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Existing-Home Sales Spike in July
WASHINGTON (August 21, 2013) – Existing-home sales rose strongly in July, with the median price maintaining double-digit year-over-year increases, according to the National Association of Realtors® Read more
Home Prices Pick Up Steam in Most Metro Areas during Second Quarter
WASHINGTON (August 8, 2013) – Median home prices continued to rise in the majority of metropolitan areas in the second quarter, with the national year-over-year price showing the strongest gain in seven-and-a-half years, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors®. Read more
National housing indicators
Existing home sales ()
5.39 million units*
Existing home median price ()
$213,500
Housing Starts ()
896,000 units*
New home sales ()
394,000 units*
*Seasonally adjusted annual rate. Source: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.
National economic indicators
Home ownership
2nd Qtr 13
65.0%
2nd Qtr 12
65.5%
The homeownership rate in the second quarter 2013 (65.0 percent) was lower than the second quarter 2012 rate (65.5 percent). The homeownership rate in the South was lower than the corresponding second quarter 2012 rate, while the rates in the Northeast, Midwest, and West were not statistically different from the rates a year ago.
New home sales
July 2013
-14.1%
August 2013
+7.9%
Sales of new single-family houses in August 2013 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 421,000. This is 7.9 percent (+/- 14.6%)* above the revised July 2013 estimate of 390,000.
Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
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