. The two most com-
mon affiliate memberships were the Real
Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC)
                                                                                          10%
and the Council of Residential Special-                                                                          16 years or more
ists (CRS). Among licensees, brokers
and broker-associates are more likely to                                 37%                     20%
                                                                                                                 6 to 15 years
have an affiliated membership than sales
agents.                                                                                                          3 to 5 years

    More than a third of REALTORS® hold
                                                                                                                 2 years or less
a professional designation Almost half of
                                                                                      33%
brokers and broker-associate licensees
hold at least one professional designation.
Graduate REALTOR® Institute, Accredited
Buyer Representative, and Certified Resi-
dential Specialist are the most prevalent                    Source: The 2010 NAR Member Profile
designations.
    Twenty-four percent of REALTORS®
hold at least one of six certifications in
specialized training. That is an increase
from the 16 percent reported in 2009.
The most common certifications are
Short Sales and Foreclosures (a new cer-
tification offered this year) and e-Pro.

Real Estate as a Career
   For most REALTORS®, real estate is
their only occupation. In fact, more than
three quarters of NAR members (77
percent) report this. In addition, 88 per-

12                                                   Real Estate Insights   /   May 2010    /   ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
BEHIND THE NUMBERS


Using Housing and Economic Data
by Jed Smith, Managing Director, Quantitative Research

     Disjointed factoids from the evening             Total Home Sales – January 2000 – March 2010
news frequently substitute for economic               12-month Rolling Basis
information. When making important de-
cisions, such as buying a home, consum-                           8000
                                                                                                                                                             Total Sales
ers may not always have all the facts; after                      7000
all, economics is not first on everybody’s
list. In last month’s Real Estate Insights,                       6000
we looked at key economic variables                               5000
that can shed light on where the housing



                                                      thousands
market is headed: employment, inter-                              4000

est rates, consumer mood, and Gross                               3000
Domestic Product (GDP)—data that is
readily available at www.realtor.org/                             2000

            research. A brief discussion of                       1000
               the actual data for the state
                                                                       0
                of the economy can provide                              Jan     Jan        Jan    Jan        Jan     Jan     Jan     Jan     Jan
                                                                       2002    2003       2004   2005       2006    2007    2008    2009    2010
                the facts—in contrast to
               the opinions available on talk         Source: NAR Research
            shows.
     In this first of our “Behind the Num-               Median Price of a Home
bers” feature, the focus is on housing                   January 2000 - February 2010
data. NAR presents sales and price infor-
mation for the national housing markets:                              250000
                                                                                                                                                                    Median
n Monthly data tracking sales and                                     200000
  prices for Existing Home Sales (EHS)
  are available at www.realtor.org/
                                                                      150000
  research/research/ehsdata. The
                                                            dollars




  monthly data fluctuate a bit from
  month-to-month and show where the                                   100000

  housing market is based on the annu-
  alization of the current month’s sales.                              50000
  The monthly data can also be summed
  over a 12 month period to obtain a
                                                                           0
  “12 month roll,” as discussed below.                                      Jan    Jan        Jan      Jan      Jan      Jan     Jan     Jan     Jan
                                                                           2002   2003       2004     2005     2006     2007    2008    2009    2010

n Price data at the city level (Metro-                   Source: NAR Research

  politan Statistical Areas) and state
  level sales information are available         fluctuate from month to month, but                                 data at the national level can be used in
  at www.realtor.org/research/re-               total sales measured on a 12 month                                 conjunction with local data to discuss
  search/metroprice.                            rolling basis show a housing market in                             comparisons of national and local trends.
                                                recovery mode. A “12 month roll” is                                The “12 month roll” graph above shows
n Home affordability data, showing the          the summation of total sales over the                              a recovering market.
  real cost of a home over time, is avail-      previous month; each month there is                                    Home prices are also a matter of con-
  able at www.realtor.org/research/             a new “12 month roll” as an additional                             cern to potential home buyers and home
  research/housinginx.                          month is added to the calculation and a                            sellers, as well as their real estate agents.,
                                                month a year ago is dropped. Looking at                            investors and policy makers. The current
   Given the current media focus on             these rolls over a time period shows the                           data on home price trends appear to
housing – especially as it relates to the       overall trend of the market. This infor-                           indicate that housing prices are level-
economy in general – it is not surpris-         mation can be used in conjunction with                             ing out. This information is consistent
ing that the news has been filled with          NAR’s monthly annualized figures to get                            with what we have been hearing from a
information on home sales and trends.           a feeling for where the market has been,                           variety of experts around the country.
An examination of the national data             where the market currently is, and where                           Housing price data are readily available
indicates the market is recovering. Sales       the market is trending. Home sales                                 from NAR. While we hear a lot about
13                                                    Real Estate Insights            /    May 2010     /   ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
Using Housing and Economic Data
(continued)


home prices on the news, a comparison        Percent of Income Spent on Principal and Interest
of the national trends and those in local    Payments for a Median-Priced Home
markets could provide potential home
purchasers with useful information.                    30
    Finally, whether a household can actu-                                                                                 Percent of Inc
ally afford to purchase a home is cer-                 25
tainly a crucial factor in the home buying
decision. NAR’s measure of affordability               20
– the NAR Housing Affordability Index



                                             percent
(HAI) is based on interest rates and                   15
prices. The HAI shows that affordability
is at a ten-year historical high in terms              10
of affordability. Again, the comparison
of national trends and local experience                 5
can provide a benchmark of the current
market and serve as the basis for the                   0
                                                         Jan    Jan    Jan    Jan     Jan     Jan    Jan    Jan    Jan
discussion of the outlook. What may be                  2002   2003   2004   2005    2006    2007   2008   2009   2010
most helpful to home buyers and their        Source: NAR Research
REALTORS® is to look at the trends
relating to percent of household income
spent on principal and interest payments.
    In conclusion, a few readily available
pieces of economic and housing market
data – rather than sometimes wild asser-
tions found in blogs -- can provide some
insight both about the course of the
economy as well as housing. A few charts
of data can portray housing trends. The
information at the national level can be
combined with local data for specific
markets and should give an improved
overview of the housing markets.




