Existing Home Sales

Market Sensitivity: Medium.

What Is It: Measures monthly sales of previously owned single-family homes.

News Release on Internet:

Existing Home Sales: www.realtor.org/research.nsf/pages/ehsdata

Housing Affordability Index: www.realtor.org/research.nsf/pages/housinginx

Home Web Address: www.realtor.org

Release Time: 10:00 A.M. (ET); published four weeks after the month being reported ends.

Frequency: Monthly.

Source: National Association of Realtors.

Revisions: Monthly revisions tend to be small. Annual revisions due to seasonal adjustment factors take place in February and can cover the preceding three years.

Why Is It Important

The big gorilla of the residential real estate market is existing home sales. Nearly eight out ...

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