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Pending Home Sales Record Fourth Straight Monthly Gain
Washington, July 01, 2009 - Pending home sales show a sustained uptrend, rising for four consecutive months with very favorable housing affordability and a first-time buyer tax credit boosting activity, according to the National Association of Realtors®. More...
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May Existing-Home Sales Continue Rising Trend
Washington, June 23, 2009 Sales of existing homes showed another gain in May, benefiting from favorable affordability conditions and a first-time buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors®. May’s increase was the first back-to-back monthly gain since September 2005. More...
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National housing indicators
Existing home sales ()
4.77 million units*
Existing home median price ()
$173,000
Housing Starts ()
532,000 units*
New home sales ()
352,000 units*
*Seasonally adjusted annual rate. Source: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.
National economic indicators
Home ownership
1st Qtr 09
67.3%
1st Qtr 08
67.8%
The homeownership rate (67.3 percent) for the current quarter was lower than the rate in first quarter 2008 (67.8 percent), but not statistically different from the rate in fourth quarter 2008 (67.5 percent).
New home sales
May 09
-0.6%
Apr 09
+2.7%
Sales of new one-family houses in May 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 342,000. This is 0.6% below the revised April 2009 estimate of 344,000.
Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
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