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Pending home sales rise in July;Down 19 percent from the year before

Dennis Norman

After hitting all-time low in June,pending home sales increase 5.2 percent in July

The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for July shows an increase of 5.2 percent in the index in July (seasonally adjusted) which is 19.1 percent below July 2009.

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Pending Home Sales Hit a new Record-Low in June

Dennis Norman

NAR Pending Home Sales Index at Lowest Level Since Index Began in 2001

At dropping 30 percent in May as a result of the rush to buy a home before the April 30th tax credit deadline,the National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for June shows a further decline of [...]

Pending Home Sales Index For May Drops to Lowest Level In History of Index

Dennis Norman

There was no question in my mind that home sales would plummet after the April 30th deadline to buy a home and qualify for the home-buyer tax credit passed,the only question was how bad? Today the National Association of REALTORS released it’s Pending Home Sales Index for May showing a decrease [...]

Pending Home Sales Increase In April as Buyers Rush to Beat Tax Credit Deadline

Dennis Norman

Today the National Association of REALTORS released it’s Pending Home Sales Index for April showing an increase of 6.0 percent in the index from March (seasonally adjusted) and a whopping 22.4 percent increase from April 2009. This comes on the heels of a 5.3 percent increase in March and an 8.3 [...]

Pending Home Sales Continue On The Rise In March

Dennis Norman

Today the National Association of REALTORS released it’s Pending Home Sales Index for March showing an increase of 5.3 percent in the index from February (seasonally adjusted) and a whopping 21.1 percent increase from March 2009. This follows an 8.3 percent increase in February so it is definitely creating a nice [...]

Pending home sales rise for ninth consecutive month

Lawrence Yun,Chief Economist,NAR

Is the increase real or have the tax-credits created an “artificial”market that cannot be sustained?

Today the National Association of REALTORS(R) issued their Pending Home Sales Index Report for October showing pending sales in the U.S. rose again for the ninth consecutive month –marking the longest streak [...]

Pending home sales rise for eighth consecutive month

Lawrence Yun,Chief Economist,NAR

Today the National Association of REALTORS(R) issued their Pending Home Sales Index Report for September showing pending sales in the U.S. rose again for the eighth consecutive month –marking the longest streak since since NAR began the pending home sale index in 2001.

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The market continues to show signs of life- Pending home sales up 4 months in a row

By:Dennis Norman

Lawrence Yun,Chief Economist,NAR

We continue to see some encouraging data on the real estate market showing that buyers may be gaining some confidence in the market.  To this point, the  National Association of REALTORS(R)  Pending Home Sales Index Report for May showed a very modest increase of 0.1% on the index,over [...]