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Pending Home Sales Index  
Released On 12/28/2018 10:00:00 AM For Nov, 2018
 PriorConsensusConsensus RangeActual
Month over Month-2.6 %1.5 %-0.6 % to 2.2 %-0.7 %
Index102.1 101.4 
US 6-Mo ChartGlobal Current
performance relative to consensus

Consensus Outlook
A big bounce back is the forecast for November pending home sales which are expected to increase 1.5 percent after tumbling 2.6 percent in what was an extremely weak October report. Sales of existing homes have been weak this year but have firmed in recent data.

Relative Performance Index

Econoday's RPI provides a handy summary measure of how an economy has recently been evolving relative to market expectations.
A reading above zero means that the economy in general has been performing more strongly than expected and vice versa for a reading below zero. The closer is the value to the maximum (+100) or minimum (-100) levels, the greater is the degree to which markets have been under- or over-estimating economic activity. A zero outturn would imply that, on average, the market consensus has been correct. Note too that the index is sensitized to place extra weight upon those indicators that investors consider to be the most important.

 

Definition
The National Association of Realtors developed the pending home sales index as a leading indicator of housing activity. Specifically, it is a leading indicator of existing home sales, not new home sales. A pending sale is one in which a contract was signed, but not yet closed. It usually takes four to six weeks to close a contracted sale. Why Investors Care

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