Pending home sales fell sharply in April, marking two straight months of steep declines amid the coronavirus pandemic, the National Association of Realtors reported yesterday. Every major region experienced a drop in month-over-month contract activity and a decline in year-over-year pending home sales transactions.
Tag: National Association of Realtors
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/COTW052220.jpg?w=465&h=310&crop=1)
MBA Chart of the Week: Existing Home Sales and Inventory
Existing home sales plunged in April, as much of the U.S. economy and housing market bore the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic’s social distancing and closures. There was an 18 percent drop in the seasonally adjusted, annualized pace of home sales, the largest single month decline since July 2010.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/COTW052220.jpg?w=465&h=310&crop=1)
MBA Chart of the Week: Existing Home Sales and Inventory
Existing home sales plunged in April, as much of the U.S. economy and housing market bore the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic’s social distancing and closures. There was an 18 percent drop in the seasonally adjusted, annualized pace of home sales, the largest single month decline since July 2010.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HouseSold1.jpg?w=465&h=310&crop=1)
April Existing Home Sales Continue Skid—But ‘Green Shoots’ Appear
Existing home sales plunged in April, the National Association of Realtors reported yesterday, continuing a two-month skid in sales brought on by the coronavirus pandemic to the lowest level in nearly 10 years.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HouseUnderContract4.jpg?w=465&h=310&crop=1)
March Pending Home Sales Tumble by Nearly 21%
As expected, March pending home sales fell as the early effects of the coronavirus pandemic took hold, the National Association of Realtors reported yesterday.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HouseforSale7.jpg?w=465&h=310&crop=1)
March Existing Home Sales Fall—But Worst Is Yet to Come
After a promising start to the spring home-buying season, existing home sales tumbled in March to a nearly five-year low, the National Association of Realtors reported yesterday—and because of the coronavirus pandemic, the outlook for April isn’t any better.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/HouseSaleUnderContract-1.jpg?w=465&h=310&crop=1)
February Pending Homes Sales Up 2.4%
Pending home sales rose for the second straight month in February—perhaps one last lagging indicator before the coronavirus fallout—the National Association of Realtors reported yesterday.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/HouseforSale2.jpg?w=465&h=310&crop=1)
February Existing Home Sales Hit 13-Year High
Existing home sales rebounded in February to their highest level since Feb. 2007, the National Association of Realtors reported Friday.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/themes/mba-newslinks/assets/img/logos/logo-mba-newslinks.png)
Sens. Cramer, Warner Introduce Federal Remote Online Notarizations Bill
Sens. Kevin Kramer, R-N.D., and Mark Warner, D-Va., yesterday introduced legislation that would allow immediate nationwide use of Remote Online Notarizations, a step long-advocated by the Mortgage Bankers Association and the American Land Title Association.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/themes/mba-newslinks/assets/img/logos/logo-mba-newslinks.png)
Pending Home Sales Start Year on Strong Note
Pending home sales rebounded in January following a decline in December, the National Association of Realtors reported yesterday.