#demographic-trends

#demographic-trends

The population in Germany fell by around 100,000 people last year, largely due to a significant decline in immigration - according to figures released on Thursday by Germany's Federal Statistics Office (Destatis). The headline figure is clear: net immigration to Germany in 2025 was at least 40 percent lower than in the previous year. For the whole of 2025, net immigration is estimated at between 220,000 and 260,000 people - down from 430,183 in 2024.

In recent decades, the markers of adulthood have shifted for young American men: they are almost twice as likely to be single, less likely to go to college and more likely to be unemployed. Most significantly for their parents, they are also less likely to have fled the nest, with the term trad son springing into social media lexicon in recent months.

As the year winds down, most real estate agents feel the pull to jump straight into 2026 real estate goal-setting mode. New targets, fresh marketing campaigns, ambitious listing goalsit's all very energizing. Not so fast. Here's what I've learned in nearly 30 years in this business: the most successful agents pause first. They look back with intention before charging forward.

California, described by one observer in the late 19th century as "the Jews' earthly paradise" for the economic and social promise it held, seems to have become newly hostile to Jewish people in recent years. More than any other place on Earth, Jews have shaped much of California's progress, from Levi Strauss and the founders of the entertainment industry to numerous other leaders in culture, science, real estate and finance.

Average expected lifespan is still increasing in high-income countries, but the rate of increase is slowing.

The Central Statistics Office reported that Ireland's national birth rate in 2022 was 10.2 per 1,000 population, with significant regional variation.

The average number of viewers for HGTV has fallen from 1.5 million in 2017 to approximately 773,000 last year, reflecting a significant decline in interest.