US Pending Home sales increase in July; Midwest home sales decrease by 2 percent

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Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist, NAR

By: Dennis Norman

Today the National Association of REALTORS(R) issued their Pending Home Sales Index Report for July showing pending sales in the U.S. were up for the sixth consecutive month, the best streak since NAR began the pending home sale index in 2001.

Here in the Midwest pending home sales for July were not as strong showing a 2.0 percent drop from June, however still 8.1% above a year ago.  The only other region that saw a decline in month to month pending home sales in July was the Northeast with a 3.0 percent decrease from June. Continue reading “US Pending Home sales increase in July; Midwest home sales decrease by 2 percent