Pending Home Sales Rise An Unexpected 5.3%
August 7th, 2008 | by paulcauthen |As usual the bean counters only know what happened after the harvest. If you really want to know what is going in Real Estate read Blogs such as mine, of course, SoCalHomeBlog.com or any of the numerous others that have the true pulse of the market . This is really old news. Those who are in the market have noticed a dramatic increase in activity since late spring of this year. Homes in Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Vista and San Marcos are selling quickly with short sales and foreclosures driving the market.
“The National Association of Realtors says pending U.S. home sales rose in June in an unexpected piece of positive news for the beleaguered market.
The group’s seasonally adjusted index of pending sales for existing homes rose 5.3 percent to 89 from a downwardly revised May reading of 84.5. The index was 12 percent below year-ago levels.
Wall Street economists surveyed by Thomson/IFR had predicted the index would fall to 84.3. The index, which sunk to a record low of 83 in March, stood at 101.4 in June 2007.”
August 6, 2008 The Associated Press.
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