| DID YOU KNOW? According to a 2018 report from the Pew Research Center, 19% of American adults live in “upper-income households.” The median income of that group was $187,872 in 2016. The share of U.S. adults considered upper-class varies depending on where you live, Pew noted: In affluent metropolitan areas, it’s much higher than 19%. The metropolitan areas with the largest shares of adults in upper-income households are mostly in the coastal areas of the Northeast and California and tend to be in high-tech corridors, such as Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, or in financial and commercial centers, such as Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. The metro with the highest share was San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, where 32% of adults were considered upper-income. (CNBC) "Narratives that can periodically surge into epidemics are capable of changing the economy’s direction or of turning small booms and recessions into big ones. The probability that a recession will come soon — or be severe when it does — depends in part on the state of ever-changing popular narratives about the economy. These are stories that provide a framework for piecing together the seemingly random bits of information that one picks up from friends, the news or social media." - Robert Schiller, NYT DID YOU KNOW? Here are some interesting stats from the NAPLES, Florida area via NABOR (Naples Area Board of Realtors) (Thanks to Yasmin Saad). * Collier County Florida 2017 Population: 372,880 * # of licensed brokers/agents who are members: Brokers: 689, Agents: 6,375 * 96% of users logged in at least once to the SunshineMLS in the last 12 months. * # of homes sold in the last 12 months (buyer or seller side): 6,574 Single Family homes closed had a Naples agent on the Listing Side 914 Land sales closed that had a Naples agent on the Listing Side * The total number of sales in the last 12 months: 14,130 closed. | 
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