Housing Economic Indicators

The National Assoication's (NAR) 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...

Existing-Home Sales
Existing home sales fell 2.2% in August nationally. (PDF: 19KB)
August
Pending Home Sales Index
PHSI rose 5.3% to 89 (PDF: 15KB)
August
New-Home Sales
Down 11.5% from last month (PDF: 36KB)
August
Housing Starts
SAAR* of 817,000 units (PDF: 29KB)
September
Housing Affordability
123.3 — down 3% from previous month (PDF: 16KB)
August
Mortgage Purchase Application Index
Down .3% from last week (PDF: 37KB)
Week of Oct 10
Fixed-Rate Mortgage Rate
6.46% - up .52% from last week (PDF: 39KB)
Week of Oct 16
GDP
Up .1% from last Quarter (PDF: 38 KB)
Q2 2008
Consumer Confidence
Up 2.22% from a month ago (PDF: 40KB)
September
Employment Situation
Down 86,000 jobs since last month to -159,000 (PDF: 40KB)
September
Consumer Price Index
Up .1% 60 to .0% in September (PDF: 27KB)
September
Producer Price Index
Down .4% from the previous month (PDF: 30KB)
September
Retail Sales
Down 1.2% from the previous month (PDF: 39KB)
September