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REAL ESTATE NEWS
July 2022
Since the pandemic began, a “Great Resignation” has taken root as people left their jobs. Many of them apparently have shifted careers to real estate. From January 2021 to January 2022, the top trending career search entry was “how to become a real estate agent,” according to Google searches. More people have entered a career in real estate between 2020 and 2021, recording a 60% increase compared to the two years prior, The New York Times reports. With the real estate market booming across the country, job hunters may be drawn to the profession and the opportunity to build their own businesses. “I think many people have gone through the journey over the past number of years now of exploring, I’ll call it self-employment, and perhaps the kind of role that is both flexible and knows no boundaries,” Ryan Gorman, CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate, told Fortune. “And there is no more boundary less role than a real estate agent. So, we literally have real estate agents — with the same license that anyone can obtain over the new few months — who enjoy an income of seven and even eight figures, because they’ve realized that they can get out of it what they put into it. There is no telling you what the limit is to your potential.” While the sky may be the limit for a real estate professional’s salary, most agents don’t make six figures, however. The median annual earnings for a real estate sales agent were $48,340 in May 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. People are being drawn to a career in real estate for better work/life balance, increased income potential, and gratitude for having a job, according to a new Coldwell Banker Real Estate survey of 1,405 licensed real estate agents and brokers. The National Association of Realtors®’ latest total membership count, reflecting April data, was at nearly 1.55 million members. Source: Fortune.com
Owning a home is seen as a sign of success and financial stability, while Asian people in the U.S. tend to have higher educational attainment and household income than any other racial and ethnical groups; their homeownership rate at nearly 60% remains lower than the national rate of 65.5%, and the white community rate of 74.4%, according to a new report for Realtor.com. A recent study by CAPACD shows that language barriers in the buying process and the prevalence of multigenerational living, which often coincides with higher housing cost burdens, are among the challenges faced by Asian American household nationwide. The outbreak of the pandemic also changed the trajectories of the Asian American homebuyers. During the first half-year, the buying pace of Asian American homebuyers slowed significantly, ultimately lagging behind their non-Asian counterparts over this period. The average Asian American HSI dropped to 109.5, 8.1% lower than their pre-pandemic levels and 9.5% lower than their non-Asian peers. Although Asian American homebuyers experienced significant challenges, they are the group that had the largest homeownership rate increase in recent years. For example, between Q4 of 2020 and Q4 of 2021, the homeownership rate of Asian American household increased from 59.5% to 61.2% –Up 1.7 percentage points, while all other racial groups saw homeownership rate declines over the same period. Source: DS News
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