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(September 24, 2009 Release) Highlights • Existing home sales fell 2.7 percent to an annualized pace of 5.10 million in August. The annualized home sales in August is now 3.5 percent above its pace from a year ago. • August’s sales pace is equal to 3 month average of 5.10 million units. • The Midwest, South, and Northeast experienced decreases … Read More »

(September 16, 2009 Release) Highlights • The housing market index rose by 1 point in September to 19 from a 18 registered in August. • The September index of 19 is 2 points above the 17 registered in September of 2008. • The buyer traffic index rose slightly to 17 in September from 16 in August. • Homebuilder expectations over … Read More »

(September 17, 2009 Release) Highlights • Residential housing construction registered 598,000 units in August, up 1.5 percent from July. Total starts are hovering near highest levels since November of last year. • The 3 month average is 592,000 which has risen during the past three months. • The increase in starts were due to primarily to a 25.3 percent rise … Read More »

(September 1, 2009 Release) Highlights • The pending home sales index rose 3.2 percent in July to 97.6, compared to 94.6 in June. • The pending home sales index rose 12.1 percent from a year ago. • The West, South and Midwest recorded increases of 12.1, 3.1 and 2 percent, respectively, while the Northeast decreased 3 percent in July from … Read More »

(August 26, 2009 Release) Highlights • New home sales rose 9.6 percent in July to an annualized 433,000 units compared to 395,000 annualized units posted in June. • The healthy increase in sales was welcome news. New home sales were mixed by region. The sales in the Northeast, South increased a healthy 32.4 percent and 16.2 percent, respectively, while sales … Read More »

(August 21, 2009 Release) Highlights • Existing home sales rose 7.2 percent to an annualized pace of 5.24 million in July. The annualized home sales in July is now 5.00 percent above its pace from a year ago. • July’s sales pace is significantly above its 3 month average of 4.95 million units. • The Northeast, Midwests and South experienced … Read More »

(August 18, 2009 Release) Highlights • Residential housing construction registered 581,000 units in July, down 1.0 percent from June. Total starts are hovering near highest levels since November of last year. • The 3 month average is 573,000 which has risen during the past two months. • The decrease in starts were due to primarily to a 13.3 percent drop … Read More »

(August 4, 2009 Release) Highlights • The pending home sales index rose 3.6 percent in June to 94.7, compared to 91.3 in May. • The pending home sales index rose 6.7 percent from a year ago. • The South and West recorded the largest monthly increases of 7.1 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively. The Midwest and Northeast posted 0.8 percent … Read More »

(July 28, 2009 Release) Highlights The Case-Shiller 10-city index fell 16.8 percent in May compared to a year earlier. The Case-Shiller 20-city index fell 17.1 percent in May compared to a year earlier. All of the 20 metros reported annual rates of decline. Case-Shiller Home Price Index, SA May 09 Yr/Yr % Change Atlanta 105.7 -15.0 Boston 145.8 -7.2 Charlotte … Read More »