1. There are roughly 133,026,000 housing units in the United States. The combined value of these homes is around $25.7 trillion.

2. Housing units in the USA are worth more than the combined GDP of the entire European Union

($18.1 trillion).

3. Mortgage rates remain low: mortgage payments currently consume 15.6% of monthly family income on average, down from

23.5% in 2006.

5. The real estate industry employs over 2 million people, including more than 430,000 agents and brokers. That’s about 1.4% of the working civilian population

of the U.S.

7. 4 out of 5 residential real estate brokerage firms have

a single office.

9. 21% of all homes in foreclosure are vacant.

11. 92% of people now use the Internet in their home search.

12. On weekends, 59% of page views on real estate websites come from

smartphones and tablets.

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10. In 2013, nearly 37% of the country’s negative equity came from just five states–Nevada, Florida, Arizona, Ohio

and Illinois.

8. 2014 began with around 1.86 million available homes.

6. 84% of real estate firms are independent, non-franchised companies, 13% are independent

franchises and 3% are corporate subsidiaries.

4. There were 5.09 million home sales in 2013, up 9.1% from 2012.