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  • Foot traffic can give a strong indication of future home sales.  SentriLock, LLC. provides NAR Research with monthly data on the number of showings.
  • Foot traffic in July was stronger than a year earlier in the area covered by the Upstate Alliance of REALTORS® (Fort Wayne, IN), but well below the tax-induced levels from early 2010.
  • Interest in housing is steady, but job growth would greatly benefit the local market.
  • For more information on this data and its use, see the economist’s commentary, “Foot Traffic - Getting a Step Ahead.”