Having dropped an average of 3.4  percent in each of the previous two months, the pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. ticked up 3.0 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.54 million sales which is 1.1 percent above the pace at the same time... Read More »

Having dropped 3.6 percent this past December, the pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. dropped another 3.2 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.38 million transactions, which is 4.8 percent lower on a year-over-year basis and the largest year-over-year decline since the third quarter... Read More »

The seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. dropped 9.3 percent from November to 625,000 in December but was still 14.1 percent higher versus December 2016, down from 26.6 percent higher on a year-over-year basis in November. At the same time, the December pace was... Read More »

Having jumped 5.6 percent in November, the pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. dropped 3.6 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.57 million transactions but the lower pace was still 1.1 percent higher on a year-over-year basis and the strongest December pace since 2006... Read More »

With the preliminary pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. having been revised down from a 6.2 percent gain in October to a 1.7 percent decline, the seasonally adjusted rate jumped 17.5 percent from 624,000 October to 733,000 in November, which is 26.6 percent above the pace... Read More »

Having ticked up 2.0 percent in October, the overall pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. jumped 5.6 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.81 million transactions which was 3.8 percent higher on a year-over-year basis and the strongest pace since December 2006 (no, not... Read More »

Having inched up a downwardly revised 0.4 percent in September, the pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. ticked up 2.0 percent in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.48 million transactions but remains 0.9 percent lower versus the same time last year. And having slipped 3.3... Read More »

Having dropped 1.7 percent in August, the pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. inched up 0.7 percent in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.39 million transactions but is now 1.5 percent lower than at the same time last year and the second lowest pace in... Read More »

Having slipped 1.3 percent in July, the pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. dropped another 1.7 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million transactions which is a nominal 0.2 percent higher on a year-over-year basis and the fourth monthly decline in the pace... Read More »

Having slipped 1.8 percent in June, the pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. slipped another 1.3 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.44 million transactions.  And while the current rate is still 2.1 percent higher on a year-over-year basis, it’s the slowest pace this... Read More »