Percentage of homes bought by real estate investors in the fourth quarter of 2021 that were single-family homes, according to a survey by Redfin: 75
Percentage that were condos: 15.4
Percentage that were townhouses: 6
Source: Redfin.
Percentage of Americans who say there is a right and wrong way to drink wine, according to a OnePoll survey for Woodridge: 67
Percentage who say they find the rules of wine drinking intimidating: 75
Percentage who always follow the rules: 17
Source: OnePoll.
Of those Americans expecting a tax refund this year, percentage who fear that their refund will be smaller than usual, according to Bankrate.com: 29
Percentage who are afraid their refund won't make as big of an impact due to inflation/rising costs: 29
Source: Bankrate.com.
Annual price that Americans think it costs to live in a nursing home, according to a survey by Nationwide: $43,096.
Actual average price for a private room in a nursing home for one year: $105,850
Source: Nationwide.
Among Americans who plan to vacation this summer, percentage who will take two weeks or more, up from 41% last summer, according to a research report from the Out of Home Advertising Association of America, conducted in partnership with The Harris Poll: 48
Rank of "driving in personal vehicles" on the list of transportation choices for getting to summer vacation destinations: 1
Source: The Harris Poll.
Percentage of Gen Zers (ages 18 to 25) and millennials (ages 26 to 41) who strongly or somewhat agree that there are financial topics they want advice on but aren't sure how to get, according to a survey by intelliflo conducted by The Harris Poll: 71 and 72, respectively
Percentage of Americans who turn to registered financial advisers for financial advice: 32
Percentage who turn to family: 52
Source: intelliflo.
Among 1,000 actively enrolled high school students surveyed, percentage who reported feeling pressured to make decisions about their future too soon, according to a survey by BestColleges.com: 52
Percentage of students who believe affording further education or training will have the biggest impact on their immediate post-graduation plans: 32
Percentage of students who report they are optimistic about their future after high school: 53
Source: BestColleges.com.
Percentage of parents of children under 13 who say they monitor their children's activities on apps daily, according to Pixalate: 48
Percentage who say they never check to see if those apps track their children's precise GPS location: 21
Despite those numbers, percentage of parents who say they worry about their children's privacy when using those apps, with 73% saying they're concerned about their children's location being tracked: 80
Source: Pixalate.
Percentage of Americans who have a yard who say the family yard space is one of the most important parts of their home, according to a poll commissioned by the TurfMutt Foundation: 76
Percentage of those who have a yard who are spending more time in their yards now than before the pandemic: 24
Percentage who plan to invest in their yard in 2022: 84
Source: TurfMutt Foundation.
Percentage of consumers who now shop for groceries online at least some of the time, versus 40% of consumers surveyed between Dec. 30, 2020, and Jan. 4, 2021, according to research by Acosta: 68
Percentage who are feeling the impact in higher grocery prices, especially for meat and dairy items: 94
Source: Acosta.
Idle Thought
"A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience." -- Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (c. 1547-1616)