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United States Existing Home Sales

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Impact:

High

Source: National Association of Realtors

Latest Release:

Date:

Surprise:

-0.07M

USD

Actual:

4.13M

Forecast: 4.2M

Previous/Revision:

4.11M

Period: Nov

Next Release:

Date:

Period: Dec

What Does It Measure?

The United States Existing Home Sales report measures the number of previously owned homes sold during a specified month, reflecting the overall health of the real estate market. It primarily focuses on residential property transactions, indicating housing demand, purchasing trends, and consumer confidence.

Frequency

This event is released monthly, typically on the third weekday of the month, and includes both preliminary and final figures that may be revised in subsequent releases.

Why Do Traders Care?

Traders closely monitor Existing Home Sales as it affects both the housing market and broader economic conditions, influencing asset classes like the U.S. dollar, stocks, and bonds. Strong sales figures are generally seen as bullish for equities and the dollar, while weaker results may indicate economic slowing, leading to bearish sentiment in these markets.

What Is It Derived From?

The report is derived from monthly surveys conducted by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), which compiles data on completed transactions from real estate agents across the country. This methodology relies on data collection from a significant number of real estate transactions, ensuring a comprehensive overview of the existing home market.

Description

The Existing Home Sales report is critical for understanding the dynamics of the housing market, serving as an indicator of economic activity and consumer spending. It is expressed as the total number of homes sold, which can be analyzed on a month-to-month or year-over-year basis, with the latter being preferred due to its ability to smooth out seasonal fluctuations and provide a clearer long-term perspective.

Additional Notes

This indicator is often regarded as a leading economic measure as it provides insight into future construction and economic growth, often correlating with trends in related indicators like new home sales and housing starts. Analyzing existing home sales helps to contextualize broader economic trends, such as consumer spending patterns and confidence levels, reflecting the health of related sectors.

Bullish or Bearish for Currency and Stocks

Higher than expected: Bullish for USD, Bullish for Stocks.

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High Potential Impact
This event has a strong potential to move markets significantly. If the 'Actual' value differs enough from the forecast or if the 'Previous' value is significantly revised, it signals new information that markets may rapidly adjust to.

Medium Potential Impact
This event may cause moderate market movement, especially if the 'Actual' deviates from the forecast or there's a notable revision to the 'Previous' value.

Low Potential Impact
This event is unlikely to affect market pricing unless there's an unexpected surprise or a major revision to prior data.

Surprise - Currency May Strengthen
Actual deviated from Forecast on a medium or high impact event and historically could strengthen the currency.

Surprise - Currency May Weaken
Actual deviated from Forcast on a medium or high impact event and historically could weaken the currency.

Big Surprise - Currency More Likely To Strengthen
'Actual' deviated from 'Forecast' more than 75% of historical deviations on a medium or high impact event and may likely strengthen the currency.

Big Surprise - Currency More Likely To Weaken
'Actual' deviated from 'Forecast' more than 75% of historical deviations on a medium or high impact event and may likely weaken the currency

Green Number	Better than forecast for the currency (or previous revise better)
Red Number	Worse than forecast for the currency (or previous revise better)
Hawkish	Supports higher interest rates to fight inflation, strengthening the currency but weighing on stocks.
Dovish	Favors lower rates to boost growth, weakening the currency but lifting stocks.

