Any disruption the coronavirus has on housing market activity won’t be evident in the home sales data until late April at the earliest. But other metrics can give an earlier indication of the magnitude of the shock. Given they can be carried out from the safety of your home, purchase mortgage applications may understate the impact. Instead, reports of new home buyer traffic from the NAHB due out next week will provide the first clue as to where sales are heading.
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