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Economic Pulse: Week of 3/20/26

The housing market

Last year, 6,560 homes were sold in the Lehigh Valley, slightly up from 2023 and 24, but much lower than around 8,000 annual sales from 2016 to 2022. In the first two months of this year, sales volume was lower than the same time last year.

Click here for the latest Lehigh Valley Economic Review.

Listen to Economic Pulse Fridays at 5:44 PM during All Things Considered; Mondays at 7:30 AM during Morning Edition.

(Original air-date: 3/20/26)

Dr. Kamran Afshar is the host of the weekly WDIY feature Economic Pulse, and he currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Lehigh Valley Community Broadcasters Association as a Vice President.
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