14                                           Real Estate Insights     /   May 2010   /   ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
LINkS TO STATISTICAL DATA AND NAR RESEARCH RESOURCES




                     Residential Housing Market Data: Monthly Series
                     n Pending Home Sales
                     n Existing Home Sales
                     n Median Sales Prices
                     n   Housing Affordability Index



                     Residential Housing Market Data: Quarterly Series
                     n Existing Home Sales by State
                     n Metropolitan Area Median Sales Prices
                     n Housing Affordability Index (quarterly and first-time homebuyer)




                     Commercial Market Data and Reports
                     n Commercial Real Estate Forecast (quarterly)
                     n Commercial Real Estate Outlook (quarterly)
                     n Commercial Real Estate Leading Indicator (quarterly)
                     n 2009 NAR Commercial Member Profile
                     n Commercial Real Estate Market Survey




                     Web Exclusives
                     n Daily commentary
                     n Multimedia
                     n Webinars and Podcasts
                     n Facebook




15                          Real Estate Insights   /   May 2010   /   ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
RESOURCES FROM NAR RESEARCH


The 2010 NAR Member Profile
NAR surveys its members every year about their business                    The 2010 National Association of REALTORS® Member
activities, use of technology, relationship to their firms, as well        Profile can be a useful tool as you plan your business, marketing
as basic demographic characteristics such as age, income, and              and recruitment strategies.
homeownership status. Data collected through these surveys
are analyzed and published in the Association’s annual Member              A full PDF version of the report is available to NAR members
Profile report. The new 2010 edition of this popular profile is            at no cost.Visit www.realtor.org/research. For more
now available. Chapters include:                                           information contact Thomas J.Doyle, Marketing and
                                                                           Communications Manager, Research at 202-383-7535 or email
n    Business Characteristics of REALTORS®                                 tdoyle@realtors.org.
n    Business Activity of REALTORS®
n    Income and Expenses of REALTORS®
n    Office and Firm Affiliations of REALTORS®
n    Demographic Characteristics of REALTORS®

This unique publication presents this information in a
user-friendly, easy-to read format, designed to allow easy
comparisons with previous member profile surveys. Whether
you’re a broker or sales agent, firm owner or manager,
residential or commercial specialist, this report lets you see how
you compare to your colleagues and others in the real estate
industry.




16                                                      Real Estate Insights   /   May 2010   /   ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

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Home prices rise in more metro areas, first quarter resales up from a year ago

