Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes fell in December to snap a four-month streak of increases, with particularly sharp declines in the pricier Northeast and West regions as higher mortgage ...

New contracts for home purchases are coming in very low this month. We counted 10% fewer home sales for the week than the same week a year ago. In the fourth quarter of 2024, sales were coming in ...

Mortgage originators waiting for the housing market to thaw will likely have to wait a bit longer still, given the Federal ...

The Pending Home Sales Index, which tracks contract signings on existing homes, dropped 5.5% from November to December as ...

“There was an agreement that the sellers ... and had kept a low profile throughout the sale. Built in 1921, the sprawling 9,100-square-foot home underwent a major renovation in 2018, blending ...

The housing market took a dramatic shift to round out 2024 as pending home sales decreased to 5.5% in December. “Buyers ...

Pending home sales in December decreased 5.5%. Compared to one month ago, pending sales declined in all four U.S. regions, with the West recording the largest drop. Year-over-year, contract signings ...

Pending sales fell in all regions, with the West and Northeast seeing the biggest monthly drops at decreases of 8.1% and 10.3%, respectively. Signed contracts on existing homes dropped a sharp 5.5% in ...