HOUSING: FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR PENDING HOME SALES

12/28/12 10:44AM EST

Housing Demand Continues to Grow

November's Pending Home Sales data was surprisingly strong. While it didn't eclipse expectations by much, the 1.7% MoM increase comes on the heels of an unusually strong 5.0% MoM increase in October. Our demand model for projecting future home price changes uses pending home sales to forecast price changes 18 months out. Based on this morning's reading, we're increasing our expectation for upside to +18.1% (from +17.1%) over the next 18 months, or roughly 1%/month. Currently, prices are rising at a rate of 60 bps per months.

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Joshua Steiner, CFA

Robert Belsky

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