  • 1. May 2010 Real Intelligence – Real Advantages In This Issue Watching out for “Greece” and Oil. Both existing-home sales and pending sales have continued to increase. Home prices also continue to stabilize. The U.S. economy Table of Contents as well is posting positive figures. There was even good news in the jobs market. But in his commentary this month, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun tells us that while Real Estate Monitor 2 improving conditions may help give a boost to consumer confidence, we need to watch Economic Commentary: out for the fall-out from the Greek crisis as well as the looming and possibly lingering The Good News – Tempered impacts of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. Read more. by Greece – and Oil 4 U.S. Economic Forecast and First-quarter 2010 metro area home prices and state resales. The latest fig- Outlook Table and Charts 6 ures on metropolitan area home prices have been released by NAR and they show that a growing number of metropolitan areas experienced price gains from a year ago. At the In Focus: 1st Quarter 2010 same time, most states posted healthy gains in home sales from the first quarter of 2009. Metro Area Home Prices and State Existing-home Sales 8 Wannasiri Chompoopet, Manager of Existing-Home Sales, reports. Read more. Using NAR Research: Vacation-home Buyers 10 Using NAR Research. Vacation-home purchases, like those of primary residences, de- clined after the housing boom. But a recent survey from NAR Research shows that sales Market Intelligence: Business of vacation homes rose (in 2009) from the previous year. What does it mean for REAL- Characteristics of REALTORS® 11 TORS® and their clients? Check out our Using NAR Research column. Read more. Behind the Numbers: Using Housing and Economic Data 13 The Great “Member” Profile. The new 2010 NAR Member Profile was released Links to Statistical Tables 15 earlier this month and indicates that the majority of REALTORS® are sales agents who typi- cally specialize in residential brokerage. It also reveals that three quarters of them expect to Resources From NAR Research 16 remain in real estate for at least the next two years. Research Economist Jessica Lautz looks at business characteristics of REALTORS® based on this updated study. Read more. Visit us on the web at www.realtor.org/reinsights Behind the Numbers. This month we debut another new feature, Behind the Num- bers. This column will look at the statistics gathered, analyzed and published by NAR, as There’s more “INSIGHT-”ful well as those from other organizations. Read more. info. Remember to click on the special “For more info” Pending home sales increased again in March. NAR’s pending home sales index rose to arrow icons throughout this issue so you can automatically 102.9 – 5.3% ahead of the reading in February and a 21.1% increase from the index in March link to another web site for more detailed of 2009. Pending sales rose in all regions of the country from a year ago.The index suggests information. we can expect a surge of home sales for the spring home-buying season. Read more.
  • 2. REAL ESTATE MONITOR Likely Direction Over the Next Monthly Indicator Recent Figures Six Months Forecast Existing-home sales rose 6.8% in March to a Mar 2010 5,350 Surge has passed by; seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million Feb 2010 5,010 now looking to settle in units. Resales were up 16.1% from their level in Mar 2009 4,610 comfort zone March 2009. First-time buyers accounted for 44% of transactions during the month. The supply of homes available for sale at the end of March was at an 8.0-month supply at the current sales pace. The national median existing-home price was $170,700 in March, up 0.4 percent from March 2009. New home sales increased by 26.9% in March from the Mar 2010 411 Bounce from very low previous month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of Feb 2010 324 levels 411,000 units. New residential sales in March were 23.8% Mar 2009 332 ahead of the pace a year ago and at their highest level since Au- gust of 2009. There were 228,000 units available for sale at the end of the month, a 6.7-month supply at the current sales rate. Housing starts rose 2.6% in March, registering a Mar 2010 626 Home builders are more seasonally adjusted annual rate of 626,000 units. Starts Feb 2010 616 willing to build than are were 20.2% ahead of the level in March of 2009. Housing Mar 2009 521 lenders willing to lend permits – generally a reliable indicator of future starts – posted construction loans a rate of 685,000 (SAAR) – a 7.5% increase from February’s rate and a 34.1% increase from a year ago. Housing affordability. NAR’s Housing Affordability Mar 2010 170.6 Coming off from peak Index posted a reading of 170.6 in March, down from Feb- Feb 2010 176.5 heights ruary’s revised index of 176.5. Despite the decline, housing Mar 2009 177.5 affordability is still at near-historic levels, and well above annual levels posted in 2007 and 2008. Mortgage rates The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose Apr 2010 5.10% Recovering economy in April to 5.10% – its highest level since the summer of 2009. Mar 2010 4.97% pushes up rates While still at historic lows, rates on conventional and FHA Apr 2009 4.82% loans are likely to rise, primarily because of expected increases in 10-year Treasury note yields as well as the end of the Federal Reserve’s program of purchasing mortgage-backed securities. Employment The U.S. economy added 290,000 non-farm Apr 2010 +290 Job gains even in the payroll jobs in April – besting most analysts expectations and Mar 2010 +230 construction and the largest job gain in four years. Private-sector payrolls 12-month manufacturing sectors accounted for 231,000 of the new positions. Job gains for total: -1,381 February and March were better than originally reported. Tempering the positive news was the rise in the unemployment rate to 9.9%, although that was due to more people looking for work during the month. Economic growth The U.S. economy posted positive growth 2010:I +3.2% Decent, not robust, again in the first quarter of 2010. Real GDP grew at a 3.2% annual 2009:IV +5.6% economic growth growth rate (from the previous quarter).This is the initial 2009:I -6.4% estimate of 1st quarter 2010 economic growth. Contribut- ing to the growth rate was a jump in consumer spending of 3.2%. Consumer spending accounts for almost 70% of U.S. GDP. Notes: All rates are seasonally adjusted. Existing home sales, new home sales and housing starts are shown in thousands. Employment growth is shown as month-to-month change in thousands. Sources: NAR, Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Freddie Mac.This report reflects data as of May 7, 2010. Compiled by Wannasiri Chompoopet, Ken Fears and Lawrence Yun. 2 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 3. NAR’S PENDING HOME SALES INDEx Pending home sales increased again in March. NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index posted a reading of 102.9 for the month – a 5.3% increase from February’s reading of 97.7 and 21.1% above the index in March of 2009. The Pending Home Sales Index is a forward- looking indicator based on pending sales of existing homes. A sale is listed as pending when the contract has been signed but the transaction has not yet closed. Sales are usually finalized within one to two months of signing. The index is based on a large national sample, typically representing about 20 percent of transactions for existing- home sales. In developing the model for the index, it was demonstrated that the level of monthly sales contract activity from 2001 through 2004 paralleled the level of closed existing-home sales in the following two months. Please note there is a closer relation- ship between annual index changes (from the same month a year earlier) and year-ago changes in sales performance than with month-to-month comparisons. An index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activity during 2001, which was the first year to be examined, as well as the first of five consecutive record years for