Asia Pacific Asia Pacific
contract sales declined $ 1 million to $ 15 million.
Asia Pacific Asia Pacific
contract sales declined $ 1 million to $ 7 million in the second quarter of 2014.
Europe As the Europe segment continues to sell through its remaining inventory, first quarter 2013
contract sales declined $ 3 million to $ 4 million.
Asia Pacific Asia Pacific
contract sales declined $ 4 million to $ 9 million in the first quarter of 2013.
As inventory in the Luxury and Europe segments continues to decline, consistent with the strategy stated for these segments, first quarter 2012 gross
contract sales declined to $ 11 million.
Asia Pacific
contract sales declined $ 2 million to $ 13 million.
Not exact matches
Thanks to his own success in landing a few big
contracts, he managed to finish the year with only slightly
declining sales — but that still added up to a $ 100,000 loss.
«Monthly closings have recently been oscillating back and forth, but this third consecutive
decline in
contract activity implies a possible topping off in
sales,» said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the Realtors.
In Lion's dairy and drinks division, volumes fell 17.4 per cent on top of a 7.3 per cent
decline the previous year, dragged down by the
sale of Lion's low - margin everyday cheese business in May and the loss of private label milk
contracts with Coles and Woolworths in 2014.
Except that the publishers DO blame authors if
sales are not strong, and
decline to renew
contracts.
As the WSJ article notes, there is debate about whether the
decline in
sales / profits for the traditional publishers is because of the increase in e-book prices under the new
contracts or because of a crop of lackluster titles.
Selling short:
Sale of a security or commodity futures
contract that is not owned by the seller; a technique used (1) to take advantage of an anticipated
decline in the price or (2) to protect a profit in a long position.
Smartphones
sales may be approaching saturation (especially in the USA), but iPhone
sales at the end of 2012 were just 10 % of global phone
sales — and 17 % of global
contract sales, which is more relevant since it reflects the subsidised market (of course, the possible
decline of subsidies is another, rather separate bear story for any handset sold for over $ 200).
The Realtors said Hurricanes Harvey and Irma had a particularly negative impact in the South, where pending
sales contracts declined 7.8 percent.
The Pending Home
Sales Index, a forward - looking indicator based on
contract signings,
declined 2.6 percent to 99.2 in August from an upwardly revised 101.9 in July but is 10.7 percent above August 2011 when it was 89.6.
Ongoing supply and affordability challenges and Hurricane Harvey's impact on
sales activity in the Houston area led to a
decline in existing - home
sales and
contract signings in August.
Even so, both closed
sales and
contract signings show signs of a turnaround after months of steady
declines.
All regions show monthly
declines except for the West, which continues to show the highest level of
sales contract activity.
2 Existing - home
sales in November 2015
declined 8.1 percent (from October 2015) because of
contract delays related to the rollout of Know Before You Owe.
The Pending Home
Sales Index, a forward - looking indicator based on
contract signings,
declined 3.5 percent to 96.6 in December from 100.1 in November but is 5.6 percent above December 2010 when it was 91.5.
Listings in July typically went under
contract in under 30 days for the fourth consecutive month because of high buyer demand, but existing - home
sales ultimately pulled back as large
declines in the Northeast and Midwest outweighed
sales increases in the South and West, according to the National Association of Realtors ®.
The Pending Home
Sales Index, * a forward - looking indicator based on
contract signings,
declined 2.4 percent to 108.5 in August from a downwardly revised 111.2 in July and is now slightly lower (0.2 percent) than August 2015 (108.7).
«Although pending
sales there bounced back in February following January's cold weather - related
decline, the multiple winter storms over these last few weeks likely put a chill on
contract signings once again this month.»
After a three - month
decline, pending home
sales rose in June as all major regions, except for the Midwest, saw an increase in
contract activity.
The Pending Home
Sales Index, * www.nar.realtor / topics / pending - home - sales, a forward - looking indicator based on contract signings, declined 0.8 percent to 111.4 in March from 112.3 in Febr
Sales Index, * www.nar.realtor / topics / pending - home -
sales, a forward - looking indicator based on contract signings, declined 0.8 percent to 111.4 in March from 112.3 in Febr
sales, a forward - looking indicator based on
contract signings,
declined 0.8 percent to 111.4 in March from 112.3 in February.
Contracts for new single - family home
sales fell more than expected in April,
declining 11.4 % to a 569,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate according to estimates from the joint data release of HUD and the Census Bureau.
Faced with the problem of
declining sales, a number of realtors requested Community's advice and assistance in the use of the «
contract for deed» method of alternative financing and selling homes.
Pending home
sales - those deals that are under
contract but have not closed -
declined in May, marking their first annual drop in nearly two years.
There's also a chance the
decline in
sales was overstated, the report says, as the number of closed new development
sales fell by half while the «legacy»
contract pipeline emptied.»
The Pending Home
Sales Index, * a forward - looking indicator based on
contract signings,
declined 1.2 percent to 88.6 in August from 89.7 in July but is 7.7 percent above August 2010 when it stood at 82.3.