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How auction buyer data foreshadows housing market shifts

Housing Wire

Retail housing market data from June showing early signs of a real estate slowdown was foreshadowed three months earlier in buyer behavior at foreclosure auctions. The downshift in buyer behavior at the foreclosure auction came two months before the downshift showed up in retail housing market data.

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Pending home sales fall to their lowest level in two decades

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Pending home sales in October fell to their lowest level since 2001. in October on a month-over-month basis, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). In today’s tough housing market, the rental market is cooling off, giving some relief to homebuyers. down from 72.6

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Pending home sales fell 7.1% in August

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in August, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Mortgage rates have been rising above 7% since August, which has diminished the pool of home buyers,” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said.

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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

month over month in December, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. Looking ahead Confronted with limited existing home inventory, many buyers have pivoted to newly constructed homes. in November.

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Pending home sales fall 38% in November

Housing Wire

according to data released last Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Yet, mortgage applications point to a thawing, but still cold, housing market as mortgage rates come down.”. month-over-month drop that resulted in an index reading of 73.9,

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Pending home sales are down 31% from last year

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according to data released Friday by the National Association of Realtors. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Persistent inflation has proven quite harmful to the housing market,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. This is the fourth consecutive month of declines.

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Pending home sales rebound in March

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors released encouraging news Thursday about the future of the housing market. The trade group reported that pending home sales – that is homes where a buyer signed a contract, but the sale has not closed – rose 1.9 % index points to 111.3 in March, after two consecutive months of decline.

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