Ultimate Seller’s Market: Pandemic Pushes Housing Market to New Records

2021 has been the ultimate seller’s market with a number of housing records set this past year. The pandemic sent remote workers into a rush looking for bigger places and mortgage rates were at an all-time low. Median home sales reached a high and the speed at which homes sold also set a record. Daryl Fairweather, Chief Economist at Redfin, joins us for all the housing records set this year.

Next, we are in the era of the celebrity meal and it could be an ongoing trend. We’ve seen partnerships with celebrities and influencers with fast-food restaurants and it has been a big benefit for both parties. Restaurants get plenty of promotion on social media and collect tons of customer data. The celebrities, get undisclosed amounts of money. Anna Kambhampaty, styles reporter at the NY Times, joins us for more.

Finally, some employers have been tracking remote workers with things like keyboard or mouse-tracking software and it is making them feel like they can’t step away from their desk, even for a restroom break. Enter ‘mouse movers,’ small devices that jiggles your mouse to make it look like your active. Samantha Cole, senior staff writer at Vice, joins us for how sales are taking off.

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