If you have ever wondered before this moment, why the U.S. government is trying so desperately to kick start the housing market, read no further than the headline above,
Real estate generates more than $1B in salaries in 17 U.S. markets
If we break that number down further, the results are still staggering and highlight why the real estate market is so vital to the health of the United States.
There are 333,600 real estate firms in the nation’s 843 markets, employing 1.97 million workers.
There are a lot of families counting on a recovery, and they include the people who are still employed by the real estate industry, and own a home.