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Existing home sales inch up in October 22 Nov 2011 | 05:01 am
We just got our latest look at existing home sales from the National Association of Realtors. Sales rose 1.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million in October from 4.9 million a month e...
New home sales rise as prices plunge 27 Oct 2011 | 02:02 am
We just got the latest data on home sales and pricing, and it was a mixed bag. New home sales rose 5.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 313,000 in September from 296,000 in August. That topped...
Existing home sales slump in September 21 Oct 2011 | 02:08 am
We just got a look at September existing home sales figures. Total sales fell 3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.91 million from 5.06 million in August. That was right in line with the estim...
Housing starts rise as multifamily perks up 20 Oct 2011 | 12:33 am
The September housing starts figures were just released and they popped by a surprising 15%. The 658,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate of starts was well ahead the median forecast of 590,000 and the...
Pending home sales dip in August 30 Sep 2011 | 01:58 am
The latest pending home sales figures were just released, and they showed a 1.2% drop between July and August. That was the second monthly decline in a row and it left the seasonally adjusted index at...
New home sales slump to six-month low 27 Sep 2011 | 02:09 am
We just got new home sales figures for August, and they were nothing to write home about. Sales fell 2.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 295,000 from 302,000 a month earlier. That was roughly...
Existing home sales pop in August 22 Sep 2011 | 02:02 am
We just got existing home sales figures for August, and they were definitely better than expected. Sales rose 7.7% on the month to 5.03 million at a seasonally adjusted annual rate. That was the highe...
Starts slip in August 21 Sep 2011 | 12:32 am
The latest housing starts figures just hit the tape. Starts fell 5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 571,000 in August from 601,000 a month earlier. That missed expectations for a reading of 59...
Pending home sales dip in July 30 Aug 2011 | 02:01 am
Pending home sales dipped in July, falling 1.3% on the month. That was roughly in line with expectations. Regionally speaking, sales fell 0.8% in the Midwest, 2% in the Northeast, and 4.8% in the Sout...
New home sales slip to 5-month low 24 Aug 2011 | 02:03 am
New home sales figures for July were just released. They showed that sales dipped 0.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 298,000 from a downwardly revised 300,000 in June. That was slightly wors...
