Lawrence Yun

U.S. Home Sales Hit Record High, But Texas Real Estate Market to Cool in Coming Year

By Joanna England / January 25, 2021 /

The National Association of Realtors released a report showing strong growth for existing home sales in December despite economic worries and a pandemic. Total existing-home sales increased 0.7 percent from November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.76 million in December, the report stated. Sales in total rose year-over-year, up 22.2 percent from 5.53…

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Dallas Poised to Attract Baby Boomer Homebuyers with Affordable Housing, Business Climate

By Leah Shafer / December 18, 2014 /

Dallas is one of 15 top markets poised to attract baby boomer homebuyers because of an affordable cost of living, sunny weather, and friendly business climate, according to new research by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). NAR looked at 100 metro areas with lower state taxes (or none at all, as is the case…

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Lawrence Yun: The Texas Economy is Doing Better Than the Nation’s Economy

By Candy Evans / October 27, 2014 /

Lawrence Yun is the  Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research at the National Association of Realtors, and he is a honey. He was in Dallas Friday for Realtor University, which offers a master’s level degree to qualified Real Estate agents, kind of like an industry PhD program. Realtor University is committed to giving…

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