Date	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Surprise
Dec 19, 2025	4.13M	4.2M	4.11M	-0.07M
Nov 20, 2025	4.1M	4.08M	4.05M	0.02M
Oct 23, 2025	4.06M	4.1M	4M	-0.04M
Sep 25, 2025	4M	3.96M	4.01M	0.04M
Aug 21, 2025	4.01M	3.92M	3.93M	0.09M
Jul 23, 2025	3.93M	4.01M	4.04M	-0.08M
Jun 23, 2025	4.03M	3.96M	4M	0.07M
May 22, 2025	4M	4.1M	4.02M	-0.1M
Apr 24, 2025	4.02M	4.13M	4.27M	-0.11M
Mar 20, 2025	4.26M	3.95M	4.09M	0.31M
Feb 21, 2025	4.08M	4.12M	4.29M	-0.04M
Jan 24, 2025	4.24M	4.19M	4.15M	0.05M
Dec 19, 2024	4.15M	4.07M	3.96M	0.08M
Nov 21, 2024	3.96M	3.93M	3.83M	0.03M
Oct 23, 2024	3.84M	3.9M	3.88M	-0.06M
Sep 19, 2024	3.86M	3.9M	3.96M	-0.04M
Aug 22, 2024	3.95M	3.93M	3.9M	0.02M
Jul 23, 2024	3.89M	4M	4.11M	-0.11M
Jun 21, 2024	4.11M	4.1M	4.14M	0.01M
May 22, 2024	4.14M	4.21M	4.22M	-0.07M
Apr 18, 2024	4.19M	4.2M	4.38M	-0.01M
Mar 21, 2024	4.38M	3.94M	4M	0.44M
Feb 22, 2024	4M	3.97M	3.88M	0.03M
Jan 19, 2024	3.78M	3.82M	3.82M	-0.04M
Dec 20, 2023	3.82M	3.77M	3.79M	0.05M
Nov 21, 2023	3.79M	3.9M	3.95M	-0.11M
Oct 19, 2023	3.96M	3.89M	4.04M	0.07M
Sep 21, 2023	4.04M	4.1M	4.07M	-0.06M
Aug 22, 2023	4.07M	4.15M	4.16M	-0.08M
Jul 20, 2023	4.16M	4.2M	4.3M	-0.04M
Jun 22, 2023	4.3M	4.25M	4.29M	0.05M
May 18, 2023	4.28M	4.3M	4.43M	-0.02M
Apr 20, 2023	4.44M	4.5M	4.55M	-0.06M
Mar 21, 2023	4.58M	4.2M	4M	0.38M
Feb 21, 2023	4M	4.1M	4.03M	-0.1M
Jan 20, 2023	4.02M	3.96M	4.08M	0.06M
Dec 21, 2022	4.09M	4.2M	4.43M	-0.11M
Nov 18, 2022	4.43M	4.38M	4.71M	0.05M
Oct 20, 2022	4.71M	4.7M	4.78M	0.01M
Sep 21, 2022	4.8M	4.7M	4.82M	0.1M
Aug 18, 2022	4.81M	4.89M	5.11M	-0.08M
Jul 20, 2022	5.12M	5.38M	5.41M	-0.26M
Jun 21, 2022	5.41M	5.4M	5.6M	0.01M
May 19, 2022	5.61M	5.65M	5.75M	-0.04M
Apr 20, 2022	5.77M	5.8M	5.93M	-0.03M
Mar 18, 2022	6.02M	6.1M	6.49M	-0.08M
Feb 18, 2022	6.5M	6.1M	6.09M	0.4M
Jan 20, 2022	6.18M	6.44M	6.48M	-0.26M
Dec 22, 2021	6.46M	6.52M	6.34M	-0.06M
Nov 22, 2021	6.34M	6.2M	6.29M	0.14M
Oct 21, 2021	6.29M	6.09M	5.88M	0.2M
Sep 22, 2021	5.88M	5.89M	6M	-0.01M
Aug 23, 2021	5.99M	5.83M	5.87M	0.16M
Jul 22, 2021	5.86M	5.9M	5.78M	-0.04M
Jun 22, 2021	5.8M	5.72M	5.85M	0.08M
May 21, 2021	5.85M	6.09M	6.01M	-0.24M
Apr 22, 2021	6.01M	6.19M	6.24M	-0.18M
Mar 22, 2021	6.22M	6.5M	6.66M	-0.28M
Feb 19, 2021	6.69M	6.61M	6.65M	0.08M
Jan 22, 2021	6.76M	6.55M	6.71M	0.21M
Dec 22, 2020	6.69M	6.7M	6.86M	-0.01M
Nov 19, 2020	6.85M	6.45M	6.57M	0.4M
Oct 22, 2020	6.54M	6.3M	5.98M	0.24M
Sep 22, 2020	6M	6M	5.86M
