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Pending Home Sales Fall Back After the Spring Season

Pending home sales slid in April to their third-lowest level over the past year according to the latest Pending Home Sales Index data released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Thursday. The report indicated that the index declined 1.3 percent in April to 106.4 from an upwardly revised 107.8 in March. On a year over year basis, the index was down 2.1 percent and declined for the fourth straight month.

"Pending sales slipped in April and continued to stay within the same narrow range with little signs of breaking out," said Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist at NAR. "Listings are typically going under contract in under a month and instances of multiple offers are increasingly common and pushing prices higher."

Watch what Yun had to say about the other factors that impacted pending home sales and his take on the housing market:

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Radhika Ojha is an independent writer and editor. A former Online Editor and currently a reporter for MReport, she is a graduate of the University of Pune, India, where she received her B.A. in Commerce with a concentration in Accounting and Marketing and an M.A. in Mass Communication. Upon completion of her master’s degree, Ojha worked at a national English daily publication in India (The Indian Express) where she was a staff writer in the cultural and arts features section. Ojha also worked as Principal Correspondent at HT Media Ltd and at Honeywell as an executive in corporate communications. She and her husband currently reside in Houston, Texas.
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