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By Dennis Norman, on September 2nd, 2010
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.
By Dennis Norman, on August 3rd, 2010
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 2.6 percent in [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 1st, 2010
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 of [...]
By Dennis Norman, on June 2nd, 2010
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 4th, 2010
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on February 2nd, 2010
Dennis Norman
Today the National Association of REALTORS released it’s December Pending Home Sales Index showing an increase of 1.0 percent in the index from November (seasonally adjusted) and a 10.9 percent increase from last year.
Here are highlights from the report:
December”s pending home sales index (seasonally adjusted) was 96.6 (the index is based upon 100.0 being [...]
By Dennis Norman, on January 5th, 2010
Dennis Norman
Or should I say “It’s all in the headline”?
So what am I talking about? The pending home sales data that was released by the National Association of REALTORS today, of course. Actually I could be referring to any data on the housing market whether new home sales, foreclosure rates, interest rates, existing home sales or inventories [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 1st, 2009
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 since since [...]
By Dennis Norman, on November 2nd, 2009
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.
As I have expressed previously, I’m somewhat cautious [...]
By Dennis Norman, on August 4th, 2009
Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist, NAR
The real estate market continues to show signs of life and continues to point to the possibility that we have hit bottom. Today the National Association of REALTORS(R) issued their Pending Home Sales Index Report for June which showed pending sales were up for the fifth consecutive month, the first [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 7th, 2009
By: Dennis Norman
Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist, NAR
It appears that lower prices along with low interest rates are bringing buyers back into the market as the market continues to show signs of life and gives us hope that we may be near the bottom.
The National Association of REALTORS(R) issued their Pending Home Sales Index Report [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 11th, 2008
By: Dennis Norman
The National Association of REALTORS(R) announced that pending home sales for October, which were just released, show housing sales may be stabilizing which is good news. Even though the index showed a .7% decline from September and a 1% decrease from October 2007, Laurence Yun, the chief economist for the National Association of [...]
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