Measures signed contracts for purchase, fell unexpectedly in november. The National Association of realtors said pending sales slid 0. 9 from october. It is the third drop in four months, and diana olick explains, the reason why is very clear. Reporter Lynette Bruno knows real estate. She works for trulia, a real estate listing company. So, when she decided to trade up from her condo to a bigger home in redhot san francisco, she knew what she was in for. You cant get too wrapped up in this process, because it can emotionally drain you. Reporter it took more than a dozen offers and nearly a year for bruno to get her new home. Im not sure theres any offers that arent overasking in san francisco. Definitely, every single offer that i put in was overasking. There was one point i put in an offer of 52 over, and i was in the middle of the pack of 15 offers. Reporter driving prices and tight inventory are blamed for weak sales in november. Pending home sales, which are a measure of signed con
Purchase, fell unexpectedly in november. The National Association of realtors said pending sales slid 0. 9 from october. It is the third drop in four months, and diana olick explains, the reason why is very clear. Reporter Lynette Bruno knows real estate. She works for trulia, a real estate listing company. So, when she decided to trade up from her condo to a bigger home in redhot san francisco, she knew what she was in for. You cant get too wrapped up in this process, because it can emotionally drain you. Reporter it took more than a dozen offers and nearly a year for bruno to get her new home. Im not sure theres any offers that arent overasking in san francisco. Definitely, every single offer that i put in was overasking. There was one point i put in an offer of 52 over, and i was in the middle of the pack of 15 offers. Reporter driving prices and tight inventory are blamed for weak sales in november. Pending home sales, which are a measure of signed contracts, not closings, fell jus
Measures signed contracts for purchase, fell unexpectedly in november. The National Association of realtors said pending sales slid 0. 9 from october. It is the third drop in four months, and diana olick explains, the reason why is very clear. Reporter Lynette Bruno knows real estate. She works for trulia, a real estate listing company. So, when she decided to trade up from her condo to a bigger home in redhot san francisco, she knew what she was in for. You cant get too wrapped up in this process, because it can emotionally drain you. Reporter it took more than a dozen offers and nearly a year for bruno to get her new home. Im not sure theres any offers that arent overasking in san francisco. Definitely, every single offer that i put in was overasking. There was one point i put in an offer of 52 over, and i was in the middle of the pack of 15 offers. Reporter driving prices and tight inventory are blamed for weak sales in november. Pending home sales, which are a measure of signed con
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But today was different. And historic. It took just a twopoint gain for the s p 500 index to cross and close above the 2000 level. Its 30th record so far this year. There was some euphoria about the dow, as well. The blue chip average hit a record high of 17,153 in intraday trading but pull back by the close. Some good Economic News helped fueled todays gains. Consumer confidence climbed to its highest level since 2007. Also driving stocks, an unusually high number for big ticket orders called durable goods. Those numbers jumped more than 22 . Skewed by International Demand for aircraft and record orders. Heres a look at the closing digits. The nasdaq up 13. And the s p up two points to the new milestone, 2000. 02. Our guests watched every move of the s p today. After all, aaron begins gibbs is with s p capital iq and joins us now. Erin, so nice to have you with us. Thank you. It looks like the s p 500 index is on track for its best august since the year 2000. So 14 years. How do you s