Economic Event | New Home Sales |
Units | Thousands of Sales |
Current Period | Jan 2013 |
Release Date | Feb. 26. 13 |
Reported | 437 |
Consensus for Current Period | 383 |
Number of Forecasts | 54 |
Economic Surprise | 54 ( 14.10 % ) |
Prior Period | Dec 2012 |
Reported Value for Prior Period | 378 |
Revised From | 369 |
Next Release Date | Mar. 26. 13 |
Next Release Time | 10:00 AM Eastern Time |
Source | http://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/pdf/newressales.pdf |
Note | |
Description | New Home Sales or the pace of new single-family home sales indicates the future course of housing construction. The ratio of the inventory of unsold homes to home sales – which is the month’s supply of the inventory of unsold homes to home sales – which is the month’s supply of homes at the current selling rate – suggests the need for new construction. |