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Existing Home Sales  
Released On 1/22/2019 10:00:00 AM For Dec, 2018
 PriorPrior RevisedConsensusConsensus RangeActual
Annual Rate5.320 M5.330 M5.225 M4.980 M to 5.400 M4.990 M
Month over Month1.9 %2.1 %-6.4 %
Year over Year-7.0 %-6.8 %-10.3 %
US 6-Mo ChartGlobal Current
performance relative to consensus

Consensus Outlook
A step back is what forecasters see for December existing home sales which in November posted a second straight gain and a 3-month high. December's consensus is a 5.225 million annualized rate vs November's 5.320 million. The year-on-year rate in November, at minus 7.0 percent, was the lowest in 7-1/2 years.

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
Existing home sales tally the number of previously constructed homes, condominiums and co-ops in which a sale closed during the month. Existing homes (also known as home resales) account for a larger share of the market than new homes and indicate housing market trends. Why Investors Care

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