Existing-home sales dropped both month-over-month and year-over-year in January 2018, experiencing their largest annual decline in over three years, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. NAR’s Existing-Home Sales calculations track “completed transactions that include single-family homes, ...
Read More »Foreclosure Starts Continue to Dwindle
Existing home sales declined slightly in January 2018, according to the LegalShield Law Index, a collection of five indices tracking multiple key economic indicators published monthly by LegalShield, an online membership-based provider of legal services. Meanwhile, LegalShield reports foreclosure starts ...
Read More »The State of the Housing Industry
As President Trump will present his State of the Union address to the Senate this evening, what is the State of the Housing Industry? With home prices that show no signs of decreasing, changes in leadership at the Consumer Finance ...
Read More »Gap Between Potential and Actual Home Sales Narrows
According to a new report by First American, while existing-home sales continued to underperform their potential in December 2017, the gap between actual sales and that potential has continued to narrow. First American’s proprietary Potential Home Sales model reports that ...
Read More »Tax Changes Could Drive Migration, Slow Home Sales
The implications of tax reform are many, but a new Redfin report breaks down how it could affect where people live, how long they stay in their homes, and whether there’s a bubble on the horizon.
Read More »What’s in Store for Existing Home Sales . . .
Though existing home sales are forecasted for a comeback in 2018, a few obstacles stand in the way.
Read More »What’s on the Horizon for Existing Home Sales?
Though existing home sales are poised for a comeback in 2018, a few hurdles stand in their way.
Read More »Market Update: Existing Home Sales
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently released its Existing Home Sales report—discovering that despite three straight months of home sales declining, September sales showed a small incline. Amidst the ongoing narrative of supply shortages, the report found that total ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: 4 in a Row for Existing-Home Sales?
Existing-home sales just completed an "outstanding" three-month run, according to National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. Can they add a fourth month to that streak? The industry will find out this week when NAR publishes the latest data.
Read More »The Week Ahead: A Tale of Two Housing Markets
The existing-home sales report covering July was a stark contrast to the new home sales report from HUD and the Census Bureau for the same month. What will August's existing-home sales report hold? The industry will find out on Thursday, September 22.
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