Existing Home Sales

December 19, 2024 . Existing home sales rose 4.8% in November to 4,150 thousand after increasing 3.4% in October  That is the fastest pace of home sales since March.  The steady increase in jobs is boosting income, mortgage rates should fall somewhat in the months...

Housing Starts

December 18, 2024 Housing starts declined 1.8% in November to 1,289 thousand which was a surprisingly weak performance after falling 3.2% in October and 1.7% in September.  The decline consisted of a 6.4% increase in single-family homes which was more than offset by a...

Homebuilder Confidence

December 17, 2024 This series was unchanged in December at 46 after  having risen 3 points in November and 2 points in both September and October.  The recent gains seem to reflect hope that the Trump administration will cut a lot of the red tape that has been...

Pending Home Sales

November 27, 2024 Pending home sales rose 2.0% in October to 77.4 after jumping 7.5% in September and 0.6% in August.  This is the third consecutive increase in this series. The National Association of Realtors chief economist, Lawrence Yun said,  “Homebuying...

New Home Sales

November 26, 2024 New home sales plunged by 17.3% in October to 610 thousand after having risen 7.0% in September.  However, the  drop was almost exclusively in the South and clearly the result of the combo of Hurricanes Milton and Helene.  Sales will rebound over the...

Case Shiller Index of Home Prices

November 26, 2024 The seasonally adjusted Case Shiller Index of Home Prices in 20 cities declined 0.3% in September after falling 0.3% in August. It has risen 4.6% in the past year. Brian Luke, Head of Commodities, Real &P Digital Assets said, “Home price growth...