Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Pending Home Sales Rise (Sort of) to 4-Month Highs

Posted To: MND NewsWire

Pending home Sales eked out a 0.1 percent gain in October. The National Association of Realtors® said its Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) barely managed a second straight month of gains , rising to 110.0 from a downwardly revised 109.9 in September (the previous reading was 110.0, which would have made today's reading "unchanged," officially). Even though NAR's chief economist Lawrence Yun called the increase "minuscule," it still pushed the index to its highest level since last July. The index was also 1.8 percent higher than In October 2015 when it stood at 108.1. The PHSI is a forward-looking indicator based on contracts for home purchases. Those signed contracts are generally expected to become closed transactions within two months. Yun said, "Most of the country last month saw at least...(read more)
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