Pending Home Sales in the United States decreased 0.4% year-on-year in January 2026, following a 3% fall in December 2025. Declines were seen in sales in the Northeast (-8.3%) and the Midwest (-3.3%) while gains were recorded in the South (4%) and the West (0.3%). source: National Association of Realtors

Pending Home Sales in the United States decreased 0.40 percent in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Pending Home Sales in the United States averaged -0.56 percent from 2002 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 52.40 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -36.80 percent in October of 2022. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Pending Home Sales - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Pending Home Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Pending Home Sales in the United States decreased 0.40 percent in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Pending Home Sales in the United States is expected to be 1.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Pending Home Sales YoY is projected to trend around 2.10 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-01-21 03:00 PM
Pending Home Sales YoY
Dec -3.0% 2.6% 0.2%
2026-02-19 03:00 PM
Pending Home Sales YoY
Jan -0.4% -3.0% 2.4%
2026-03-17 02:00 PM
Pending Home Sales YoY
Feb -0.4%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Existing Home Sales 3910.00 4270.00 Thousand Jan 2026
Existing Home Sales MoM -8.40 4.40 percent Jan 2026
Pending Home Sales YoY -0.40 -3.00 percent Jan 2026
Pending Home Sales MoM -0.80 -7.40 percent Jan 2026
Existing Home Sales Prices 396800.00 405100.00 USD Jan 2026
Total Housing Inventory 1220.00 1230.00 Thousands Jan 2026


United States Pending Home Sales YoY
The Pending Home Sales Index, a leading indicator of housing activity, measures housing contract activity, and is based on signed real estate contracts for existing single-family homes, condos and co-ops. When a seller accepts a sales contract on a property, it is recorded into a Multiple Listing Service (MLS) as a "pending home sale." The majority of pending home sales become home sale transactions, typically one to two months later. The National Association of Realtors collects pending home sales data from MLSs and large brokers. Altogether, data from over 100 MLSs & 60 large brokers is received providing a large sample size covering 50% of the existing home sales sample. This is equal to 20 percent of all transactions.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-0.40 -3.00 52.40 -36.80 2002 - 2026 percent Monthly
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