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Housing Market to Stay on High Plateau
Mortgage interest rates will continue trending up, but homes sales should reflect third strongest year on record.
 
A Tale of Two Types of Cities
David Lereah's latest commentary in Real Estate Insights describes how markets will react differently to cooling home sales and prices.
 
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Pending Homes Sales Leveling Out
The index changed less than one percent from the previous month, signaling most of the market cooling has already occurred.
 
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NAR Reports Dispute Bubble Theory
An analysis of 135 markets across the nation shows the housing market is not headed for a bust. How's your town?
 
Economic Insights from NAR
Indicators, commentaries, and forecasts are online every month in Real Estate Insights.
 
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Choose from our most current reports or get customized research products and tools to meet your specific needs.
 
NAR Generates Housing's Best Leading Indicator
NAR's Pending Home Sales Index provides advance information on future home sales activity.
 
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Existing Home Sales
(February)

6.91 million units*

Existing Home
Median Price
(February)

$209,000

Housing Starts
(March)

1.96 million units*

New Home Sales
(February)

1.08 million units*

*seasonally adjusted annual rate

 
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Next Research release:
March Existing Home Sales, April 25.
 
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2005 NAR Profile of Home Buyers & Sellers
Get the latest on today's homebuyers and sellers in this new profile.