Fun Fact Friday 🍿 1/12/2024

Hey Friends,
I’ve got 6 fun facts and my weekly quote to share with you today.

Blessings,
Andrew

Fun Fact 1:
The consumer price index is cumulatively up 19% since the start of 2020. (Under normal conditions where the Fed meets their inflation target of 2% per year, it would instead be up by approximately 8% since then.) According to Lyn, “this permanently higher plateau in prices is why, although prices are cooling down in rate of change terms, inflation still feels high for a lot of people”.

 

Source: Lyn Alden

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Fun Fact 2:
Global climate-related death risk has dropped by over 99% since 1920.

Source: Bjørn Lomborg

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Fun Fact 3:
Last year, 472 agents left the top 20 brokerages in Colorado Springs. A total of 470 were added.

Source: Broker Metrics

Commentary: There are a total of 1,749 agents in these 20 brokerages alone, not to mention the other thousands in our community.  The job of a Realtor is competitive. I say bring it on.  (I’m proud of the next fun facts.)

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Fun Fact 4:
Last year, The Platinum Group, Realtors averaged 14.7 transactions per agent, almost doubling the next best.

Source: Lone Wolf Data, MLS Data

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Fun Fact 5:
Last year, The Platinum Group, Realtors averaged $8,503,751 per agent, again, almost doubling the next best.

Source: Lone Wolf Data, MLS Data

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Fun Fact 6:
Last year, the Pikes Peak region saw 11,742 total sales, down 3,517 from 2022 and down 6,417 from 2021.

Source: Pikes Peak MLS Data

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Quote I’m pondering:

“People do not decide their futures. They decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.” -F.M. Alexander

 

 

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