In a positive sign going into summer, NAR's forward - looking pending
home sales index showed contract signings moving higher in February.
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®» Pending
Home Sales Index showed a 5.3 percent increase in March.
Meanwhile, NAR's forward - looking Pending
Home Sales Index shows an uptick in contract signings, signaling that home sales could begin to turn around in the fall.
Both existing - home sales and NAR's forward - looking Pending
Home Sales Index showed marked gains.
Not exact matches
While profits of most of the listed companies in the S&P 500
Index showed robust growth, there are a number of underlying factors such as wage growth, consumer spending, auto and
home sales that need to expand significantly.
The chart
shows the S&P / Case - Shiller National
Home Price
Index (red, numbers of the right hand scale),
sales of existing
homes at annual rates (dark blue, in millions of houses per year on the left hand scale) and the inventory -
sales ratio or months - supply (green, also on the left).
«Despite recent swings in mortgage rates, the housing market continues to
show signs of strength — both existing — and new -
home sales in March exceeded expectations, and the Case - Shiller Home Price Index posted another solid gain,» Becketti s
home sales in March exceeded expectations, and the Case - Shiller
Home Price Index posted another solid gain,» Becketti s
Home Price
Index posted another solid gain,» Becketti says.
This infographic uses data from December
home sales, the REALTORS ® Confidence
Index, and foot traffic to
show housing market activity.
The increase follows a 0.8 % rise in May and a 0.5 % increase in April, the company's residential price
index that covers existing and new
home sales, but excludes foreclosed
homes shows..............................................
This infographic uses data from February
home sales, the REALTORS ® Confidence
Index, and foot traffic to
show housing market activity.
This infographic uses data from April
home sales, the REALTORS ® Confidence
Index, and foot traffic to
show housing market activity.
Based on recorded
sales of non-distressed properties (existing and new
homes) in the 100 largest metropolitan areas, the FNC 100 - MSA composite
index shows that January
home prices rose 0.3 percent from the previous month and were up 5.7 percent on a year - over-year basis from the same period in 2012.]
This infographic uses data from March
home sales, the REALTORS ® Confidence
Index, and foot traffic to
show housing market activity.
Some recent indicators
show that the economy might be starting to rebound, with pending
home sales rising strongly in October, according to NAR's Pending Home Sales In
home sales rising strongly in October, according to NAR's Pending Home Sales I
sales rising strongly in October, according to NAR's Pending
Home Sales In
Home Sales I
Sales Index.