After dropping for four consecutive months, US home sales rebounded modestly in June, with prices continuing to rise and inventories low. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that existing home sales rose 1.4% in June after declining 1.2% in May. It rose 22.9 percent year on year in June. …
Read More »US Housing Price Index Up 0.1% in July
The Housing Price Index (HPI) in the US rose 1% in July, the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) monthly report showed on Wednesday. This reading matched June’s reading (revised from 0.9%) and came in higher than the market expectation of 0.5%. Earlier in the day, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) …
Read More »US: Housing Price Index Up 0.9% in June
The Housing Price Index (HPI) in the US rose 0.9% in June, the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) monthly report showed on Wednesday. This reading followed May’s print of -0.2% (revised from -0.3% and came in higher than the market expectation of 0.1%. Meanwhile, the S&P/Case-Shiller’s 20-metro area Home Price …
Read More »US Housing jump in June
Homebuilding in the U.S. increased in June with reports of rising demand for housing in low-density areas as companies allowed employees to work from home due to the pandemic. On Friday, the Ministry of Commerce said housing starts rose 17.3% to a seasonal annual rate of 1.186M. May data was …
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