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Existing Home Sales Jump Despite Pending Sales Weakness

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  • Existing home sales were far stronger than expected in February at 4.38m (cons 3.95m) after 4.00m in Jan.
  • The 9.5% M/M rise after 3.1% M/M in Jan goes firmly against the latest pending home sales data which fell a surprisingly large -4.9% in Jan after +5.7%.
  • What’s more, there was strength across most regions, with only the smallest northeast region not growing: West (16.4%), South (9.8%), Midwest (8.4%), Northeast (flat).
  • Months of supply meanwhile dipped a tenth to 2.9 months in February. It remains high compared to latest years, most recently 2.6 in Feb’23, but still below the 3.5-3.7 months in February’s of 2017-19.

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