Case Shiller Index of Home Prices

December 30, 2025 The seasonally adjusted Case Shiller Index of Home Prices in 20 cities rose 0.3% in October after having climbed 0.2% in September .  Prices have risen 1.3% in the past year. The National Index which is a slightly broader measure of home price...

Pending Home Sales

December 29, 2025 Pending home sales  rose 3/3% in November tyop 79.2 after climbing 2.4% in October  Pending home sales were fairly steady for the past couple of years but have finally begun to climb in the months ahead. The National Association of Realtors chief...

Existing Home Sales

December 19, 2025 . Existing home sales rose 0.5% in November to 4,130 thousand after having gained 1.5% in October  Our expectation is that a steady increase in jobs will boost income, mortgage rates will decline slowly in the months ahead, and prices should also...

Homebuilder Confidence

December 15 2025 Homebuilder confidenced rose 1 point in December to 39 after having climbed 1 point in November.  Builders are still worried about the imposition of tariffs, high mortgage rates,and the cost of materials, but they are less concerned than they were a...

Housing Starts

Septenber 17, 2025 Housing starts plunged by 8.5% in August to 1,307 thousand after having risen 3.4% in July and 7.8% in June.  While starts have been exceptionally volatile in recent months but  have generally been between 1,300 and 1,400 thousand since January. ...

Construction Spending

September 2, 2025 Construction spending (the green bars above) fell 0.1% in July after declining 0.4% in June..  This indicator has fallen slowly for the past nine months..  In the past 12 months it has declined 2.8%. Private construction spending (excluding the...