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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... expiry of a deadline to obtain a government homebuyer tax credit, an industry group said. The National Association of Realtors said its pending home sales index tumbled 30.0 per cent to 77.6 based on contracts signed in May. Meanwhile, the US manufacturing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... drop in about two weeks. Treasury prices climbed after demand for safe investments rose. The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes fell 2.2 per cent in May. The report surprised analysts who thought sales would get a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... towards the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average posted its third biggest gain of 2010. The National Association of Realtors said its index of signed contracts for existing homes rose six per cent, ahead of estimates by economists, and due partly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... as Portugal may also need to be bailed out. Investors sent homebuilder stocks higher after the National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes rose 6.8 per cent last month after falling 0.8 per cent in February. Sales of previously occupied ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... closed higher after recovering from a flat position on a mixed day in terms of economic data. The National Association of Realtors' reported an unexpected drop in pending home sales. Its index of home sales agreements fell 7.6 per cent in January from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... range of factors including a weaker US dollar and better-than-expected home sales numbers. A National Association of Realtors' report showing a big jump in October home sales revived investor optimism after disappointing data on the housing industry ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... comments that global recovery prospects "appear good". After opening higher, stocks surged after the National Association of Realtors reported a 7.2 per cent lift in existing home sales in July, setting a four-month rally for the first time in five years. ...

Take your pick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... the America's recession would be all over by the third quarter of 2009. Not enough? Read the National Association of Realtors' (NAR) report that showed US existing home sales rose by 2.9 per cent in April to a greater-than-expected annualised rate of ...

Make love not leverage

... It fell below 50 in December 2007 - later timed by NBER as the start of the US recession. The National Association of Realtors reported that US pending home sales rose by 2.1 per cent inn February after falling by 7.7 per cent in the previous month. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... work, leading to a plunge on Wall Street that sliced 380 points from the Dow. Meanwhile, the National Association of Realtors' existing home sales report was overwhelmingly positive for the market although it showed a decline in home prices in February. ...