existing- home sales. The increase in pending sales portends a surge in home sales for the spring home-buying season. Favorable affordability conditions have been working in tandem with the tax credit to spur home buying. The tax credit expired on April 30, 2010. Later in the second half of the year, and into 2011, home sales will likely become self-sustaining if the economy can add jobs at a respectable pace, and from a return of buyer demand as home values stabilize. Pending Home Sales (existing home sales lagged by 1-2 months) 7000 120 6000 100 5000 80 Pending Sales Index 4000 Thousands 60 3000 EHS PHS 40 2000 20 1000 0 0 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb r Mar p 2009 2010 Source: NAR Research EHS PHS 3 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 4. ECONOMIC COMMENTARY The Good News – Tempered by Greece – and Oil by Lawrence Yun, NAR Chief Economist It’s certainly been an interesting past month.We’ve seen up and inventory of 228,000 units is the lowest level in 50 years. The down movement in the stock market, concerns about mine safety, very depressed housing starts have quickly helped to chip a potential environmental catastrophe, primary elections in many away at the inventory of newly constructed homes. Aside from states, and the (fortunately) unsuccessful bomb threat in Times home builders who are concerned about competing with Square. Of course, most of those developments have little direct deeply discounted distressed existing homes, builders are also impact on housing.That’s the good news. So let’s take a look first at encountering a problem of being unable to obtain construction what we know for sure from the latest housing statistics. loans. Even so, broadly speaking the inventory overhang will be Home sales continued to recover in March. Existing-home with us and hold annual home price growth in the low single- sales – which reflect closings (not contract signings) – rose 6.8 percent from the previous month. At the same time, pending home sales rose 5.3 percent. Distressed sales, those that are short sales or foreclosed sales, accounted for roughly one- That home buyer tax credit did third of all transactions and will likely continue to represent a exactly what it was intended sizable portion for the rest of the year. Why? Because mortgage to do – spurred home sales. By delinquencies are still very high. Meanwhile, new home sales, autumn of 2010, it will be up which unlike existing-home sales actually reflect contracts and not closings, rose 27 percent. Remember though that we are to job creation and consumer already in May and the home buyer tax credit has expired (as of confidence to do the trick in April 30); data collection for April is still taking place and so the supporting the housing market. figures are likely to be even higher. A nice uptick in mortgage purchase applications in April points in that direction. That home buyer tax credit did exactly what it was intended to do – spurred home sales, especially among first-time buyers. digits for at least five years. Some local markets (there’s that “all In fact, first-time buyers accounted for 44 percent of home sales real estate is local” mantra again), however, will easily surpass in March, up slightly from 40 percent in January and 42 percent national growth rates, and could see double-digit price growth in February. Despite all the anecdotal chatter about their heavy this and next year. One region poised for better price gains is presence in the housing market, investors made up only 19 the low local inventory markets in Southern California. percent of all buyers (according to our REALTOR® survey of Now that the housing market is truly on its own, what can recent clients). That 19 percent share is about the historical we expect? In the immediate months following the tax credit norm. What is out of the norm is the proportion of all-cash expiration date, home sales will slide measurably lower. By purchases. As has been the case for several recent months, autumn of 2010, it will be up to job creation and consumer one-fourth of all buyers in March made their home purchase confidence to do the trick in supporting the housing market. sans financing (i.e., without taking out a mortgage). In normal Another potentially big demand source is that from improving times, all-cash purchases would make up about 10 percent of funding for jumbo and second-home mortgages. These segments transactions. of the housing market were essentially shut down last year Home prices are recovering as well. The median transacted because these mortgages did not have government backing and existing-home price squeaked out a 0.4 percent gain in March the banks were scrambling to boost their capital to be well compared to one year ago. New home prices advanced 4.3 beyond the ‘stress-test’ levels. As a result we saw much bigger percent. Other price measurements from Case-Shiller and Core swings in the second-home market. Second home sales in 2009, Logic, both of which have a longer data lag time, also showed for example, were down 55 percent from their peak level in 2005. a modest price increase in February. Only the Federal Housing Primary home sales, meanwhile, declined by “only” 23 percent Finance Board’s price data, which is based only on Fannie Mae over the same period. The good news is that in the recent past and Freddie Mac backed loans, posted a price decline from 12 months steadily improving signs of increased lending for jumbo months ago. and second-home mortgages have been appearing. That is not Surprisingly, housing inventory – despite higher sales activity surprising given the huge profits and much improved capital – has been rising. That is because fresh listings have been situation in the banking sector. Banks are steadily moving towards rising faster than the existing inventory has been absorbed. A more normal lending activity even to the sectors that do not have combination of foreclosures, short sales, and homeowners who government backing. Therefore, there could be a nice swing back have not wanted to sell during the depths of the downturn last of high-end jumbo home sales and vacation home sales this year. year are evidently contributing to the supply. There were 3.6 (For more about vacation home sales activity, see the Using NAR million existing homes for sale at the end of March. In addition, Research column in this issue of Real Estate INSIGHTS.) there are still too many vacant homes; the best estimate is But a new menace could derail this optimistic scenario: at about 700,000 above normal levels. But the new home Greece! That country, in short, is bankrupt. It is unable to raise 4 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 5. The Good News – Tempered by Greece – and Oil (continued) revenue to pay for government spending, including pension benefits for many who have retired at the age of 55. The Greek government has been borrowing heavily to plug the budget gap, The fall-out from the Greek but investors are asking if they will ever get their loaned funds budget crisis as well as the back from the Greek treasury. Germany, in particular, is irate uncertainty of the impact of that its citizens, who typically retire at a much older age than do the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Greeks, are being asked to provide pension money for Greek citizens. In the meantime, Greece is ready to ratchet up the could negatively impact our argument by blaming the crisis on foreigners and greedy lenders. forecast for moderate but So, how do such events in a far-off land impact the U.S. consistent GDP growth. housing market? If Greece defaults then German and many other banks will see their capital evaporate. That in turn will make it difficult to lend to other countries like Portugal and Spain to finance their budget deficits. If Portugal or Spain also defaults via contagion, then another major credit crisis is on hand. (Ireland would have been included in the list of potentially troubling countries with unsustainable government debt, but the Irish decided to drastically cut salaries, furloughed many government employees