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The index leverages a weighted average of four key components of the housing industry, tracking each of the following:","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F23164530\u002F20200625-KCM-Share.jpg","Earlier this month, \u003Cem>realtor.com\u003C\u002Fem> announced the release of their initial \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnews.move.com\u002F2020-06-11-Realtor-com-R-Launches-Weekly-Housing-Recovery-Index\">Housing Recovery Index\u003C\u002Fa>, a weekly guide showing how the pandemic has impacted the residential real estate market. The index leverages a weighted average of four key components of the housing industry, tracking each of the following:\u003C!--more-->\r\n\u003Col>\r\n \t\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Housing Demand \u003C\u002Fstrong>– Growth in online search activity\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Home Price\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Growth in asking prices\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Housing Supply\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Growth of new listings\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Pace of Sales\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Difference in time-on-market\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\u003C\u002Fol>\r\nThe index then compares the current status\u003Cem> “to the last week of January 2020 market trend, as a baseline for pre-COVID market growth. The overall index is set to 100 in this baseline period. The higher a market's index value, the higher its recovery and vice versa.”\u003C\u002Fem>\r\n\r\nThe graph below charts the index by showing how the real estate market started out strong in early 2020, and then dropped dramatically at the beginning of March when the pandemic paused the economy. It also shows the strength of the recovery since the beginning of May.\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F20200625-MEM-ENG.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42569\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F20200625-MEM-ENG.jpg\" alt=\"New Index Reveals Impact of COVID-19 on Real Estate | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>It’s clear to see that the housing market is showing promising signs of recovery from the deep economic cuts we experienced earlier this spring. 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