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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Wednesday: Existing Home Sales, Architecture Billings Index

by Calculated Risk on 7/21/2015 06:58:00 PM

Wednesday:
• At 7:00 AM ET, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

• At 9:00 AM, FHFA House Price Index for May 2015. This was originally a GSE only repeat sales, however there is also an expanded index. The consensus is for a 0.4% month-to-month increase for this index.

• At 10:00 AM, Existing Home Sales for June from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for sales of 5.40 million on seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) basis. Sales in May were at a 5.35 million SAAR. Economist Tom Lawler estimates the NAR will report sales of 5.45 million SAAR.

• During the day: the AIA's Architecture Billings Index for June (a leading indicator for commercial real estate).