and convinced its investors it will repay the loans.) Global financial linkages assure that U.S. banks will also take some hit in their capital buffer. Jumbo and second- home mortgages – good bye! At the moment, the potential for the spread of this contagion all the way to the U.S. is a small probability, though it will be highly significant if it were to occur. Finally, there is the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As of the writing of this article (early May), it is still too soon to accurately assess all the wreck that will eventually materialize. It may be years before some of the affected local economies get fully back on their feet. For the broader U.S. economy, the oil spill will mean two things. First, the price of oil will rise measurably – or more imported oil will have to be brought to the U.S. In both scenarios, economic growth will be held back. If oil prices were to rise to $100 per barrel and stay there, then GDP growth will likely be reduced by one percentage point (GDP growth of 1.9 percent rather than the current forecast of 2.9 percent). If more oil is imported then the net export equation deteriorates. Slower economic growth will mean slower job expansion and a higher U.S. budget deficit. Neither of those results are positive for our economy, or real estate. It’s a waiting game. 5 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 6. Home Sales Mortgage Rates More sustainable sales activity ahead Rising, but still below 6 percent 10 8 New Home Sales History Forecast New Home Sales History Forecast Existing Home Sales 8 Existing Home Sales 6 Millions of Units Quarter 6 percent 4 4 2 2 1-Year Adjustable Mortgage Rate 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates 0 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 34 1 2 3 4 1 2 0 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 34 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Sources: NAR, Bureau of the Census, NAR Forecast Sources: Freddie Mac, NAR Forecast 20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Housing Starts Economic Growth “Shovels in ground” -- construction levels improving by end of year Slow to moderate growth 2500 8 Multi-Family Housing Starts History Multi-Family Housing Starts (thousand units)Forecast History Forecast Single Family Housing Starts 6 2000 Single Family Housing Starts (thousand units) % GDP Growth (SAAR) 4 Quarter 2 Thousands 1500 0 1000 -2 -4 500 -6 0 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 -8 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Sources: Bureau of the Census, NAR Forecast Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, NAR Forecast 20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Inflation 10-Year Government Bond Yield Continued tame for the foreseeable future Rising in the wake of ongoing economic recovery 6 6 History Forecast Annual % change in Consumer Price Index History Forecast GDP 5 Quarter 4 5 3 percent 2 4 1 0 3 -1 -2 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 2 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, NAR Forecast Sources: Federal Reserve Board, NAR Forecast 20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 6 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 7. U.S. Economic Outlook May 2010 2009 2010 2011 2008 2009 2010 2011 I II III IV I II III IV I II U.S. Economy Annual Growth Rate Real GDP -6.4 -0.7 2.2 5.6 3.2 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.3 3.1 0.4 -2.4 3.1 2.8 Nonfarm Payroll Employment -6.4 -5.0 -3.1 -1.3 0.0 0.8 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.8 -0.6 -4.3 -0.6 0.8 Consumer Prices -2.2 1.9 3.7 2.6 1.5 3.2 -0.3 0.4 3.8 2.1 3.8 -0.3 2.0 1.8 Real Disposable Income 0.2 6.2 -3.6 1.0 0.0 0.1 2.0 3.2 3.3 3.9 0.5 0.9 0.6 2.9 Consumer Confidence 30 48 52 51 52 56 57 61 64 70 58 45 57 69 Percent Unemployment 8.2 9.3 9.7 10.0 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.6 5.8 9.3 9.7 9.6 Interest Rates, Percent Fed Funds Rate 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.5 1.9 0.2 0.3 1.9 3-Month T-Bill Rate 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.5 1.4 0.2 0.4 1.8 Prime Rate 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.5 5.1 3.3 3.3 4.9 Corporate Aaa Bond Yield 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.8 10-Year Government Bond 2.7 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.4 3.7 3.3 3.9 4.5 30-Year Government Bond 3.5 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.0 4.3 4.1 4.6 5.0 Mortgage Rates, percent 30-Year Fixed Rate 5.1 5.0 5.2 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.1 5.3 6.0 1-Year Adjustable 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.2 4.7 4.3 4.9 Housing Indicators Thousands Existing Home Sales* 4,610 4,780 5,280 5,970 5,137 5679 5174 5474 5502 5491 4,913 5156 5379 5,656 New Single-Family Sales 338 372 406 370 358 409 377 450 536 580 485 374 400 568 Housing Starts 528 540 587 559 617 633 638 746 882 947 904 553 659 980 Single-Family Units 358 425 498 481 525 525 524 608 701 748 622 441 545 783 Multifamily Units 169 115 88 77 92 108 115 139 181 199 282 113 114 198 Residential Construction** 368 344 360 363 353 368 372 385 411 438 451 359 369 449 Percent Change – Year Ago Existing-Home Sales -6.8 -2.8 5.7 26.7 11.4 18.8 -2.0 -8.3 7.1 -3.3 -13.1 4.9 4.3 5.1 New Single-Family Sales -40.1 -27.1 -11.7 -5.4 5.9 10.0 -7.2 21.5 49.8 41.8 -37.5 -22.8 6.9 42.0 Housing Starts -50.2 -46.9 -32.4 -15.1 16.9 17.2 8.8 33.6 42.9 49.7 -33.3 -38.8 19.0 48.9 Single-Family Units -51.2 -36.6 -16.6 4.3 46.4 23.4 5.1 26.2 33.6 42.6 -40.5 -29.1 23.7 43.6 Multifamily Units -47.8 -66.8 -67.3 -60.7 -45.5 -5.8 29.9 79.7 95.9 83.9 -8.7 -60.1 0.9 74.4 Residential Construction -23.9 -25.6 -18.9 -12.5 -4.2 6.8 3.3 5.9 16.6 19.2 -0.6 -20.5 2.9 21.6 Median Home Prices Thousands of Dollars Existing Home Prices 167.6 174.4 178.1 170.8 166.7 177.0 184.0 176.8 172.7 183.4 198.1 172.5 176.9 183.4 New Home Prices 207.8 218.7 212.6 218.8 217.1 225.7 220.7 227.8 226.7 236.3 232.1 215.9 223.1 233.5 Percent Change – Year Ago Existing Home Prices -15.6 -16.2 -11.6 -5.5 -0.5 1.5 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6 -9.5 -12.9 2.5 3.7 New Home Prices -11.8 -7.6 -6.7 -1.2 4.5 3.2 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.7 -6.4 -7.0 3.3 4.7 Housing Affordability Index 181 174 161 171 175 157 143 144 145 133 139 172 154 133 Quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates. * Existing home sales of single-family homes and condo/co-ops; ** billion dollars 7 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 8. IN FOCUS Home Prices Rise in More Metro Areas, First Quarter Resales Up From a Year Ago by Wannasiri Chompoopet, Manager, Existing-home Sales The latest figures on metropolitan area Top 10 States with Greatest Increase in home prices have been released by NAR and they show that a growing number of Existing-Home Sales metropolitan areas are experiencing price percentage change from 2009:I to 2010:Ip gains from a year ago. At the same time, Idaho most states posted healthy gains in home 122.5 sales from the first quarter of 2009. Hawaii 51.5 In the first quarter of 2010, 91 out of Florida 35.0 152 metropolitan statistical areas showed Vermont year-over-year increases in the median 33.3 sales price of existing single-family homes. Oregon 32.7 Twenty-nine of those metros registered Washington 32.0 double-digit increases. In the fourth quarter Maine 28.3 67 areas reported gains. On a national Illinois 27.1 basis, the median existing single-family home price was fairly flat at $166,100, New York 26.8 down 0.7 percent from the first quarter Maryland 26.0 2009. Distressed homes, which typically are discounted by 15 percent relative to tradi- 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 tional homes, accounted for 36 percent of percent P = preliminary first quarter sales. Source: NAR Research State Existing-Home Sales sales were 11.4 percent above their 4.61 Idaho and Hawaii posted the largest Total state existing-home sales, includ- million-unit level in the first quarter of increases in existing-home sales. Resales ing single-family