Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for November 2013 declined – this data included some very good backward revision. The data remains very noisy and needs to be averaged to make any sense of it.
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October 2013 New Home Sales Improved From a Disastrous September
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for October 2013 improved – but this is based on the terrible delayed government shutdown data for September data which was released concurrently. The terrible September was influenced by the government not processing loan applications. The data remains very noisy and needs to be …
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October 2013 Pending Home Sales Continues to Forecast Slowing Home Sales
Written by Steven Hansen The pending home sales index for October was released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) today, and our analysis suggests that November existing home sales may not be good.
September 2013 Pending Home Sales Suggests Homes Sales Collapsing
Written by Steven Hansen The pending home sales index for September was released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) today, and our analysis suggests that October existing home sales could be very bad.
August 2013 Pending Home Sales Index Softens
Written by Steven Hansen The pending home sales index for August was released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) today, and our analysis suggests that September existing home sales will again be marginally “less good”.