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NAHB Housing Market Index - United States<br />

A timely gauge of home sales and expectations for future home building. Based on a small<br />

sample of homebuilders, the Housing Market Index is a timely indicator of future US home sales.<br />

However, as the index is not as comprehensive as formal housing reports like new home sales or<br />

MBA mortgage applications, the index acts more like a supplemental indicator for predicting<br />

housing trends.<br />

As such, the NAHB Housing Market Index is still able to provide general insight to where the<br />

housing market is heading. Given that new home sales reflect 'big ticket' items that require<br />

construction and investment, the housing market is often viewed as an indicator of the direction of<br />

the economy as a whole. Growth in the housing market will spur subsequent spending,<br />

generating demand for goods and services and the employees who provide them.<br />

The report headline is expressed in percentage change from the previous month.<br />

As a Technical Aside: The NAHB Housing Market Index divides the Single-Family Sales data into<br />

three categories: Present, Next 6 Months and Prospective Buyers Traffic.<br />

Relevance: Rarely affects markets<br />

Release schedule : 1:00 PM (EST); monthly, mid-month and covers the same month<br />

Source of report : National Association of home Builders<br />

Web Address : www.nahb.org<br />

Address of release : http://www.nahb.org/ (type "HMI" in search box)

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