Kara Clark at Compass Boston

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🇺🇸Happy Independence Day!

“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Today, Compass has officially found our home on the Fortune 500! In less than 10 years, we have become the #1 residential real estate brokerage in America and one of the youngest companies to ever make the Fortune 500.

Happy Monday - today is the first day of 8 p.m. sunsets in Boston! 🌆 https://cbsloc.al/3PjvpeI

Modern architecture in the

A lab tower, sliced in two? It’s on its way to the Seaport.

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” —Thomas Jefferson

🎆🥂Happy New Year friends!

Make way for winter, Boston!

Happy Friday!! Did you know…..

* Total U.S. household net worth rose $2.4 trillion to $144.7 trillion in the third quarter (That's up almost 24% in ONE YEAR!). Inflation is expected to have surged to over 6.5% as the economy roars back to life with unprecedented speed. Household debt rose at a 6.2% annual rate in the 3rd quarter, down from a 7.8% rate in the prior quarter. Consumer credit rose at a 5.3% rate in the 3rd quarter, while mortgage debt grew at a 7.8% rate. Federal government debt fell at a 1.3% rate in the 3rd quarter after jumping 9.6% in the prior quarter. Government debt soared 62.5% in the 2nd quarter of 2020. (Marketwatch)

* Weekly jobless claims totaled 184,000 for the week ended Dec. 4, the lowest going back to Sept. 6, 1969 and down 76% from January this year. Continuing claims, which run a week behind the headline number, increased 38,000 to just shy of 2 million. (CNBC)

* FEMA says 90% of the 1.7 million single family homeowners that voluntarily buy federal flood insurance in lower risk areas will see their rates go up. Between 2017 and 2019, nearly 40% of the flood claims FEMA received were for properties that fell outside zones where insurance is required.

🏠The average 30-year fixed rate dropped just 1 basis point for the week, but saw a wide swing from the beginning of the week to the end of it. Refinance demand surged 9% last week from the previous week. Homebuyer demand for mortgages fell 5% after 4 straight weeks of gains.