U.S. Existing Homes Sales Rose 12.3% In December

January 21st, 2011 by Belisarius

(For December 2010)

Sales of existing homes in U.S. rose 12.3% to 5.28 million units SAAR. Consensus was at 4.87 million.

Chart 1. U.S. Existing Home Sales


Total housing inventory is at 3.6 million units down from 3.7 million in November. Months supply fell from 9.5 to 8.1 months.

Chart 2. U.S. Existing Home Sales Inventory & U.S. Existing Home Sales Months Supply SAAR


The million dollar question here is the size of shadow inventory. Looking only at this data one could conclude that U.S. housing is recovering.

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