The key reports this week are June Housing Starts and Existing Home Sales.

----- Monday, July 19th -----
10:00 AM: The July NAHB homebuilder survey. The consensus is for a reading of 82, up from 81. Any number above 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as good than poor.

----- Tuesday, July 20th -----
8:30 AM ET: Housing Starts for June.

This graph shows single and total housing starts since 1968.

The consensus is for 1.592 million SAAR, up from 1.572 million SAAR in May.

----- Wednesday, July 21st -----
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

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

----- Thursday, July 22nd -----
8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for a decrease to 348 thousand from 360 thousand last week.

8:30 AM ET: Chicago Fed National Activity Index for June. This is a composite index of other data.

10:00 AM: Existing Home Sales for June from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 5.90 million SAAR, up from 5.80 million last month.

The graph shows existing home sales from 1994 through the report last month.

Housing economist Tom Lawler expects the NAR to report 5.79 million SAAR.

11:00 AM: the Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey for July.

----- Friday, July 23rd -----
No major economic releases scheduled.