PrintUS Existing Homes Sales Pace Expected to Accelerate in April
BY MT Newswires | ECONOMIC | 02:32 PM EDT02:32 PM EDT, 05/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The National Association of Realtors' measure of US existing-home sales is expected to accelerate to a 4.05 million annual rate in April, based on a survey compiled by Bloomberg, after falling by 3.6% to a 3.98 million rate in March.
Existing-home sales were at a 4.02 million rate in April 2025, so the year-over-year change would be slightly positive.
The data are scheduled to be released at 10:00 am ET Monday.
The pending home sales index, also produced by the NAR, was up 1.5% in March but was 1.1% below its reading a year ago. That measure is taken at contract signing and is meant to foreshadow movements in existing homes closings a month or two out.
Recent mortgage application data from the Mortgage Bankers Association indicated that mortgage rates fell early in April before rising at the end of the month.
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