Pending home sales in the United States fell by 3% from the previous year in December of 2025, the sharpest decline since February. The drop was consistent across most regions of the country, including the Midwest (-9.8%), the West (-5.1%), and the Northeast (-3.6%). Conversely, pending home sales rose in the South (2%). source: National Association of Realtors

Pending Home Sales in the United States decreased 3 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Pending Home Sales in the United States averaged -0.56 percent from 2002 until 2025, 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 3 percent in December of 2025 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
2025-12-29 03:00 PM
Pending Home Sales YoY
Nov 2.6% -0.4% -0.6%
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 -3.0%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Existing Home Sales 4350.00 4140.00 Thousand Dec 2025
Existing Home Sales MoM 5.10 0.70 percent Dec 2025
Pending Home Sales YoY -3.00 2.60 percent Dec 2025
Pending Home Sales MoM -9.30 3.30 percent Dec 2025
Existing Home Sales Prices 405400.00 410000.00 USD Dec 2025
Total Housing Inventory 1180.00 1440.00 Thousands Dec 2025


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
-3.00 2.60 52.40 -36.80 2002 - 2025 percent Monthly
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