• NAR released a summary of existing-home sales data showing that housing market activity this March increased 1.1 percent from last month but fell 1.2 percent from last year. March’s existing home sales reached 5.60 million seasonally adjusted annual rate.
  • The national median existing-home price for all housing types was $250,400 in March, up 5.8 percent from a year ago. This marks the 73nd consecutive month of year over year gains.
  • Regionally, all four regions showed growth in prices from a year ago, with the West leading all regions with an incline of 7.9 percent. The South had a gain of 5.7 percent followed by the Midwest with a gain of 5.1 percent. The Northeast had the smallest gain of 3.3 percent from March 2017.

  • March’s inventory figures are up 5.7 percent from last month to 1.67 million homes for sale. However, compared with March of 2017, fewer homes are available, with inventory down 7.2 percent, marking 34 months of year over year declines. It will take 3.6 months to move the current level of inventory at the current sales pace. Transactions are moving faster and it takes approximately 30 days for a home to go from listing to a contract in the current housing market, down from 37 days a year ago.

  • From February, two of the four regions experienced declines in sales. The West had the biggest decline of 3.1 percent followed by the South with a drop of 0.4 percent. The Midwest increased 5.7 percent followed by the Northeast, which had the biggest gain of 6.3 percent.
  • Two of the four regions showed modest inclines in sales from a year ago. The West had the biggest gain in sales of 0.8 percent followed by the South with an increase of 0.4 percent. The Northeast had the biggest drop in sales of 9.3 percent followed by the Midwest with a decline of 1.5 percent. The South led all regions in percentage of national sales, accounting for 42.9 percent of the total, while the Northeast had the smallest share at 12.1 percent.

  • In March, single-family sales increased 0.6 percent and condominiums sales rose 5.2 percent compared to last month. Single-family home sales fell 1.8 percent and condominium sales were down 3.2 percent compared to a year ago. Both single-family and condominiums had an increase in price with single-family up 5.9 percent at $252,100 and condominiums up 4.8 percent at $236,100 from March 2017.

 

 

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