WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)
As affordability continued to attract buyers,
pending home sales rose 4.5% in January to the highest level since April 2010,
when buyers rushed to make a tax-credit deadline, the National Association of
Realtors reported Wednesday
The pending-home-sales index increased to 105.9 in
January from 101.3 in December
An index reading of 100 equals the average level
of contract activity during 2001, the first year of data
January's reading was
up 9.5% from the same period in the prior year, the 21st consecutive
year-over-year gain
By region, January saw pending-home-sale gains of 8.2% in
the Northeast, 5.9% in the South, 4.5% in the Midwest, and 0.1% in the West
A
sale is listed as pending when the contract has been signed but the transaction
has not closed. Typically, sales are finalized within two months of signing
Higher pending home sales signal that actual home sales are likely to rise in
coming months. January's gain followed two months of decline
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Calendario económico en tiempo real proporcionado por Investing.com España.
miércoles, 27 de febrero de 2013
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