and condos/co-ops, posted 2009.Year over year, resales rose from in rose more than 100 percent in Idaho after a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.14 44 states and the District of Columbia; in having declined in the 4th quarter of last million units in the first quarter.While that fact, 31 states and the District year. Existing-home sales in Hawaii in- figure is down 14.0 percent from the 4th experienced double-digit Frequently Occasionallymore than or not at all Both states creased Rarely 50 percent. quarter 2009 surge of 5.97 million units gains. NAR has been track- had experienced continued rising resales (most likely driven by the initial home ing state by state resales through the first three quarters of last year. buyer tax credit program). first quarter since 1981. Top 10 Metro Areas with Greatest Price Increases in Existing Single-family Homes percentage change from 2009:I to 2010:Ip Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 100.7 Akron, OH 90.2 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 53.8 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 28.9 Grand Rapids, MI 26.0 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 24.4 Dayton, OH 22.8 Memphis,TN-MS-AR 18.5 Gary-Hammond, IN 18.3 Elmira, NY 17.8 P = preliminary 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Source: NAR Research percent 8 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 9. Home Prices Rise in More Metro Areas, First Quarter Resales Up From a Year Ago (continued) Top 10 Metro Areas with Greatest Price Increases for Condos/Co-ops percentage change from 2009:I to 2010:Ip Syracuse NY 24.7 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos CA 21.1 Manchester-Nashua NH 20.8 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA-NH 16.5 Worcester MA 15.1 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA 13.7 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA 13.1 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI 10.2 Indianapolis IN 9.5 Louisvillle KY-IN 9.2 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 percent P = preliminary Source: NAR Research Median Home Prices dates back to 1989 and covers changes in ing a mortgage is the most important fac- Metropolitan area median home 55 metro areas. Because there is a con- tor limiting potential clients from purchas- prices for single-family homes ranged from centration of condos in high-cost metro ing a home. In addition, the REALTORS® $60,800 in Saginaw-Saginaw Township areas, the national median condo price is Confidence Index (posted online on April North area in MI to $621,200 in Hono- generally higherFrequently median single- than the Occasionally 26 2010) reveals that 11 percent of REAL- Rarely or not at all lulu HI. But the Saginaw metro posted the family price. In a given market area, condos TORS® had a contract canceled because largest increase in the median sales price typically cost less than single-family homes. an appraisal came in at less than the price of home on a year over year basis, rising As the reporting sample expands in negotiated between a buyer and seller. An- more than 100 percent from the $30,300 the future, additional areas will be other 16 percent report a contract had to registered in the 1st quarter of last year. included in the condo price report. be renegotiated because of a low appraisal. There were solid single-family price gains NAR leaders and staff will continue their in a variety of metro areas, including three “Figuring out” the figures discussions with about these other issues metros in Ohio (Akron, Dayton and To- Stabilizing home prices are encouraging. with government and industry leaders to ledo) and two areas in Northern California This flattening in home prices is something insure that housing remains at (San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and San we’ve been seeing in all of the home price the forefront of economic policy Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara). measures lately, and quite clearly evident in decisions. NAR began tracking metropolitan this metro area price report.The tax credit area median single-family home prices has been very effective in drawing down in 1979. excess inventory, with about one million Figures on metropolitan area condo/ additional sales resulting directly from the co-op prices show that on a national basis, stimulus.The figures also point to a change the existing-condo price was virtually un- in market psychology.The economy is changed – at $170,700 – in the 1st quarter improving; even recent jobs numbers were of this year, down just 0.1 percent from a encouraging.That is helping to return confi- year ago. But 24 metros posted increases in dence among buyers. the median price of condos/co-ops, com- But there are still challenges.The hous- pared with only 11 which showed increases ing market continues to held back from a in the fourth quarter.The largest increase full-fledged recovery because of mortgage was in Syracuse NY, rising 24.7 percent issues. According to findings published in from the first quarter of 2009. the new 2010 NAR Member Profile, one The metro area condo price series third of NAR members report that obtain- 9 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 10. USING NAR RESEARCH Vacation Homes: Still An Active Market by Jessica Lautz, Research Economist As the residential housing market began Reasons for Purchasing Vacation Home to show improvement in late 2009 and (percent) early 2010, new research shows that sales of vacation homes also improved. NAR’s 2010 Use for vacation or 89 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers as family retreat Survey, covering existing- and new-home Diversify investments/ good 29 investment opportunity transactions in 2009, indicates vacation- Use as primary 26 home sales rose 7.9 percent to 553,000 last residence in future year from 513,000 in 2008. NAR’s analysis Rent to others 25 of U.S. Census Bureau data shows there are Tax benefits 14 7.9 million vacation homes and 41.1 million investment units in the U.S., compared with For family member, 13 75.0 million owner-occupied homes. friend or relative Buyer had extra 6 money to spend Vacation-home Buyers Other 4 Similar to buyers of primary residences, three out of four second-home buyers were 0 20 40 60 80 100 married couple households. Second-home percent Source: The 2010 NAR Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey purchasers tended to be older and have higher household incomes than did the percent of vacation-home purchases, and help consumers make informed decisions typical purchaser of a primary residence.The the Northeast 12 percent.The majority of about the purchase of a vacation home. typical vacation-home buyer in 2009 was 46 vacation homes (seven out of ten) were years old, had a median household income of detached single-family homes.Vacation About the Survey $87,500, and purchased a property that was home purchases were generally located The 2010 NAR Invest- a median distance of 348 miles from their in a rural area, small town or resort.The ment and Vacation Home primary residence; 34 percent were within median transaction price of a vacation Buyers Survey, conducted Frequently Occasionally Rarely or not at all 100 miles and 40 percent were more than home was $169,000 in 2009, compared in March 2009, includes an- 500 miles. Investment-home buyers had a with $150,000 in 2008. All second-home swers from 1,930 usable responses. The median age of 45, earned $87,200, and bought buyers are less likely to finance their vaca- survey controlled for age and income, a home that was relatively close to their tion or investment home purchase than the based on information from the larger primary residence – a median distance of 24 purchase of their primary residence. Similar 2009 NAR Profile of Home Buyers miles. Roughly one in four investment buyers to results in last year’s survey, cash factored and Sellers, to limit any biases in the purchased more than one property in 2009. strongly in the second-home market: three characteristics of respondents. Why did buyers purchase