Aug 21, 2020	5.86M	5.38M	4.7M	0.48M
Jul 22, 2020	4.72M	4.78M	3.91M	-0.06M
Jun 22, 2020	3.91M	4.12M	4.33M	-0.21M
May 21, 2020	4.33M	4.3M	5.27M	0.03M
Apr 21, 2020	5.27M	5.3M	5.76M	-0.03M
Mar 20, 2020	5.77M	5.5M	5.42M	0.27M
Feb 21, 2020	5.46M	5.43M	5.53M	0.03M
Jan 22, 2020	5.54M	5.43M	5.35M	0.11M
Dec 19, 2019	5.35M	5.44M	5.44M	-0.09M
Nov 21, 2019	5.46M	5.47M	5.36M	-0.01M
Oct 22, 2019	5.38M	5.45M	5.5M	-0.07M
Sep 19, 2019	5.49M	5.37M	5.42M	0.12M
Aug 21, 2019	5.42M	5.39M	5.29M	0.03M
Jul 23, 2019	5.27M	5.33M	5.36M	-0.06M
Jun 21, 2019	5.34M	5.25M	5.21M	0.09M
May 21, 2019	5.19M	5.35M	5.21M	-0.16M
Apr 22, 2019	5.21M	5.3M	5.48M	-0.09M
Mar 22, 2019	5.51M	5.1M	4.93M	0.41M
Feb 21, 2019	4.94M	5M	5M	-0.06M
Jan 22, 2019	4.99M	5.25M	5.33M	-0.26M
Dec 19, 2018	5.32M	5.2M	5.22M	0.12M
Nov 21, 2018	5.22M	5.2M	5.15M	0.02M
Oct 19, 2018	5.15M	5.3M	5.33M	-0.15M
Sep 20, 2018	5.34M	5.35M	5.34M	-0.01M
Aug 22, 2018	5.34M	5.4M	5.38M	-0.06M
Jul 23, 2018	5.38M	5.44M	5.41M	-0.06M
Jun 20, 2018	5.43M	5.52M	5.45M	-0.09M
May 24, 2018	5.46M	5.57M	5.6M	-0.11M
Apr 23, 2018	5.6M	5.54M	5.54M	0.06M
Mar 21, 2018	5.54M	5.4M	5.38M	0.14M
Feb 21, 2018	5.38M	5.6M	5.56M	-0.22M
Jan 24, 2018	5.57M	5.7M	5.78M	-0.13M
Dec 20, 2017	5.81M	5.52M	5.5M	0.29M
Nov 21, 2017	5.48M	5.43M	5.37M	0.05M
Oct 20, 2017	5.39M	5.3M	5.35M	0.09M
Sep 20, 2017	5.35M	5.46M	5.44M	-0.11M
Aug 24, 2017	5.44M	5.57M	5.51M	-0.13M
Jul 24, 2017	5.52M	5.58M	5.62M	-0.06M
Jun 21, 2017	5.62M	5.55M	5.56M	0.07M
May 24, 2017	5.57M	5.65M	5.7M	-0.08M
Apr 21, 2017	5.71M	5.6M	5.47M	0.11M
Mar 22, 2017	5.48M	5.57M	5.69M	-0.09M
Feb 22, 2017	5.69M	5.54M	5.51M	0.15M
Jan 24, 2017	5.49M	5.52M	5.65M	-0.03M
Dec 21, 2016	5.61M	5.5M	5.57M	0.11M
Nov 22, 2016	5.6M	5.43M	5.49M	0.17M
Oct 20, 2016	5.47M	5.35M	5.3M	0.12M
Sep 22, 2016	5.33M	5.45M	5.38M	-0.12M
Aug 24, 2016	5.39M	5.51M	5.57M	-0.12M
Jul 21, 2016	5.57M	5.48M	5.51M	0.09M
Jun 22, 2016	5.53M	5.54M	5.43M	-0.01M
May 20, 2016	5.45M	5.4M	5.36M	0.05M
Apr 20, 2016	5.33M	5.3M	5.07M	0.03M
Mar 21, 2016	5.08M	5.34M	5.47M	-0.26M
Feb 23, 2016	5.47M	5.32M	5.45M	0.15M
Jan 22, 2016	5.46M	5.2M	4.76M	0.26M
Dec 22, 2015	4.76M	5.37M	5.32M	-0.61M
Nov 23, 2015	5.36M	5.4M	5.55M	-0.04M
Oct 22, 2015	5.55M	5.38M	5.3M	0.17M
Sep 21, 2015	5.31M	5.53M	5.58M	-0.22M
Aug 20, 2015	5.59M	5.44M	5.48M	0.15M
Jul 22, 2015	5.49M	5.4M	5.32M	0.09M
Jun 22, 2015	5.35M	5.26M	5.09M	0.09M
May 21, 2015	5.04M	5.24M	5.21M	-0.2M