Housing & Economic Indicators

NAR's analysis of housing and economic indicators provides real estate professionals with tools to interpret the market and apply that knowledge to their business. In addition to NAR’s own existing-home sales series, NAR Research monitors other indicators such as new-home sales, housing starts, producer prices, mortgage rates and more...

  Current Figures Period Covered Next Release
Existing-Home Sales Existing home sales fell 2.6% in June nationally. (PDF: 20KB) June August 25
Pending Home Sales Index PHSI fell 4.2% to 84.70 (PDF: 15KB) June August 7
New-Home Sales Down .6%  from last month  (PDF: 36KB) June August 29
Housing Starts SAAR* of 937,000 units (PDF: 37KB) July Sept 16
Housing Affordability 129.8 — down .8% from previous month (PDF: 21KB) April June 27
Mortgage Purchase Application Index Down 1.5% from last week (PDF: 30KB) Week of August 20 August 27
Fixed-Rate Mortgage Rate 6.47% - down .5% from last week (PDF: 39KB) Week of August 21 August 28
GDP Up .9% from last Quarter (PDF: 39 KB) Q1 2008 August 29
Consumer Confidence Up 1.76 from a month ago (PDF: 40KB) July August 29
Employment Situation Same as last month (PDF: 40KB) July Sept 11
Consumer Price Index Advanced .8% in July  (PDF: 32KB) July Sept 16
Producer Price Index Down 2.3% from previous month (PDF: 30KB) July Sept 15
Retail Sales Down -0.1% from the previous month (PDF: 39KB) July Sept 15

*Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate.

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