Reports

As marijuana intersects with real estate, the demand for both residential and commercial properties is a growing market. NAR surveyed its membership regarding their interaction with marijuana and the real estate sector in states where marijuana is legal.

This report gives the results of a survey of REALTORS® on the effectiveness of home staging.

The impetus of this survey was to discover how and why members of the National Association of REALTORS® chose real estate as a career. The report also examines how each gender, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation is doing once active in real estate. It includes data on both residential and commercial specialists.

Despite the continued economic recovery and the accelerated vaccine distribution,  commercial real estate acquisitions fell 59% in February as the lingering impact of the pandemic kept investors at the sidelines.

Home showings on homes with Sentrilock lockboxes decreased in February compared to one year ago.

After sales surged in December due in part from the rush to close deals by the end of the year, commercial acquisitions collapsed anew in January 2021, with sales volume down 58% from one year ago.

Home showings on homes with Sentrilock lockboxes increased in January compared to one year ago.

The commercial real estate market is recovering, but the recovery is facing a difficult challenge amid social distancing and business opening regulations to control the spread of COVID-19.

The commercial real estate market continues to recover, but sales, leasing, and construction activity remain below year-ago levels.

NAR gathered information on the transactions of respondents with international clients during the reference period of July 2019 through June 2020. The survey defined an international client as one who is not a citizen of the country of the respondent. Respondents were asked about the characteristics of five closed transactions.