February Existing Home Sales Fell 23.8%
sailfast, 25/03/2008 10.46:
Sono salite a fronte di una riduzione dei prezzi dell'8%.
Se il prezzo scende, la domanda incontra l'offerta.
Non è questa la corretta interpretazione.
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February Existing Home Sales Fell 23.8%
Monday, March 24, 2008 | 10:16 AM
in Data Analysis | Real Estate
Today's fictional headline, via The Onion, National Association of Realtors: "Sales of existing homes increased in February and remain within a fairly stable range."
Why is this fictional?
Changes from January to February are measuring seasonal differences, not actual improvements. January is one of the slowest months of the year for home sales. (We would never report retail sales from December to January this way; We always use year over year data).
What dos that show Year over year changes showed that single family home sales were 23.8% below February 2007 levels.
The national median sales price was also a big surprise, freefalling down 8.2%.
Single-family home sales decreased 22.9%, while the median existing single-family home price was $193,900 in February, down 8.7% from year ago prices.
The best news in the release was the 3% decrease in total housing inventory. At the end of February, there were 4.03 million homes for sale -- 9.96-month supply.
[Modificato da guido.zip 25/03/2008 12:36]