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New home sales in the U.S. rebounded by 2.4% to an annual pace of 515k in July, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Despite the percentage ga...

NEW Some Economists Find "Cheery Quality" to U.S. New Homes Sales Report

Tue, Aug 26 2008, 7:00 AM

Despite 46k of downward revisions in the previous two months, which pushed the pace of new home sales lower than expected even with a 2.4% monthly...

NEW Monday 8/25/08 - Strong Through The Week

Mon, Aug 25 2008, 8:56 AM

NEW Existing Home Sales Rise 3.1% to 5.00 Million in July

Mon, Aug 25 2008, 7:00 AM

U.S. existing home sales rose more than expected to 5.00 million units in July, a 3.1% gain in the month, following June's revised sales figure of...

NEW The Week Ahead: U.S. Housing Sales, Case-Shiller Home Prices

Mon, Aug 25 2008, 7:00 AM

Economists, strategists and traders do not expect next week's releases to shed any new light on the current economic environment. Markets will recei...

NEW Existing Home Sales Don't Signal Market Normalization, Economists Say

Mon, Aug 25 2008, 7:00 AM

Economists say the larger-than-expected rise in July existing home sales doesn't necessarily point towards stabilization, since more than a third ...

NEW In Face of Conflicting Economic Reports, Interest Rates Stand Pat

Wed, Aug 20 2008, 7:00 AM

Mortgage interest rates for the week ended August 14 as reported from data collected by Freddie Mac from its Primary Mortgage Market Survey drifted...

NEW Still No End in Sight for Falling U.S. House Prices, Says Scotiabank Report

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 7:00 AM

U.S. house prices still have room to fall, according to a report on real estate trends issued by Scotiabank economists. The report notes that wh...

NEW Metropolitan Home Prices Decline Nearly 8% in Q2, Sales at 10-year Low

Thu, Aug 14 2008, 7:00 AM

Prices of homes in the United States fell by an average of 7.6% in the second quarter of 2008, compared to the previous year, as 115 of the 150 met...

NEW One Quarter of U.S. Homes Sold in Past Year Were at a Loss, Report Says

Tue, Aug 12 2008, 7:00 AM

U.S. home values fell by nearly 10% in the second quarter of 2008, causing one in four home sales over the past year to be at a loss, according to a...

NEW Thursday's Events: BOE, ECB Rates; CA Building Permits; U.S. Jobless Claims

Thu, Aug 7 2008, 7:00 AM

The Bank of England and the European Central Bank rate decisions are the highlights of the early morning, followed by Canadian building permits, U.S...

NEW Pending Home Sales Rebound 5.3% in June

Thu, Aug 7 2008, 7:00 AM

Pending home sales rebounded by 5.3% in June, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), against expectations that the index would fa...

NEW Fed Funds Price Out Rate Hikes Following ECB Hold on Rates

Thu, Aug 7 2008, 7:00 AM

Despite a better-than-expected pending home sales report coming out of the U.S. on Thursday, the day's soft jobless claims figures are instead dicta...

NEW Not-so-Happy Credit Squeeze Milestone

Thu, Aug 7 2008, 7:00 AM

Several television financial correspondents were announcing at the beginning of this week that Monday was the first anniversary of the credit squee...

NEW Foreclosed Home Sales Likely Driving Up U.S. Pending Home Sales

Thu, Aug 7 2008, 7:00 AM

Economists say the second unexpected rebound in three months in the U.S. pending home sales index is likely due to sales of foreclosed homes . The ...

NEW Preview: Pending Home Sales Index to Slow its Decline in June

Wed, Aug 6 2008, 7:00 AM

The consensus forecast is expecting Thursday's pending home sales index (PHSI) from the National Association of Realtors to fall by 1.0% in June, ...

NEW Preview: New Home Sales Likely Fell Again in June

Fri, Jul 25 2008, 7:00 AM

In May, the New Home Sales Index fell 2.5% to its second-lowest pace in 17 years, and economists expect another decline in the June report to be r...

NEW New Home Sales Higher than Expected Due to Revisions in May, April

Fri, Jul 25 2008, 7:00 AM

New home sales fell for the seventh of the past eight months in June, falling by 0.6% to an annual pace of 530k sales. This rate is much higher tha...

NEW Friday's Events: U.S. Durable Goods, U of M Consumer Sentiment, New Home Sales

Fri, Jul 25 2008, 7:00 AM

Friday's highlights include the release of U.S. durable goods and new home sales for June along with a final look at consumer sentiment for the Un...

NEW Revisions Boost New Home Sales, Suggest Stabilization, Economists Say

Fri, Jul 25 2008, 7:00 AM

U.S. new home sales fell marginally in June but the pace was much higher than expected due to +50k of revisions over the past three months. Economi...

NEW Thursday's Events: U.S. Jobless Claims, Existing Home Sales, Fed's Geithner

Thu, Jul 24 2008, 7:00 AM

U.S. jobless claims and existing home sales will dominate the scheduled events of the day, along with testimony from New York Fed President Timo...

NEW Existing Home Sales Fall 2.6% to 4.86 Million in June

Thu, Jul 24 2008, 7:00 AM

U.S. existing home sales fell 2.6% to 4.86 million units in June following May's unrevised sales figure of 4.99 million. This is the fourth month ...