yeah, great to see you. sales continue the rise. one of the main reasons is job creation. so the housing numbers just came out. the existing home sales are a, you lly up .8% for a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.34 million units. part of that growth is attributed to investors entering the market. it s become very difficult for first time home buyers to compete because they re paying cash. the reason they re entering the market is because rental prices are sky rocketing. so there s plenty of evidence as well that first time home buyers are actually pushing less. the numbers just came out in 29% of the first time home buyers this year and the year prior to that, it was 32% first time home buyers. historically that number is about 40%. we re seeing the real estate market around the country