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December Indicator 2011	Current Month	Last Month	Last Year	% Change Current Month Vs Last Month	% Change Current Month Vs Last Year
Existing Homes Sales –December	4,610	4,390	4,450	5.0%	3.6%
(Units per Thousand)
Supply of Existing Homes -December	6.2	7.2	8.1	(13.9)%	(23.5)%
(No of Months)
Sales Price of Existing Homes -December	164,500	164,000	108,800	0.3%	51.2%
New Homes Sales –December	307	314	331	(2.2)%	(7.3)%
(Units per Thousand)
Supply of New Homes –December	6.1	6.0	6.9	1.7%	(11.6)%
(No of Months)
Sales Price of New Homes –December	210,500	215,700	241,200	(2.4)%	(12.7)%
New Home Starts -December	657	685	526	(4.1)%	24.9%
(Units per Thousand)
New Homes Completed –December	605	554	565	9.2%	7.1%
(Units per Thousand)
S&P/Case-Shiller Index –November	138.49	140.27	143.77	(1.3)%	(3.7)%
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Lumber & Wood Products — December	19,471	26,487	17,120	(26.5)%	13.7%
Total Rail Carloads Traffic
Construction Spending – December	816,383	804,041	782,880	1.5%	4.3%
(Units per Thousand) Total
Construction Spending – December	529,737	518,786	488,966	2.1%	8.3%
(Units per Thousand) Private
Housing Affordability Index-December	194.9	194.5	179.1	0.2%	8.8%
Pending Home Index –December	96.6	100.1	91.5	(3.5)%	5.6%
Estimated Monthly Sales for Retail-December	23,386	24,701	22,339	(5.3)%	4.7%
Building Material &supply Dealers
	2012:Q3e	2012:Q2e	2012:Q1e	2011:Q4e	2011:Q3
Leading Indicator of Remodeling	(.2)%	(3.5)%	(2.5)%	(.8)%	(.8)%
Activity (LIRA) 4th Quarter 2011
Color Tint Key		Up from Previous Month
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