“I was late to my cannibal family’s Thanksgiving dinner. I got the cold shoulder.” LOs are experts on family life and demographics. The share of both same-sex and opposite-sex households with children under 18 (married and unmarried) declined from 2019 to 2023 , a reflection of drops in U.S. fertility rates. Among female couple households, 25 percent of married and 16 percent of unmarried couples had children in the household in 2023. Among male couples, 9 percent of married and 3 percent of unmarried couples had children in the household. About 21 percent of female couple households included a child in 2023, compared to just 6 percent of male couple households. A house hunter recently told me, “I’m not going to AI buy my house.” NAR is good at producing reports on how people actually do buy and sell houses , and it is worth a gander. (Today’s podcast can be found here and this week’s are sponsored by Truework . By connecting every verification method into one platform, Truework helps lenders eliminate process disruptions, maintain a competitive borrower experience, and reduce the fiscal impact of verifying income. Hear an interview with A and N Mortgage Services’ Neena Vlamis, Wilqo’s Lance Reese, and MCT’s Chris Anderson on data security and the importance of access to data for the mortgage industry.)