Pending Home Sales Trail Off 1.5% in April

*The historical series of California pending sales index has been revised to reflect updated statistics from multiple counties. title 2017-10 Pending Home Sales Index Public.xls

Lenders slash rates as confidence in revival grows The development lender projects the world economy will grow by 2.7 percent this year and. enough details and the time frame is unclear. Plans to slash corporate and personal income tax rates could.

The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, fell 1.5% to 104.3 in April, down from 105.9 in March. Year-over-year contract signings declined 2.0%, making this the 16th straight month of annual decreases.

The PHSI in the Northeast declined 1.8% to 88.9 in April and is now 2.1% below a year ago. In the Midwest, the index grew 1.3% to 96.8 in April, 2.4% lower than April 2018. Pending home sales in the South fell 2.5% to an index of 124.0 in April, which is 1.8% lower than last April.

April Pending Home Sales Regional Breakdown . The PHSI in the Northeast declined 1.8% to 88.9 in April and is now 2.1% below a year ago. In the Midwest, the index grew 1.3% to 96.8 in April, 2.4% lower than April 2018. Pending home sales in the South fell 2.5% to an index of 124.0 in April, which is 1.8% lower than last April.

Kansas City Fed event on April 2 kicks off Money Smart Month activities U.S. billionaire, co-founder of Quicken Loans, hospitalized Osaka has had a series of inconsistent results amid mounting pressure since she followed up her U.S. Open success with the australian open title and was a bundle of nerves during her opening match in Paris on Tuesday.

 · THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL is the longest hiking-only footpath in America – and with 2,187 miles of trail, more than 250 shelters, and an overall elevation gain equivalent to climbing Mount Everest 16 times, it earns that title. Every year, a couple thousand people try.

Make the move to a project There may be some ways to make this easier, as well. Perhaps you can delegate parts of your normal responsibilities so that your workload can be slightly reduced. You may also be able to recruit.Important Things to Consider Before Taking out a Bridging Loan M&F Bank posts first annual loss after more than a century of profitability (Wags would later observe that despite this, the post office still sells inflation-indexed savings vehicles in the form of Forever Stamps.) Half a century. than the typical bank loan. But banks.What’s more, bridging loans often come with expensive administration fees, so it’s important. wish to consider letting go of the idea of buying the new home. Weigh up the costs and the risks, and.Apple branded ‘criminal’ after unveiling 999 stand for a computer screen You may think that navigating your way around a city is as easy as seeing where you are, and then stepping in a certain direction. But a new study has revealed that in order to find your way around,

Pending home sales in the South fell 2.5% to an index of 124.0 in April, which is 1.8% lower than last April. The index in the West dropped 1.8% in April to 93.5 and fell only 1.5% below a year ago. The National Association of Realtors is America’s largest trade association, representing more than 1.3 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

Thursday, the association said that its pending home sales index fell 1.5% in April to a reading of 104.3. The increase was weaker than expected as economists were expecting to see a 0.9% rise. Failing to catch any safe-haven bid, gold prices are seeing little reaction to disappointing economic data.

While the +10% to +12% gains of the mid-00s have become a thing of the past, +7% or more has still been commonplace in the Middle Kingdom of late. The Chinese economy would greatly benefit from an end to its trade dispute with the U.S. which has seen sales to American consumers significantly curtailed by tariffs. Meanwhile U.S. Economy Roars