The Housing Market: Trends and Outlook

In the wake of the pandemic, the housing market surged to unprecedented levels, with annual home sales exceeding 6 million units nationwide and 11,000 locally. The last comparable boom occurred in 2005-2006, just before the Great Recession. This time, just like before, sales volume followed its spike with a crash to around 4 million nationally and 6,000 locally. And housing prices, like last time, continue to rise despite the sharp drop in sales volume. The similarities end there, unlike 2008, when the market collapse led to a deep recession, the economy remained strong through the end of 2024. Demand for housing, measured by total sales volume and price, peaked in the Valley in September 2021 despite the significant slowdown in the sales volume due to rapid rise in prices. Sales volume continued to drop through 2023, prices however, continued their rise albeit at a more moderate pace than before.

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Kamran Afshar Associates, Inc. (KAA) is a consulting firm specializing in market research, customer satisfaction surveys, and economic analysis. KAA has been providing clients with professional analytical services since 1988, Indeed we pride ourselves on supplying our clients with detailed information and insightful analysis they need to guide strategic planning and key corporate decision-making. All KAA research projects are designed and conducted within a rigorous scientific framework and an overriding requirement to have direct business application. This provides the client with results that are reliable, and can be put into action with full confidence. Read More →

Why KAA?

KAA has been providing professional analytical services to corporations and organizations since 1988
KAA specializes in market research, customer satisfaction surveys, economic analysis and designing predictive models with the use of AI
KAA provides insightful analysis that guides our clients’ strategic planning and decision making. Our applied insight turns potential and existing customers into raving fans
The key differentiator of KAA’s operation from its competitors is a rigorous scientific framework that our Ph.D.’s employ on all research projects
KAA caters to the following client sets: Financial Institutions / Services, Retailers / E-tailers, Restaurants, Manufacturers and Large Distributors, Real Estate Developers, Hospitals, Municipalities, and the Transportation Industry.

Solutions

KAA research initiatives are designed and conducted by PhD’s in accordance with technical and analytical requirements. We provide results with scientific accuracy and statistical significance.

Competitive analysis / Customer Satisfaction Surveys
Market Development
Product Development
Advertising Effectiveness (Brand, Image, and Awareness)
Custom Specialized Services

Research Vehicles

Multi-Media
Smart Devices
Internet / Websites / Email
Mail
Telephone

Clients

KAA services a variety of multi-national, national and regional corporations. Including but not limited to:

All State Legal
Allegiance Bank
Allentown Osteopathic M.C.
Alpha Shirt Company
Bell and Howell
Borough of Fountain Hill
Cellular One
Chadwick Telephone
City of Allentown
CompTel
County of Lehigh
County of Northampton East Penn Bank
First Fidelity
Gertrude Hawk Chocolate
KNBT
Lafayette Ambassador Bank
LANTA
Lehigh Cement
Lehigh University
Lehigh Valley Bank
Lucent Technologies
LVI Airport
Mack Trucks, Inc. Mantas, Inc.
Mauch Chunk Trust Co.
Musikfest
National Penn Bank
Nazareth National Bank
Paragon Technologies
St. Luke’s Hospital
The Morning Call
Trans-Bridge
UGI
WFMZ-TV69
WLVT-TV39

Contact

Kamran Afshar, Ph.D.
Director
Kamran Afshar Data Analytics Center (KADAC)
at KAA, Inc.
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