Existing Home Sales: Release Dates, Results & History
Existing Home Sales last printed 4.06M on Tue, Aug 11, 2026 against a 4.05M consensus forecast and a 4.09M prior, a +0.08 standard-deviation surprise. The next release is Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.
Existing sales are ~90% of the housing market and the purest demand read on where mortgage rates have pushed buyers. Counted at closing, so it reflects contracts signed one to two months back. It lags rates by design. Inventory months-of-supply and median price in the same release frame the affordability story.
The trend, at a glance
How it moves Treasuries
Rarely a Treasury mover on its own; a sales beat leans mildly bearish. Its value is confirming whether rate relief or rate pain is actually reaching the real economy. See it scored live on the Helious desk, or read how the standard-deviation surprise is computed.
Recent prints, as captured by the desk
| DATE | ACTUAL | FORECAST | PRIOR | SURPRISE (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.06M | 4.05M | 4.09M | +0.08 | ON THE SCREWS | |
| 4.09M | — | 4.17M | — | BELOW PRIOR |
The 2 most recent prints from the desk's live capture (began July 2026), a sample. Every row links the print page published the moment the number landed; the full graded history is served by the API.
Official series history
| PERIOD | VALUE (UNITS SAAR) | PRIOR | CHANGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.06M | 4.13M | -0.07M | |
| 4.13M | 4.19M | -0.06M | |
| 4.19M | 4.04M | +0.15M | |
| 4.04M | 4.01M | +0.03M | |
| 4.01M | 4.13M | -0.12M | |
| 4.13M | 4.02M | +0.11M | |
| 4.02M | 4.27M | -0.25M | |
| 4.27M | 4.09M | +0.18M |
The most recent official rows; the chart above draws the longer series. Desk-captured prints above include the consensus forecast and standard-deviation surprise the moment each number landed.
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Monthly, ~third week for the prior month · 10:00 AM ET · download a sample (CSV, recent rows), free to cite with a link to this page. The full history comes through the Helious API and MCP at api.helious.io/mcp, with depth set by plan.