- The Record
- desk-realest-001
Housing is frozen, not falling — volumes, not prices, are the read
- Status
- Confirmed
- Date made
- July 26, 2026
- Resolution window
- NAR July existing-home sales — Aug 11, 2026
- Resolved
- August 11, 2026
- Graded
- October 3, 2026
- Outcome
- NAR existing-home sales, released 11 Aug: −1.7% m/m to 4.06M SAAR but +0.7% y/y; median price +2.0% to $434,100, a 37th straight month of annual gains; inventory 4.6 months, −1.9%. Volumes flat to slightly down with prices still rising — frozen rather than falling, and the read was in the volumes.
- Desk
- Real Assets · Intel Suite Desk
- Source
- Desk — Frozen, Not Falling.
- Call ID
- desk-realest-001
Regrade log
- 2026-10-03 open → confirmed. Sealed OPEN in the genesis anchor (Aug 28 2026); graded Oct 3 2026. resolved_date is the call's scheduled checkpoint; outcome evidence dated after the checkpoint is post-window context.
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