Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.15 million SAAR in November
Excerpt:
The sales rate was above the consensus forecast (but close to housing economist Tom Lawler’s estimate).
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Sales Year-over-Year and Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA)
The fourth graph shows existing home sales by month for 2023 and 2024.
Sales increased 6.1% year-over-year compared to November 2023.
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On an NSA basis, sales are down 1.5% year-to-date compared to 2023.