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National market update
August Existing Home Sales & Prices Rise
WASHINGTON (September 19, 2012) - Existing-home sales continued to improve in August and the national median price rose on a year-over-year basis for the sixth straight month, according to the National Association of Realtors®. More... Read more
Homes Selling More Quickly, Time on Market Down with Tighter Supplies
WASHINGTON (September 5, 2012) – A new measure shows the typical amount of time it takes to sell a home is shrinking, and for traditional sellers is now in the range of historic norms for a balanced market, well below the cyclical peak reached in 2009, according to the National Association of Realtors®. More...
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National housing indicators
Existing home sales ()
4.82 million units*
Existing home median price ()
$187,400
Housing Starts ()
750,000 units*
New home sales ()
372,000 (July)*
*Seasonally adjusted annual rate. Source: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.
National economic indicators
Home ownership
2nd Qtr 12
65.5%
2nd Qtr 11
65.9%
The homeownership rate in the second quarter 2012 (65.5 percent) was lower than the second quarter 2011 rate (65.9 percent). The homeownership rate in the South was lower than the corresponding second quarter 2011 rate, while the rates in the Northeast, Midwest, and West were not statistically different.
New home sales
July 12
+3.6%
June 12
-3.5%
Sales of new single-family houses in July 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 372,000. This is 3.6 percent (+/- 14.1%)* above the revised June 2012 estimate of 359,000.
Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
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