a vacation out of 10 vacation-home buyers in 2009 The 2010 NAR Investment and home? The reasons varied, but the typi- paid cash for their properties. Vacation Home Buyers Survey can cal vacation-home buyer indicated they be ordered by calling 800-874-6500, or were making a lifestyle choice. Nine out What Does It All Mean for online at www.realtor.org/newresearch. of 10 reported that they intended to use REALTORS®? The report is free for NAR members; the property for vacations or as a family The majority of vacation-home buy- the cost is $125 for non-members. retreat. Only one in four vacation-home ers – more than half – purchased their buyers plan to rent their properties to vacation property through a real estate Type of Vacation Property others. However, 26 percent of vacation- professional. In addition, 80 percent of Purchased home buyers intend to use the property vacation-home purchasers said it was a percentage distribution as a primary residence in the future. good time to buy a vacation home. The median price of vacation homes was actu- Detached single-family 71 % Type, Location and Price of ally less than that for a primary residence. Vacation Homes Purchased Condo/apartment in 5+ unit building 11 All those factors can be useful for real In keeping with trends in the past, the estate agents whose clients are consider- Condo/duplex in 2-4 unit building 10 majority of vacation homes purchased ing a vacation home purchase. By sharing were located in the South and the West. Townhouse or row house 5 the data from the 2010 NAR Investment Half of vacation homes purchased last and Vacation Home Buyers Survey with Other 3 year were in the South, and 21 percent in their clients, real estate professionals can the West.The Midwest accounted for 17 Source: The 2010 NAR Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey 10 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 11. MARkET INTELLIGENCE The NAR Member Profile: Business Characteristics of REALTORS® by Jessica Lautz, Research Economist, and Research Communications Staff The National Association of REALTORS® REALTORS® by Type of License conducts an annual survey of its members (percent) about their business characteristics, demo- graphics, income, expenses, and use of 70 technology.The new 2010 NAR 59 Member Profile has just 60 been released. In this, the first 50 of several articles based on this report, we focus on the business percent 40 characteristics of REALTORS®. 30 25 REALTORS® have certainly faced chal- 17 lenges in the past year. Housing contin- 20 ued to struggle against the back drop of 10 the “Great Recession.” The U.S. economy 4 1 continued to bleed jobs. Despite this, 0 membership in the National Association Broker Broker- Sales Appraiser Other Associate Agent of REALTORS® fell by only 0.7 percent from 2008 to 2009. And perhaps because Source: The 2010 NAR Member Profile of those challenges, most REALTORS® diversify their business practices. residential property management. Again, different functions. Managers and brokers REALTOR® member characteristics these results do not differ significant from who are not directly involved in selling were largely unchanged from those re- those in the 2009 Member Profile. reported the most experience. The typical ported in 2009.The typical REALTOR® is broker who sells and appraisers were the an independent contractor affiliated with Experience next most experienced groups. The typical a firm of 29 agents and brokers catering The majority of property buyers and sales agent had seven years of experience. to local markets. Sales agents are more sellers depend on the expertise and evenly divided between independent non- experience of real estate professionals. Professional Designations and franchised and franchised companies, while Indeed, the most recent NAR Profile of Affiliations brokers are more likely to be affiliated with Home Buyers and Sellers indicates that REALTORS® have many ways of distin- independent, non-franchised firms. 77 percent of residential buyers pur- guishing themselves and enhancing their chased their home through a real estate knowledge of the real estate business. Type of License and Business professional; 87 percent of sellers used Through membership in an NAR affiliate, Specialties a real estate agent in their sales transac- The majority of REALTORS® – 59 tion. percent – are licensed as sales agents, Main Function of REALTORS® The experience of REALTORS® and eight in ten specialize in residential in Their Firm continues to expand. The vast majority (percentage distribution) brokerage. These results also differ little of NAR members have been in the real from those in last year’s Member Profile. estate business for at least three years. The share of brokers/broker associ- Broker-owner (with selling) 15 % More than a third have had 16 or more ates specializing primarily in residential years of experience working as a real Broker-owner (without selling) 1 brokerage has ranged between 75 and estate professional. Only 10 percent of 81 percent in every survey since 1999. Associate broker 10 REALTORS® have been in the business Business specialties for sales agents have for two years or less. Manager 4 varied more over time. Between 1999 In the 2009 survey, there was a jump and 2009, the share of agents specializing Sales agent 61 in experience as new membership in residential brokerage ranged from 74 slowed, and this has remained true for Appraiser 3 percent to 88 percent and is now near the 2010 Profile. REALTORS® in 2010 are the upper end of that range. Other 6 more experienced than in 2008; the typi- The most commonly practiced second- cal agent has 10 years of experience as Source: The 2010 NAR Member Profile ary specialties among all members are opposed to 8 years reported in 2008. relocation, commercial brokerage, and Experience levels vary widely across 11 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 12. The NAR Member Profile: Business Characteristics of REALTORS® (continued) cent of REALTORS® indicate that earn- U.S. The 2010 National Association of Primary Business Specialty ings from real estate account for at least REALTORS® Member Profile was based of REALTORS® (percentage distribution) 50 percent of their household income. on a survey of 58,022 members which Despite the recent challenges in the generated 6,830 usable responses, rep- real estate market, the majority of REAL- resenting an adjusted response rate of Residential brokerage 81 % TORS® remain dedicated to the industry 6.7 percent. Income and transaction data Commercial brokerage 4 and plan on continuing their careers in the are for 2009, while other data represent business. Three quarters of REALTORS® member characteristics in early 2010. Residential appraisal 3 are “very certain” they will remain active The study can be ordered by calling 800- Commercial appraisal 1 in the market for at least the next two 874-6500, or online. The profile is free years. Only 8 percent were uncertain for NAR members but costs $125 for Relocation 1 about their future in real estate. nonmembers. Property management 5 For more information Counseling 1 The study’s results are representative Land/Development 2 of the nation’s 1.1 million REALTORS®, who account for 60 percent of the 1.1 Other specialties 2 million active real estate licensees in the Source: The 2010 NAR Member Profile obtaining a professional designation or certification in a specialty, these real es- tate professional bring additional exper- tise to the real estate transaction. Years of Experience in Real Estate A quarter of REALTORS® have an (percentage distribution) affiliate membership. The two most com- mon affiliate memberships were the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC) 10% and the Council of Residential Special- 16 years or more ists (CRS). Among licensees, brokers and broker-associates are more likely to 37% 20% 6 to 15 years have an affiliated membership than sales agents. 