Existing home sales plummeted to a six-month low as the median sales price soared to the highest price ever recorded for the second consecutive month, according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Last month, total existing home sales dropped by...
Pending home sales were down by 2.1% in May from April, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Year-over-year, pending sales were down by 6.6%. Last month, NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) – a forward-looking indicator of home...
Existing home sales dipped by 0.7% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.11 million, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Sales were down 2.8% from the 4.23 million recorded in May 2023. As the sales level slipped, prices...
Housing industry economists had mixed views of today’s data report from the U.S. Department of Labor that found the economy added more jobs than anticipated. During May, nonfarm payrolls expanded by 272,000, up from 165,000 in April and higher than a Dow Jones...
Pending home sales in April fell by 7.7%, according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) decreased to 72.3 in April; an index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. On a year-over-year...
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