With debt higher than ever, and savings to below pre-pandemic levels.

Plus, the South is the only region that maintained population growth during the pandemic.

Pretty much anyone and their mother fled to Mexico to escape strict measures during the pandemic and the overall majority of them came back unscathed, loving their experience and are returning regularly.

I recently took a realtor CE course and learned due to all the free money the government passed out during the pandemic only 15% of the population have scores under 600.

Im much more comfortable with 15 year mortgages closer to 5% or under (not going to dream about the 2-3% rates  pre pandemic).

For example, during the pandemic some materials costs spiked wildly, as a result of supply chain issues and shortages, but have since come back to reality.

They really showed where their loyalty lies -- with guests.But I'm also hesitant to draw broad conclusions from mistakes made in the early days of a once-in-a-century global pandemic. 

Richmond's residential market has only gotten much, much hotter than it was through the pandemic.

Even during the crazy pandemic year that saw other markets go up 15%, DC was steady at just above its average at 7% 

There was a boom towards the later part and after the pandemic as far as number of listings, average daily rate, and occupancy rate.