3 to 5 years More than a third of REALTORS® hold 2 years or less a professional designation Almost half of 33% brokers and broker-associate licensees hold at least one professional designation. Graduate REALTOR® Institute, Accredited Buyer Representative, and Certified Resi- dential Specialist are the most prevalent Source: The 2010 NAR Member Profile designations. Twenty-four percent of REALTORS® hold at least one of six certifications in specialized training. That is an increase from the 16 percent reported in 2009. The most common certifications are Short Sales and Foreclosures (a new cer- tification offered this year) and e-Pro. Real Estate as a Career For most REALTORS®, real estate is their only occupation. In fact, more than three quarters of NAR members (77 percent) report this. In addition, 88 per- 12 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 13. BEHIND THE NUMBERS Using Housing and Economic Data by Jed Smith, Managing Director, Quantitative Research Disjointed factoids from the evening Total Home Sales – January 2000 – March 2010 news frequently substitute for economic 12-month Rolling Basis information. When making important de- cisions, such as buying a home, consum- 8000 Total Sales ers may not always have all the facts; after 7000 all, economics is not first on everybody’s list. In last month’s Real Estate Insights, 6000 we looked at key economic variables 5000 that can shed light on where the housing thousands market is headed: employment, inter- 4000 est rates, consumer mood, and Gross 3000 Domestic Product (GDP)—data that is readily available at www.realtor.org/ 2000 research. A brief discussion of 1000 the actual data for the state 0 of the economy can provide Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 the facts—in contrast to the opinions available on talk Source: NAR Research shows. In this first of our “Behind the Num- Median Price of a Home bers” feature, the focus is on housing January 2000 - February 2010 data. NAR presents sales and price infor- mation for the national housing markets: 250000 Median n Monthly data tracking sales and 200000 prices for Existing Home Sales (EHS) are available at www.realtor.org/ 150000 research/research/ehsdata. The dollars monthly data fluctuate a bit from month-to-month and show where the 100000 housing market is based on the annu- alization of the current month’s sales. 50000 The monthly data can also be summed over a 12 month period to obtain a 0 “12 month roll,” as discussed below. Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 n Price data at the city level (Metro- Source: NAR Research politan Statistical Areas) and state level sales information are available fluctuate from month to month, but data at the national level can be used in at www.realtor.org/research/re- total sales measured on a 12 month conjunction with local data to discuss search/metroprice. rolling basis show a housing market in comparisons of national and local trends. recovery mode. A “12 month roll” is The “12 month roll” graph above shows n Home affordability data, showing the the summation of total sales over the a recovering market. real cost of a home over time, is avail- previous month; each month there is Home prices are also a matter of con- able at www.realtor.org/research/ a new “12 month roll” as an additional cern to potential home buyers and home research/housinginx. month is added to the calculation and a sellers, as well as their real estate agents., month a year ago is dropped. Looking at investors and policy makers. The current Given the current media focus on these rolls over a time period shows the data on home price trends appear to housing – especially as it relates to the overall trend of the market. This infor- indicate that housing prices are level- economy in general – it is not surpris- mation can be used in conjunction with ing out. This information is consistent ing that the news has been filled with NAR’s monthly annualized figures to get with what we have been hearing from a information on home sales and trends. a feeling for where the market has been, variety of experts around the country. An examination of the national data where the market currently is, and where Housing price data are readily available indicates the market is recovering. Sales the market is trending. Home sales from NAR. While we hear a lot about 13 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 14. Using Housing and Economic Data (continued) home prices on the news, a comparison Percent of Income Spent on Principal and Interest of the national trends and those in local Payments for a Median-Priced Home markets could provide potential home purchasers with useful information. 30 Finally, whether a household can actu- Percent of Inc ally afford to purchase a home is cer- 25 tainly a crucial factor in the home buying decision. NAR’s measure of affordability 20 – the NAR Housing Affordability Index percent (HAI) is based on interest rates and 15 prices. The HAI shows that affordability is at a ten-year historical high in terms 10 of affordability. Again, the comparison of national trends and local experience 5 can provide a benchmark of the current market and serve as the basis for the 0 Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan discussion of the outlook. What may be 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 most helpful to home buyers and their Source: NAR Research REALTORS® is to look at the trends relating to percent of household income spent on principal and interest payments. In conclusion, a few readily available pieces of economic and housing market data – rather than sometimes wild asser- tions found in blogs -- can provide some insight both about the course of the economy as well as housing. A few charts of data can portray housing trends. The information at the national level can be combined with local data for specific markets and should give an improved overview of the housing markets. 14 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 15. LINkS TO STATISTICAL DATA AND NAR RESEARCH RESOURCES Residential Housing Market Data: Monthly Series n Pending Home Sales n Existing Home Sales n Median Sales Prices n Housing Affordability Index Residential Housing Market Data: Quarterly Series n Existing Home Sales by State n Metropolitan Area Median Sales Prices n Housing Affordability Index (quarterly and first-time homebuyer) Commercial Market Data and Reports n Commercial Real Estate Forecast (quarterly) n Commercial Real Estate Outlook (quarterly) n Commercial Real Estate Leading Indicator (quarterly) n 2009 NAR Commercial Member Profile n Commercial Real Estate Market Survey Web Exclusives n Daily commentary n Multimedia n Webinars and Podcasts n Facebook 15 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
  • 16. RESOURCES FROM NAR RESEARCH The 2010 NAR Member Profile NAR surveys its members every year about their business The 2010 National Association of REALTORS® Member activities, use of technology, relationship to their firms, as well Profile can be a useful tool as you plan your business, marketing as basic demographic characteristics such as age, income, and and recruitment strategies. homeownership status. Data collected through these surveys are analyzed and published in the Association’s annual Member A full PDF version of the report is available to NAR members Profile report. The new 2010 edition of this popular profile is at no cost.Visit www.realtor.org/research. For more now available. Chapters include: information contact Thomas J.Doyle, Marketing and Communications Manager, Research at 202-383-7535 or email n Business Characteristics of REALTORS® tdoyle@realtors.org. n Business Activity of REALTORS® n Income and Expenses of REALTORS® n Office and Firm Affiliations of REALTORS® n Demographic Characteristics of REALTORS® This unique publication presents this information in a user-friendly, easy-to read format, designed to allow easy comparisons with previous member profile surveys. Whether you’re a broker or sales agent, firm owner or manager, residential or commercial specialist, this report lets you see how you compare to your colleagues and others in the real estate industry. 16 Real Estate Insights / May 2010 / ©2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®